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Best Buy to cut 600 in Geek Squad
This was not a good week to be a geek. Best Buy said today it was laying off 600 of its Geek Squad members and 1,800 other retail workers nationwide. The 600 geek layoffs translate into about one...
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California unemployment claims drop below 500,000 in May
California unemployment claims fell below 500,000 in May for the first time since February 2009, according to Employment Development Department numbers. EDD staff processed 497,301 claims in May,...
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Report: $14 billion overpaid in unemployment
The government sent out $13.7 billion in unemployment checks last year to people who weren’t eligible for the money, according to the U.S. Labor Department. In a few of those cases, the recipients...
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Facebook post gets TBN worker fired
Facebook has become the battleground for workplace issues with the latest involving a Trinity Broadcasting Network employee who was fired for a post that was critical of the Christian ministry’s...
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Teen summer hiring best in 5 years, report says
Teen hiring jumped 22% in June over the same month last year in what is shaping up to be the best summer since 2007 for 16- to 19-year-olds to get jobs, according to Challenger, Gray &...
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Report: Manufacturers put brakes on OC growth
Orange County manufacturing growth, which spiked in the second quarter, is going to slow down dramatically in the third quarter but still grow, according to a survey by Chapman University released...
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El Torito Grill laying off 63
The El Torito Grill in Fashion Island is closing and 63 workers have been notified they will lose their jobs, reports Nancy Luna, the Register’s Fast Food Maven blogger. The restaurant, which has been...
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Wells Fargo closing O.C. wholesale loan operation
Wells Fargo will no longer handle mortgages originated by outside brokers and will shut down its wholesale lending operation including its office in Costa Mesa. Most of the 1,000 Wells Fargo workers...
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First-time Calif. unemployment claims drop 9.5%
California employers may be slow in adding jobs, but layoffs have declined substantially based on first-time claims for unemployment. Average weekly initial unemployment claims in the state rose to...
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O.C. job market hits 3-year high in June
Orange County employers have their groove back, adding a stellar 8,700 jobs in June following the revised 5,600 in May, state employment officials reported today. The 1.4 million people now working in...
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Fewer Californians work more than one job
Despite the ups and downs of the economy, the number of Californians holding more than one job has remained around 4.5% of all people working during the last 10 years, according to state Employment...
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O.C. has more hiring hot spots, report says
Orange County’s 7.9% June unemployment rate was not only the lowest in Southern California, but hiring is accelerating in more parts of the county than in previous months, according to analysis by...
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Walmart hiring more than 1,100 in O.C.
Walmart is on a major expansion binge in Orange County and is hiring 1,110 local workers for seven new stores, six of which are scheduled to open by early next year, the company says. Photo by Nancy...
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Bruxie waffle shop hiring in South O.C. Aug. 1-2
Bruxie, the specialty waffle restaurant with outlets in Orange and Brea, will be interviewing Wednesday and Thursday, Aug. 1-2, for jobs at its new Rancho Santa Margarita restaurant. Photo by Nancy...
View ArticleWho’s hiring in O.C?
Health care, retail and accounting services led the list of Orange County employers who were advertising online to fill positions in June, reports the state Employment Development Department....
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Veterans job fair in O.C. Thurs., Aug. 2
More than 50 employers will be looking for military veterans to hire on Thursday, Aug. 2, at the 27th annual Honor a Hero Hire a Vet Job and Resource Fair in Santa Ana. Photo by Jebb Harris, The...
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Fresh & Easy lays off 50 at headquarters
Fresh & Easy, the neighborhood market chain, in California, Arizona and Nevada, has laid off about 50 people at its headquarters in El Segundo, a spokesman said Friday. Photo by Jeffrey Atenore...
View ArticleCalifornia leads in manufacturing job openings
California has 1.2 million people working in manufacturing — by far the most in the country — and also leads the nation in openings for new jobs, reports AmericanMFGjobs.com. Perhaps even more...
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U.S. hiring bounces back in July
Employers across the country began hiring again in July adding 163,000 new workers and bringing a sigh of relief to those who feared the economy was stalling after a spring slump in job growth. The...
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Banks, financial services lead in July layoffs, report says
The financial industry continues to shed jobs with banks and financial services companies leading the country with 6,156 announced jobs cuts in July, the most of any sector, reports Challenger, Gray...
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