Discount grocery store chain Aldi said this week it is hiring for management jobs in Pennsylvania.

To create buzz, the store is holding a hiring event for its stores in Hermitage and Grove City, Pa., from 7 a.m. to 1 p.m. and 3 to 7 p.m. at the Comfort Inn, 5425 Clarkins Drive, Austintown, on Thursday.

Interested applicants should come prepared to be interviewed and have a clean, polished, updated resume with all relevant experience.

Aldi said manager trainees earn $21.65 per hour.

The position will lead to a store-manager position with an annual salary of approximately $70,000.

According to Vindy.com, applicants must be 18 or older, have a high-school diploma or General Educational Development (GED) certificate and be available to work anytime between 6 a.m. and 11 p.m. Retail experience is preferred, and management experience is preferred for manager trainees.

A drug screening and background check, the ability to lift 45 pounds and the willingness to relocate within a 50-mile radius of Aldi upon promotion to store manager also are required.

Select International announced this week it has hired six people for various jobs, including HR jobs in Pennsylvania.

The new hires cover key positions within the Technology, Marketing, Accounting and Consulting departments.

According to its website, Steven Jarrett will join Select International as a Consultant. A graduate of Texas A&M University, Jarrett has several years experience in assessment development, with a strong focus on assessment and training implementation.

Also joining Select International’s consulting team is Jason Frizzell, who serves as a Consulting Associate. A graduate of Eastern Kentucky University, Frizzell earned his Master’s degree in Industrial/Organizational Psychology.

Beth Dougherty also adds her expertise as a Consulting Associate. Dougherty joins Select International with two years experience as a Training and Development Coordinator. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Human Resource Management from Indiana University of Pennsylvania. In this role, both Dougherty and Frizzell will provide support in the development and implementation of assessment solutions for Select International clients.

Select International develops employee hiring assessments and hiring systems.

The company’s employee selection and development solutions include pre employment assessments, executive assessment, online interview training, manufacturing assessment tests, healthcare hiring assessments, customer service assessment tests, and tools to help organizations hire safe workers.

The number of marketing jobs in Washington, D.C. has actually declined, according to a recent survey.

WANTED Analytics, a source of real-time business intelligence for the talent marketplace said that more than 9,000 organizations are recruiting for PR professionals and hiring demand has steadily increased in 2011, now up 10% compared to the same 90-day period in 2010.
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According to a new survey, retail jobs in Washington are showing big gains.

Hiring for the holidays was a sturdy predictor of retail sales, which were up dramatically this year.

Job ads were also up. Retailers placed more than 72,000 new online job ads for Salespersons and Sales Managers, according to WANTED Analytics.
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Bottom Dollar Food said this week it is aggressively hiring for customer service jobs in Pennsylvania, among other positions.

The food store, a discount grocer, is looking to recruit more than 800 people for jobs in both Pennsylvania and Ohio.

Other jobs in Pennsylvania will also be added in different cities. (more…)

A new survey posits that jobs in Washington, D.C., especially federal jobs, might be on the chopping block come next year.

Employers announced plans to shed 115,730 workers from their payrolls in September, making it the worst jobcut month in over two years. Heavy reductions planned by the military accounted for a large portion of September job cuts, signaling what may lieahead as the federal government seeks across-the-board cuts in spending.

September job cuts were 126 percent higher than the 51,114 announced in August, according to the latest report on monthly job cuts released Wednesday by global outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas, Inc. They were 212 percent higher than September 2010, when employers announced just 37,151 job cuts. Last month’s total is the highest since April 2009, when 132,590 job cuts were announced.

The September surge brought the number of job cuts announced in the third quarter to 233,258, the highest quarterly toll since the third quarter of 2009. That figure is up 103 percent from the previous quarter and 105 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago.

One-third of the layoffs announced this year came from government employers. It is, by far, the largest job-cutting sector, with 159,588 announced job cuts to date. This figure includes 54,182 government-sector cuts in September, 50,000 of which are the result of a five-year troop reduction plan announced by the United States Army.

This means Jacksonville federal jobs may also get cut.

The second largest job-cutting sector to date is the financial sector, which announced 54,013 planned layoffs between January 1 and the end of September. That is up 177 percent from the 19,474 job cuts recorded over the first three quarters of 2010. Of the 54,013 financial job cuts this year, 31,167 occurred in September, with 30,000 resulting from Bank of America’s multi-year workforce reduction plan aimed at saving the struggling bank $5 billion per year.

According to a new survey from Manpower, jobs in Maryland are experiencing significant growth, especially in the Baltimore area.

Recently ManpowerGroup surveyed more than 18,000 employers in 100 metropolitan areas to find out who’s hiring, who’s firing and who plans to maintain their current staff levels in the fourth quarter of 2011, October through December.

In Baltimore-Townson, twenty percent of that metro area’s hiring managers anticipate a bright fourth quarter.

Seven percent expect to terminate workers, 71 percent anticipate no change and 2 percent are uncertain. (more…)

Hyrell Partners, a web-based hiring solution, announced this week the launch of a distribution and content partnership with Criteria Corp, a move that will improve onboarding for Pennsylvania jobs.

Criteria Corp is a provider of pre-employment testing services.

The move is expected to not only affect Pennsylvania jobs, but also jobs nationwide, including Atlanta jobs.
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According to new research, recruiting jobs in Washington, D.C. are climbing.

Over the past 90 days, more than 14,000 new jobs were advertised online for Recruiters, according to WANTED Analytics™ (www.wantedanalytics.com), the leading source of real-time business intelligence for the talent marketplace. Despite rising unemployment, hiring demand has steadily increased by 20% from the same 90-day period in 2010 and by more than 130% from 2009.

Employers and staffing firms in the New York area had the largest demand for Recruiters, with about 1,300 new jobs advertised online over the past 90 days. This represents a 2% growth from the same 90-day period in 2010. Chicago saw the second highest hiring demand with 670 Chicago recruiting jobs. Washington, DC was not far behind with the third largest demand and about 660 ads. (more…)

A long-standing company has been sold, a move that may cause in the loss of Pennsylvania jobs.

After a very successful 45 years, Leo Kane has sold the company he founded in 1966, the Credit Management Company. The company is one of Pennsylvania’s largest and most successful accounts receivables management companies, with clients throughout North America. Its major client base includes hospitals and medical facilities in Western Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia area and Virginia. Other clients include credit unions, governments and education.
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