Job seekers – I’ve patched up a fresh collection of new salaried and hourly postings in NE Ohio from Eastlake to Wadsworth, from Independence to North Canton, which you’ll find below. And if you’re in a job hunt, you’ll want to know more about a helpful and inexpensive career transition workshop on Friday, March 9, hosted by Szarka Financial’s Ohio Career Connect team. This half-day job search seminar at Grace Church in Middleburg Heights includes morning refreshments and lunch, six panelists on job search strategies (I am speaking on professional presence), and time for networking with other attendees. All of your $10 registration fee goes to the Cleveland Foodbank; registration info (may take a few moments to download) is found here.
Astro Manufacturing in Eastlake has nearly a dozen postings for CNC Mill and Lathe Operators, and a CNC Programmer, along with Welder/Fitters, Mold Makers and Electrical and Quality Engineers. Apply at http://www.astromfg.com/positions-new.html
Avery Dennison has 4 accounting and finance positions open at its Mentor location; apply at http://tinyurl.com/83mo487
Bendix in Elyria has posted several new positions including manager of new business development, pricing analyst, engineering supervisor/test lab, warranty engineer, advanced manufacturing engineers and a general accountant. Apply at http://tinyurl.com/7hx5tbn
Diebold in North Canton has posted over a dozen new positions since Feb 6 including roles in compliance, IT programming, help desk analyst, software systems engineer, client services and manufacturing engineer. Apply at https://diebold.taleo.net/careersection/2/joblist.ftl
Goodyear in Akron has posted dozens of jobs in IT, procurement/supply chain, production/hourly, control system engineers, category managers and HR positions, plus a tax manager, financial analyst, and global integration leader, among others. Apply at http://www.goodyear.com/careers/opportunities.html
Invacare has posted several jobs since Feb 16; North Ridgeville openings are for Complaint Handling positions (a Specialist, a Coordinator, and a Supervisor are posted; a product quality investigator in Elyria, a regulatory affairs specialist in North Ridgeville, and a Billings and Collections Team Lead in Akron. Apply at http://tinyurl.com/74kvh49
Kichler Lighting in Independence has posted several new openings in product engineering as well as cost administrator, drafter, demand/inventory analyst, business data analyst and operations coordinator. Apply at http://www.kichler.com/consumer/jobs_page/portlet_jobs/cms/begin
The National Association of Retail Merchandisers Job Bank (http://www.narms.com/jobbank.html) lists numerous restocking, product demonstration and display resetting positions, all part time (do a search for Ohio opportunities). For example, pay is $11 to $12.50/hour for experienced reset merchandisers with reliable transportation for a first shift project offered in Solon, Middleburg Heights, Garfield Heights, Ashtabula, Cleveland, Chardon, Wadsworth and Brooklyn; Atlantic Coast Merchandising is the hiring agency at http://tinyurl.com/7rq3ou7
ServiceMaster has numerous business development, customer relations, sales, and technician openings for its Terminix and TruGreen offices in Mentor, Brunswick, Elyria, Walton Hills and Middleburg Heights; apply at http://careers.servicemaster.com/content/map/
Swagelok has a batch of newly-posted opportunities in Solon: CNC operators, production supervisor, lead quality engineer, site manager, scheduler, accounts payable specialist, engineering supervisor. Apply at https://www.ultirecruit.com/SWA1000/jobboard/ListJobs.aspx?__VT=ExtCan
UPS is hiring part-time package handlers in Cleveland, Highland Heights, Wadsworth and Middleburg Heights – no weekends or holidays, and benefits are offered. Apply at http://jobs-ups.com/
Westfield Insurance in Medina County is hiring for these IT positions: business systems analyst, application developers, Microsoft Sharepoint administrator, Microsoft Exchange administrator and software configuration analyst; apply at https://www.hrapply.com/westfield/Setup.app
Kelly Blazek shares job search and work success tips in her blog, http://kellyblazek.wordpress.com and is a frequent speaker on creating more powerful resumes and LinkedIn profiles. A Six Sigma Green Belt, she is available for one-on-one resume review consultations and is also a manufacturing communications advisor. Contact her at kblazek@gembacomms.com.
No matter how healthy, how capable, how qualified you may be, your age works against you.
And then there is the oil and gas company’s telling the newspapers that they are bringing 1000 jobs to town but not telling the media that they are bringing 995 people from out of state to get them because you have to have 3-5 years or more experience doing exactly that job to get that job.