One company is actually looking for people to fill available Reno jobs (Click here).
New York Life, an insurance company, is planning to hire about 300 agents during the next year and about 30 of those positions will be located at the company’s office in Reno.
“We invest in our employees to ensure they are successful,” Lawrence Carter, who works with the company, told KTVN. “We pay to license them and get them going.”
More jobs were lost last month while the Reno unemployment rate continued to increase.
During July, the Reno-Sparks area saw its unemployment rate increase from 11.8 percent to 12.2 percent. This is higher than the unemployment rate of 6.7 percent the area saw last year and higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent. The area has not seen a decrease in unemployment since April, when the rate went from 11.2 percent to 11 percent.
The area had a total non-farm employment of 197,400 workers during July, according to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 200,100 workers during June and an 8.4 percent decrease from last year.
If you were looking for a Nevada job last month, you probably didn’t have very much luck, as the state’s unemployment rate continued to increase and more jobs were lost.
During July, Nevada saw its unemployment rate increase from 11.9 percent to 12.5 percent, which is higher than the national unemployment rate of 9.4 percent. The state hasn’t seen its unemployment rate decrease since December 2005, when it went from 4.3 percent to 4.2 percent.
The state had a total non-farm employment of 1,187,300 workers during July, according to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 1,193,000 workers during June and a 6.4 percent decrease from last year.
While the economy has caused many industries to suffer, the State of Nevada has seen some benefit from the recession, as it seems to have stabilized Nevada government jobs.
As of the fiscal year that ended June 30, the percentage of employees within state agencies either leaving or changing their jobs came in at 17 percent, a decrease from 24 percent during 2006 and 22 percent during 2007.
“The security that government affords in a time like this is pretty clear,” Nevada Personnel Director Teresa Thienhaus, told San Jose Mercury News. “We probably have people making life choices to stay with a certain thing rather than to move and take something less certain.”
A large investment from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act that is focused on energy projects will help create many new jobs, particularly Nevada construction jobs.
it was recently announced that the U.S. Department of Energy will give Nevada $13,885,600 of a $34,714,000 funding round from the federal economic stimulus. This accounts for 40 percent of Nevada’s total State Energy Program funding authorized under the recovery act.
The first 10 percent of funding was given to the Nevada State Office of Energy to support new staffing and program planning activities. The remaining 50 percent will be released in two phases once required reporting, oversight and accountability measures are met.
The current economy, coupled with the intentional lax on government and company spending, is continuing to affect Las Vegas jobs, particularly those in the hospitality industry.
Politicians from Nevada recently found out, via The Wall Street Journal, that e-mails from the FBI and Department of Agriculture have been encouraging conference locations to take place in areas that aren’t resort destinations and don’t appear to be “lavish.”
Following the release of that information, Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons was quoted as saying that President Barack Obama’s administration “seemed to be completely unaware of the damage they are causing” by such policies. Gibbons further called the blacklist “an outrageous insult to the working families in Nevada” and asked the state’s congressional delegation to press Obama for a change in such policies.
A new report found that even though fewer businesses have relocated to or expanded in western Nevada during the last year, more Reno jobs were created.
The report, from the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada, stated that only 17 companies moved to or expanded in the Reno area during the last year, which is a decrease from the 28 companies that did so the previous year. However, 743 new jobs were created, an increase from the 658 jobs created the year before.
The increase in jobs is mostly due to two employers - AT&T Nevada and the Hartford Financial Services Group - which together created 450 new positions. AT&T added 300 workers at its Reno customer call center. Although HFSG closed its office in Reno in 2007, the company has returned to the area and plans to employ about 150 workers.
The world’s largest slot machine producer, which is conveniently located near Las Vegas, is planning to cut more than 50 jobs at its Reno headquarters. Click here to learn more about Reno jobs.
International Game Technology recently announced that it will layoff 55 more workers in an attempt to adjust to the current recession. The company is cutting about 161 jobs throughout the world, and Reno accounts for about 35 percent of them.
Near the end of last year, IGT cut 300 jobs in Reno and 500 jobs globally. The company then cut another 200 positions in January, most of those in Reno. Unfortunately for residents in Reno and the surrounding area, IGT is one of the largest private employers in Washoe County.
If you’re looking for a job in Nevada, you might want to check out the state’s Fortune 500 companies. To learn more about Nevada jobs, click here.
It has become increasingly harder to find a job in Nevada, especially with gaming, one of the state’s main industries, losing revenue. During May, the state saw its unemployment rate increase from 10.6 percent to 11.3 percent. In the Las Vegas-Paradise area, where the majority of the casino action lies, the unemployment rate increased from 10.4 percent to 11.1 percent.
Nevada had a total non-farm employment of 1,199,300 workers during May, according to the United States Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics. This is down from 1,201,600 workers during April and a 6.1 percent decrease from last year.
Hundreds of Reno teaching jobs will soon be lost as a major higher educational institution sheds positions.
The University of Nevada, Reno recently announced that it will cut 279 jobs. No filled tenure or tenure-track positions will be eliminated. Several full-time faculty members will teach bigger classes in order to replace the loss of several part-time faculty members.
Officials said the cuts are necessary because of a 15 percent budget cut that decreased the university’s state funding by $33 million during the next two fiscal years, according to an article by Mercury News.
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