November 8, 2009 in City

Locally, part-time jobs easier to come by

Tom Sowa toms@spokesman.com, (509) 459-5492
 
Tags: employment counselors Inland Northwest jobs

The majority of jobs being filled in the Inland Northwest are part-time positions. Employers are shying away from committing benefits and full-time salaries when the economic forecast remains clouded, said Jessica DeHaan, owner of the Post Falls staffing company Express Personnel Services.

Her advice for workers searching for jobs that will last for more than a few weeks: Contact companies in the light industrial and office services categories.

Light industry jobs involve product shipping and handling. Office services jobs are those such as reception, customer service, accounting and sales.

Pullman-based Schweitzer Engineering, for example, has about 20 non-engineering job openings.

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