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Areas of Oildale need help, and Supervisor Mike Maggard believes a redevelopment agency could be one solution to eliminate blight, create jobs and offer residents hope.
Tuesday, supervisors asked county staffers to study what it would take to create a redevelopment agency. It's a small step...
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Kern County’s unemployment rate has gone up over this time last year, according to data released by the state’s Employment Development Department on Friday.
Kern unemployment rate slipped slightly to 9.5 percent in May, down from a revised 9.7 percent in April but above an estimated...
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Do you know what the man to the left accomplished?
Read what he did in this week's People in Business column.
People in Business is the place to announce professional achievements. Want to be in next week's list? It's best to submit to www.bakersfield.com/youwords.
You can also mail...
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Do you know what the woman to the left accomplished?
Read about her achievements in the business world and those of others in the weekly People in Business column.
People in Business is the place to announce professional achievements. Want to be in next week's list? It's best to submit to...
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Do you know the man on the left? Do you know what he accomplished?
Take a look at this week's People in Business column to find out.
It's the place to announce promotions, new jobs and professional achievements.
Would you like to be in next week's? It's best to submit to...
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Do you know what the man to the left did?
Check out our weekly People in Business column here.
People in Business is the place to announce professional achievements. Want to be in next week's list? It's best to submit to bakersfield.com/yourwords.
You can also mail contributions to The...
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Do you know the person to the left?
Find out what she accomplished in this week's People in Business column.
Want to be in next week's list? It's best to submit to bakersfield.com/yourwords.
You can also mail contributions to The Bakersfield Californian, business editor, P.O. Bin 440,...
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Do you know the person to the left?
Find out what she achieved in our weekly People in Business column.
It's the place to announce promotions, new jobs and professional achievements.
Want to be in next week's? It's best to submit to bakersfield.com/yourwords.
You can also mail contributions...
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In preparation for Kern Life, our annual guide to life in Kern County, reporter Courtenay Edelhart was updating a list of top employers.
Interesting reading. Here it is:
Kern County’s Top Employers:
Kern County Public Schools 27,000
Edwards Air Force...
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It's not every day that a book with fluorescent orange and blue writing lands on my desk. So I had to flip through "How to Be Useful: A Beginner's Guide to Not Hating Work."
The book jacket suggests that author Megan Hustad "dismantles the myths of getting ahead and helps you...
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Looking for work?
The state’s Employment Development Department is holding an “Honor a Hero, Hire a Vet” Job and Resource Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday at the Army National Guard Armory, 2800 Gateway Ave.
It’s a chance for veterans, National Guard members and...
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People in Business is the place to recognize achievements of local professionals.
Have a submission? Send it to business@bakersfield.com.
Want to know who the person in the picture is? Read this week's People in Business column.
— Christine Peterson
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It's that time of year when people across the country reveal a very important number — just how much they make annually.
And that information is shared in a Parade cover story. You can check out Parade's online coverage here.
See our local version here.
Are you surprised by the...
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It's that time of the week to introduce another set of people who've achieved in some way or another in their chosen professions.
Don't know who the person in the mug shot to the left is, and what she did?
Click here for this week's column.
Want to be in next week's?
It's best to submit...
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People in Business is the place for a shout-out to people who've earned promotions, earned a professional designation or otherwise achieved.
Check out this week's list.
Want to be in next week's list? It's best to submit to bakersfield.com/yourwords.
You can also mail...
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Parade’s annual “What People Earn” comes out Sunday, April 13.
A reader favorite, it includes photos of people — everyone from CEOs to tow-truck drivers — plus their name, age, city of residence and annual pay.
We’re preparing our own list of Bakersfield...
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Have you looked for a job while you're on the job?
Were you at work, while you were supposed to be performing tasks for your current employer? Or did you wait until you got home or otherwise out of the office, spending your own time on the search?
I started thinking about this when a recent...
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Surveys always seem to yield interesting nuggets.
OfficeTeam did a telephone survey of 150 execs, with questions in honor of Administrative Professionals Week.
Here are some findings:
• 73 percent of the managers said these workers' responsibilities have grown in the past five years.
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Efforts are afoot to retrain workers laid off from residential construction. (In case you haven't noticed that the pace of new home construction has slowed.)
The state's Labor and Workforce Development’s Employment Development Department is looking for formal proposals.
It's being...
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The alarm sounds, and you awaken only to get up and shut that startling alarm clock off… ten more minutes of sleep… ok, ok, just five more minutes… then you lazily and unenthusiastically begin your morning routine to get ready for work: the grind.
You're not alone....
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The median annual income for men is $41,965 for men, but only $32,168 for women, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
The American Association of University Women - Bakersfield Branch wants to talk about that. The group is hosting a community forum at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 22 at the Cal State...
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The U.S. Department of Defense signed off Tuesday on a plan that will transfer Navy jobs to the China Lake Naval Air Weapons Station from other facilities near Ventura and as far away as Virginia and Maryland.
The move represents a significant step forward in a process that has seen several...
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I hesitate to even mention rumors, so take this post with a huge grain of salt. But there's something going on with the football program at Foothill High.
We had heard a few rumblings of it here in the office, and now there's a message thread on the topic over at cvhspreps.com. For those who...
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Do you have a new position? Have you achieved special recognition in your field?
Let us know about it for the People in Business column, which runs every Sunday in The Californian and at Bakersfield.com.
Here's this week's list of achievements.
Want to be in next week's?
It's best to submit...
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The Executives' Association of Kern County will host its business summit next week.
Sign up by Tuesday, March 11. The group can be reached at 634-0641.
Event details:
When: 7 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 12.
Where: Holiday Inn Select, 801 Truxtun Ave.
Theme: People - Innovation -...
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Do you have a new position? Have you achieved special recognition in your field?
Let us know about it for the People in Business column, every Sunday in The Californian and at Bakersfield.com.
Here's this week's roundup of achievements.
Want to be in next week's?
It's best to submit to...
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After you spend eight, 10 or 12 hours or more with your co-workers, do you really want to spend more precious minutes with them outside work?
Maybe not so much. At least not as much as our cubicle mates in other countries.
Which brings me to an Indianapolis Star story reporting the results of a...
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It was looking like Rosedale Union School District would lose 34 jobs to make its $2.1 million budget cut for next year.
But an alternative may offer a chance to save 14 jobs.
Plan B on the board agenda for tomorrow's meeting includes a line on potential income, $430,000, if the district...
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How do you retain good employees in a competitive job market where the demand for reliable, skilled workers exceeds availability?
That's the question posed in a press release from the Greater Bakersfield Chamber of Commerce, which is running a lunch seminar next week on winning employee...
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I always learn something new from the Accountemps surveys that fall on my desk.
The latest proclaimed, "More job seekers recognize value of researching potential employers, survey shows."
To that, I blurted out DUH.
But maybe it's not that clear to job seekers that it just might be...
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The governor is spending $10.5 million for training for construction workers and others who have been laid off because of the downturn in the housing market.
“The housing slump has put many skilled Californians out of work – such as carpenters, steel workers and cement...
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Kern County’s unemployment rate rose to 9.9 percent in January, up from 9.4 percent in December and 8.8 percent a year before, according to data released Friday by the state Employment Development Department.
By comparison, California’s unemployment rate in January was 6.3 percent,...
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More bad guys may be on the way to Wasco State Prison.
Reporter Jenny Shearer writes: The expansion at Wasco State Prison is part of Assembly Bill 900, which Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed in 2007. The idea is to replace nontraditional beds in areas such as gyms and dayrooms with beds in...
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Apparently lots of local kids want to be petroleum engineers — or at least their teachers think they should consider it.
For the first time in the history of the local event, the annual Engineers Day event sposnored by The Society of Petroleum Engineers, San Joaquin Valley Section, is so...
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Sinking, sinkng, sunk.
The Associated Press reported this morning that "People’s confidence in the economy sank even lower amid heightened fears about shrinking job opportunities and the possibility the country is falling into recession.
According to the RBC Cash Index, confidence...
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More and more people are without jobs. That's the latest from the Labor Department, which is saying the cuts haven't been so bad since the summer of 2003.
The Associated Press is reporting: "Nervous employers cut 17,000 jobs in January — the first such reduction in more than four...
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white flowers drift down from the trees like snow
an obligitory two weeks of distance
one week down, one to go
time changes and the hours seem longer
everything set on a high contrast
sky blue to spring green
infused with the sun
reflecting back only the colors not absorbed
cats padding...
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A friend of mine sent this to me. Truer words have rarely been spoken.
A lady I know wrote the best letter in the editorials in ages!!! It explains things better than all the baloney you hear on TV.
Her point:
Recently large demonstrations have taken place across the country...
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Bakersfield.com has launched its bigger and better Jobs section, which is loaded with new features and a new look. We think it continues to be the best source of local jobs anywhere!
For job seekers, our new features allow you to:
Search ads by any number of possibilities,...
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We may be past the days of faking a high temperature by putting the thermometer to the closest lightbulb, but we are definitely not past playing hooky.
And chances are we are still getting away with it.
A new study, commissioned by CareerBuilder.com, found that 32 percent of workers said...
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