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My husband and I have just moved to Lexington from New York. Does anyone know the best way to go about looking for a job: employment agency, newspaper. What employment agency has the most results in placing people. I do bookkeeping/accounting, my husband has years of experience in warehousing/forklifting
I've worked with Randstad and Office Team before in Columbia and was generally pleased. I think Randstad is temp work and Office Team might inclide temp-to-perm and direct hire. I would also suggest Accountemps for your field. I think there are usually warehouse-type jobs for companies posted on the SC Employment Security Commission website which is www.sces.org. Plus I think a lot of staffing agencies specialize in those types of warehouse work--I'd get a copy of the Columbia phonebook or look at the yellow pages online for a list.
Some churches in the area also run employment support and networking groups. One off the top of my head is St. Peter's on Assembly St. I am an acquaintance of one of the group members who told me it is open to the public to attend.
in the meantime, the school district (lexington 1) is always looking for subs (teachers, food service, custodial). lex 1 if you want to stay "gainfully" employed while looking for the work you really want to do.
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If you're a blue collar worker with little skills, good luck. We've been here in Lexington county for 9 months and my husband still hasn't found suitable work. That's one reason we're moving back to New Jersey in a few months.
I know several people or families that moved to SC from NY/NJ without jobs. It is often prohibitively expensive to live in the NYC metro, and if you don't have a job it is still often a smart financial move to move to a state with a much lower cost-of-living like SC. Also if you are looking for employment in an industry that currently has more opportunities in the Southeast than in the Northeast it would make sense too.
If you're a blue collar worker with little skills, good luck. We've been here in Lexington county for 9 months and my husband still hasn't found suitable work. That's one reason we're moving back to New Jersey in a few months.
Pray tell, where can anyone find work if they have no skills?
If you're a blue collar worker with little skills, good luck. We've been here in Lexington county for 9 months and my husband still hasn't found suitable work. That's one reason we're moving back to New Jersey in a few months.
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Pray tell, where can anyone find work if they have no skills?
with "little skills", isn't any job "suitable work"?
in the meantime, the school district (lexington 1) is always looking for subs (teachers, food service, custodial). lex 1 if you want to stay "gainfully" employed while looking for the work you really want to do.
Thanks for posting this. Things are progressing with my husband getting transferred to Columbia. I currently work at my kids school and the positions fill up very quickly and they turn people away. This is good to know when we start looking homes.
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