CALUMET CITY | A multitude of positions were available for job seekers who attended an open house hosted by staffing and recruitment firm Staff Source Tuesday at VFW Post 8141.

Workers were being recruited for jobs at south suburban manufacturing and industrial companies in the South Holland and Calumet City area. Applications were being accepted for laborers, plant operators, carpenters, production workers, order pickers/packers and maintenance mechanics in the industrial field. Job openings also were available in the hospitality, technical and clerical/professional fields. Read more >>

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Staff Source, a staffing and recruitment firm based in Hammond, will be accepting resumes for the plant during an open house from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. May 23 at the Hobart Community Center, 111 E. Old Ridge Road.

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Contract Services Group President Mirko Marich said Monday the company is looking for between 35 and 40 people to fill automotive parts assembly and quality inspection positions. He said the hiring boost is the result of improvements in automobile activity and production.

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Nonfarm payroll employment, accounting for seasonal employment changes, rose in January by 12,200 to more than 2.86 million from December. Employment in the public sector and financial activities were the only two sectors that showed month-over-month declines.

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Hammond-based staffing firm Staff Source is holding recruiting efforts at the Portage WorkOne office to field candidates for jobs as batch makers, machine operators, quality control technicians, packers, and forklift operators.

The recruiting effort will happen at the WorkOne office in Portage, 1575 Adler Circle, from 9 a.m. to noon Friday and on March 23, March 30 and April 13.

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Staff Source and WIN teamed up to showcase struggling people and cultures around the world, raising more than $25,000. All donations went to WIN to help landmine victims, orphans and medics.

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Adecco’s Shanahan said employment in professional and business services; education and health services; and trade, transportation and utilities should see improvement in 2012. While the unemployment rate falling at local, state and national levels is a good sign, there still is a significant number of people who remain underemployed or have been without work for long periods of time.

Jeanette Tithof, owner of three Sedona Group locations in the region, said employers will be cautious about hiring in 2012 in light of it being an election year and changes including health care costs and workers’ compensation. Tithof and Staff Source’s Kesic said clients in Lake and Porter counties are expecting to hire people to boost their packaging businesses next year.

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The first open house is 9 a.m. to noon Thursday at Staff Source’s corporate office, 2500 165th St.

The remaining open houses are from 9 a.m. to noon Dec. 28, 9 to 11:30 a.m. Jan. 4, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. and 4 to 6 p.m. Jan. 11, 9 a.m. to noon Jan. 14, 9 to 11:30 a.m. Jan. 18 and 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Jan. 25.

More than 100 positions are open ranging from production and assembly to material handling for a local company that couldn’t be named for competitive reasons, said Erin Trzcinski, who is working with Staff Source to host the open houses. Trzcinski said the company wants people qualified by February and the full-time positions start in April.

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Staff Source / Contract Services Group won the BKD Indiana Excellence Award in the Service Category for their innovative site AvailableCandidateList.com. The site markets some of their top candidates to their clients.

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