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The FBI is hiring agents and support staff

admin — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 20:52:43 +0000

Unfortunately, no openings are located in Fort Bend County.

There is an FBI field office in Houston:
FBI Houston
2500 East TC Jester
Houston, Texas 77008-1300
(713) 693-5000
houston.fbi.gov

According to CNN, the FBI is hiring 850 new agents and 2100 support staff, including finance and accounting, security, intelligence analysis, training and education, nursing and counseling, physical surveillance, electrical engineering, physical and social sciences, and auto mechanics.

Procedures for applying and a full listing of available positions are posted on the Web site fbijobs.gov.

The present job postings expire on January 16, but a new, possibly smaller set of openings will be posted shortly thereafter, the agency said.

Career Fair Coming Up

admin — Fri, 29 Aug 2008 21:06:39 +0000

You will be excited to learn about the upcoming second annual Fort Bend County Public Sector Career Fair. The event will be held on Tuesday, September 23, 2008 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm at the Rosenberg Civic & Convention Center at 3825 Texas 36 South. Connect with representatives from a huge line-up of agencies from Rosenberg, Richmond, Missouri City, Stafford, Katy, Fulshear, Meadows Place and Sugar Land.

Yolanda McLin, Assistant Personnel Director for the City of Rosenberg was quoted as saying “This Career Fair is only for Fort Bend County’s public sector agencies. Our goal is to encourage job seekers to look at employment opportunities with public sector agencies and most importantly to work, live and play in Fort Bend County. The Career Fair will also provide recruiters an opportunity to connect with qualified applicants.”

Questions regarding the Career Fair should be directed to Yolanda McLin at 832/595-3323 or Ernestine Ware at 281/344-3956.

Check out the flyer about the Career Fair, and make plans to be there!

National employment vs. local Fort Bend employment stats

admin — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 15:06:19 +0000

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics came out with interesting employment statistics over the past week. Nationally, unemployment is at a 4-year high while Fort Bend County had the largest over-the-year percentage increase in employment among the largest counties in the U.S., according to preliminary data released July 24th by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the U.S. Department of Labor. Fort Bend County, which contains a portion of southwest Houston, experienced an over-the-year employment gain of 7.4 percent, compared with national job growth of 0.8 percent for the fourth quarter of 2007.

The Fort Bend County stats are for the end of 2007 while the national stats are more current for July 2008.

What does this mean for Fort Bend employment today? Is unemployment here up or down? What are you seeing out there Fort Bend job seekers?

Fort Bend stats source news release: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
National stats source news release: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics