1880 Wardrobe Ave, Merced, CA 95340 (877) 267-WORK(9675) Business Newsletter HAPPY HALLOWEEN Department of Workforce Investment - Edition 1 Volume 10 - October 11, 2016 Job Fair @ MERCED COLLEGE September 21, 2016 “The purpose of our job fairs is to help both business and job seekers engage with one another, and it helps MERCED- Worknet of Merced County and Merced employers meet candidates face-to-face”, Mario Pena, College co-hosted a job fair on campus on September Business Service Specialist for Worknet of Merced 21st. This is Worknet’s first time co-hosting a job fair County. at Merced College. A total of 33 employers were on site and hiring. Despite the clouds and light rain, it didn’t stop job seekers and employers from attending this event.
Autumn Gardia, Director of Workplace Internship Network and Anne DiCarlo, Director, Office of Re- lations with Schools at Merced College were very The list of employers were: Central Valley Concrete & pleased to see a great turnout. Special guest, Daron Trucking, Amie Marchini Senior Care, Agrecom, Inc., McDaniel, Merced County Supervisor for District 3 Joseph Gallo Farms, Black Oak Casino, Best Buy, was also on campus. Mr. McDaniel also showed his T-Mobile, Bristol Hospice, Livingston Community support and was excited to see many employers hiring Health, Quad Graphics, Dignity Health Medical Cen- and meeting with candidates. ter, Villara Building Systems, Pacifica Senior Living, Merced County Office of Education, United States Penitentiary-Atwater, Merced County, Holt Ag Solu- tions, Home Depot, Jenasis Medical Group, In-Shape City, Central California Asthma Collaborative, Trans County Title Company, Anberry Rehab Hospital, Golden Valley Health Centers, H&R Block, Merced College, Yosemite Farm Credit, Solar City, Frito Lay, Infinity Staffing, U.S. Army, Merced College Mini- Corp, and JC Penny. Zeke Arizon with Infinity Staffing was able to hire 5 individuals on site. “Our client was expanding their Approximately 200 job seekers came out, including business in Merced, and this event was convenient for many Merced College students. us to help their business.” Zeke said. (Continue pg. 2)
Pg.1 (JOB FAIR) Anahi Fernandez, Recruiter for T-Mobile said her District Manager was on site and hired an individual for one of his stores. “We enjoy coming out to Worknet’s job fairs. Their staff is amazing and they September Chamber Mixer treat us very well,” said Anahi.
September 24, 2016 Written by: Los Banos Chamber of Commerce
LOS BANOS- Worknet of Los Banos sponsored a wonderful Chamber mixer with a food spread that was simply delicious. Business drawing prizes were plentiful enough for a second round. We also heard Worknet’s Business Service Team engaged with every from Worknet of the many things they do and offer employer, getting feedback about their business, and to the public. Please come and check them out if you how our programs can make a difference. “It’s all are looking for a job, employees to hire, employment about partnership and understanding our business benefit information, EDD assistance and a host of clients needs.” said Jaime Gutierrez, Employment and other things too numerous to mention here. Thank you Training Specialist. Worknet of Los Banos for a wonderful, great Chamber mixer.
Deputy Director, Shermaene Roemhildt for Merced County, Department of Workforce Investment, along Los Banos Chamber President, Sandy Lemus, speaking to guests with Staff Analyst, Mario Gutierrez, were giving away about our Worknet’s services and programs that can help busi- prizes from employers at the job fair. Several lucky ness. winners won prizes, and each winner had an opportu- nity to meet with the employer and learn more about the product they won from the company.
This is Worknet’s last job fair of 2016. “We’re excited the job fair at Merced College went very well. I’m looking forward to more job fairs in 2017,” said Mario Pena, Business Service Specialist. Shermaene Roemhildt, Deputy Director for Merced County Dept. For more information about our job fair at Merced of Workforce Investment, speaks to guests about our EMPOWER College held in September, or you would like to learn program and other Business Service programs that Worknet can more about how Worknet can help your business provide help and assistance to meet their business needs. needs, please contact our Business Service Team: To learn more about the Los Banos Chamber of Com- Mario Pena at (209) 724-2046, or Jaime Gutierrez at merce, please contact their office at (209) 826-2495. (209) 724-2122. We offer great programs that can help You can also visit their office at 932 6th Street, Los the employer offset the cost of training a new eligibile Banos, CA 93635. Please visit their website at hire from our network. Call us today and our team will www.losbanos.com for more details. Their next cham- be more than happy to meet with you. ber mixer is scheduled for Thursday, October 27th. Pg.2 Bureaus, explains two-factor authentication: “2FA Community means using any two of something you know (such as a password or PIN; plus something you have (a phone, a USB security key), or something you are Update (fingerprint, facial recognition). To add two-factor Press Release: Better Business Bureau Joins with authentication to your phone, you can use a fingerprint White House, Cybersecurity Community to Urge (something you are) and a PIN (something you know). Consumers to “Lock Down Your Login” To access your email, you can put in a password (something you know) and receive a text message with September 28, 2016 a code to enter (this proves you have your phone). You can usually authorize the website to remember ARLINGTON, VA- Every two seconds, someone frequently used devices so you won’t have to enter a is a victim of identity fraud. That’s why the Better code every time you log in. Many websites will notify Business Bureau is teaming up with the White House, you by email or text if someone logs on from a differ- the National Cyber Security Alliance, and dozens of ent device.” public and private sector organizations to call on con- sumers and businesses to “Lock Down Your Login.” October is National Cyber Security Awareness Month. The campaign, which launches today, focuses on steps One of the best ways to prevent cyber-threats is to anyone can take to make their online accounts safer, “Lock Down Your Login” with two-factor authenti- including two-factor authentication (2FA). Tips and cation. Like the keys to your house or the PIN to your suggestions are available at lockdownyourlogin.com. bank card, keep this information in a secure place and don’t share it with anyone who contacts you directly. BBB Scam Tracker, a tool for reporting scams and learning more about fraud, has received nearly 40,000 To learn more about this article, please visit reports since it was launched in late 2015. Many of the www.bbb.org under Central Valley to learn more. reported scams have to do with the repercussions of hacked accounts, including:
-A California woman whose cell phone was hacked by a scammer who then accessed her email, iTunes and other accounts. In a few short months, the scammer had racked up $27,000 worth of charges in her name.
-A young musician who was scammed by someone pretending to be a music promoter. After she paid for some publicity help, the scammer instead took over her popular Instagram account, changed the name, and started selling their services to her fans and followers.
-A senior citizen who lost more than $67,000 when a scammer pretending to be “tech support” called to say his computer had been hacked and the company need- ed to put anti-virus software on his computer. Instead, they harvested his banking passwords and wiped out Worknet can assist employers with recruitment, skills his accounts. assessment, job fairs and hiring. Worknet can provide assistance with training cost for qualified new hires User names and passwords are not enough to insure through our On-the-Job Training (OJT) and Subsi- secure online accounts. BBB urges consumers to dized Employment programs, which may reimburse activate two-factor authentication (2FA) when offered cost from 50% to 100% during the training period. For by websites and online accounts. Bill Fanelli, chief more information call (209) 724-2000 or 1-877-267- security officer with the Council of Better Business 9675 for more details. Pg.3 San Joaquin County job growth expected to outpace state’s October 5, 2016 Central Valley Business Journal
STOCKTON- Look for steady economic growth in California for the rest of the decade. That’s the mes- sage from University of the Pacific economists in the California and Metro Forecast released Tuesday.This economic recovery, never a barn-burner, is settling in for the next few years, according to the study. Gross state product is expected to grow at a rate of 2.5 percent. Job growth has gone as low as it’s going to in this cycle. Unemployment is projected to stabilize between 5.5 and 6 percent through 2020.
“California has continued to add jobs at an over 2 per- cent pace throughout 2016, but we expect job growth will slowly recede to a 1 percent pace over the next two years,” wrote the report’s authors.Job growth is project- ed to be a bit stronger in San Joaquin County, however, thanks to growth in the distribution and transporta- tion sectors.
“Employment growth is on track for a 3.7 percent gain in 2016 and is projected to remain above 3 percent in San Joaquin County for 2017, the fastest of all North- ern California metro areas,” the report said.The Cali- fornia and Metro Forecast is produced quarterly by the Center for Business and Policy Research at the Univer- sity of the Pacific’s Eberhardt School of Business.
Other highlights from the report:
Health Services has become the largest employment sector in the state and is projected to add an additional 50,000 positions statewide over the next 12 months, slightly fewer than the 65,000 jobs added in the past 12 months. Consumers are shifting their spending from retail to restaurants. That, plus growing tourism, have fueled rapid growth in the Leisure and Hospitality sector. That sector is expected to add 30,000 new jobs over the new year, less than in the recent past. It’s projected to cool even more to 15,000 new jobs as the minimum wage increases lead to less hiring. Single-family housing starts is still slow. The state is projected to build just 50,000 new homes this year. Economist believe 2017 will bring a bigger increase to 77,000 homes.
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