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A company is advising the unemployed on how to secure temporary jobs in Connecticut.

There is good news for people looking for temporary work over the holidays: Many retailers plan to hire more seasonal employees this year than previous years.

The outsourcing firm Challenger, Gray and Christmas estimates as many as 60,000 Americans will secure holiday jobs this year. According to the Los Angeles Times, Toys R Us alone plans to hire 45,000 holiday helpers, and other retail giants are planning to take on 20 to 30 percent more seasonal employees than last year. (more…)

It was recently reported that thousands of CT summer jobs would soon be created thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. However, hundreds of those potential positions could be canceled if the state Legislature doesn’t pass the funding within the next 10 days.

The State of Connecticut was to use $11 million in federal funding to create 4,500 jobs for youths ages 14 to 24. But the General Assembly has not yet appropriated those funds, meaning 700 youth jobs in Eastern Connecticut are now in danger of being cut. According to an article by the Norwich Bulletin, the Eastern CT Workforce Investment Board, one of five throughout the state, oversees $1.2 million for summer jobs.

“The longer we have to wait, the more the program is weakened,” John Beauregard, executive director of the Eastern CT Workforce Investment Board, said in the article. “Something really needs to happen in the next seven to 10 days.”

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Thousands of youth will have the chance to partake in Connecticut summer jobs, thanks to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act.

The State of Connecticut will use $11 million in federal stimulus money to help young people get summer jobs. The funding will create 4,500 jobs for those 14 to 24-years old. The majority of the jobs will capitalize on the vast computer skills that many young people posses.

To be eligible, the youth’s family must be near the federal poverty level and they must have disabilities or other barriers to employment. Those who are selected will work 16 to 24 hours per week and earn minimum wage. They will work with public programs, private employers, nonprofit groups, municipal sites, state college campuses, hospitals and banks.

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