Places to Search for Temporary or Permanent Work

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Places to Search for Temporary or Permanent Work
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Places to Look

• Newspapers / want-ads
• Friends and family (networking)
• Ask them to check for job postings where they
  work.
  
• On the Net (search on employment Pittsburgh)
  (http//www.clpgh.org/clp/JCEC/pgh.html)
  
• CareerLink 425 6th Ave., 22nd floor, Pgh. 15219
  / (412) 552 7100
  
• You need to register in person or on-line to
  use their services (http//www.pacareerlink.state.
  pa.us)

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City of Pittsburgh / Allegheny County

• City
• City Jobline (412/255-2388) http//www.city.pittsb
  urgh.pa.us/personnel/html/employment_info.html
  
• updated every Monday morning
• Pool Administration Office 412-622-6917
• County
• http//www.county.allegheny.pa.us/jobs/index.asp

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Pittsburgh Job Corps Center(800) 473-5837
http//www.pittsjcc.com/
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U.S.Postal Service

• USPS Hires
• full-time career employees
• casual employees
• 30 or 89 day contracts
• Starting salaries vary based upon job description
  and the work location (8.50/hour)
  
• Entry level job titles
• Clerks
• Mail handlers
• Carriers

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U.S.Postal Service

• Requirements
• Must be 18 years old with H.S. diploma before
  starting work.
  
• Must be signed up with Selective Service
• Must successfully pass USPS exam for specific job
  classification.
  
• Must have valid drivers license with safe
  driving record

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U.S.Postal Service

• Look for yellow poster at local post office for
  information on casual employee hiring
  
• More specific info. on full-time positions, and
  applications, available at the General Mail
  Facility (GMF) on North Side and the Bulk Mail
  Center (BMC)
• Job information,testing application information
  (Pgh. Region)
  
• 412-359-7557
• Job information on-line
• http//www.usps.com/employment/

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Kennywood Sandcastle

• Many different types of jobs.
• Applications are accepted from April through the
  end of the season.
  
• Interviews are held at time of application
• Check for specific days and times for submitting
  applications.

• For more information 412-461-0500
  http//www.kennywood.com/

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Little or no work or investment!Make LOTS of
money! SMELL A SCAM!

• Job offers (scams) to avoid
• Door-to-door sales especially magazines or for
  a charity. (Nobody opens their doors to
  strangers anymore!)
  
• Offers found on telephone poles or emails to make
  tons of money. (They make their money by
  scamming you.)

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Remember

• If the ad or the offer sounds too good to be true
  it probably is too good to be true!

If it looks like a scam, smells like a scam,
tastes like a scam feels like a scam it
probably is a scam.
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Getting a job is NOT magic -
JOB HUNTING IS YOUR JOB!

• Getting hired requires a lot of hard work and
  persistence, possibly for a long time.
  
• Beat the pavement.
• Make your own luck!

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