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Part-time, Temporary Jobs On The Rise - WFMZ-TV Online

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 04:10 PM PDT

Posted: 7:16 pm EDT April 4,2010Updated: 8:52 pm EDT April 4,2010

ALLENTOWN, Pa. -- Despite the fact that we're still in a recession, President Obama had positive news to share this weekend.

"Last month, for the first time in more than 2 years, the economy created a substantial number of jobs, instead of losing them," the President said.

Sunday morning, one White House aide told NBC News that the latest jobs report shows solid employment growth, thanks to temporary jobs.

"More people got laid off last year than ever before. We're seeing a lot of people that have great skill sets, great talent, that are suddenly finding themselves without work," says Susan Larkin, the Vice-president of Allied Personnel Services.

Larkin says more people than ever are looking for work, and companies know it.

"If companies have projects and deadlines that they need to meet, they're more inclined now to bring on temporaries to help them meet the needs of their clients," she added.

Larkin says there are now more companies looking to hire temporary help.

"It's a lot nicer to be sitting in an interview and talking about what you did in the past year and including some new skills that you learned, some top companies that you did some projects for."

In February 2010, Larkin says staffing companies like hers added more than 47-thousand jobs to the economy.

She says that all industries, from entry level to corporate, are hiring temporary help. She added that she sees an increase in manufacturing positions, plus finance and accounting are also bouncing back.

Five top HC officials losing jobs - Athens News

Posted: 04 Apr 2010 10:22 PM PDT

Hocking College President Ron Erickson would appear to be using the need to make budget cuts at the college as an opportunity to clear out the remains of the administrative "old guard" of his predecessor, John Light.

No one at Hocking could be reached for comment Friday on the decision to not renew the contracts of six employees, accounting for $466,000 in salaries. (One of the six will become a part-time employee.)

The college has indicated, however, that the five administrators losing their jobs come from the inner circle of former President John Light, and include both Light's wife, Roxeanne DuVivier, and his former chief of staff, Cindy Baden.

Erickson, who took over as Hocking's second-ever president last July, had already tried once to fire Baden. Last October, he sent Baden a letter alleging that evidence showed she had falsified a response to a public-records request, which sought minutes from a public meeting involving a controversial proposed development at Lake Snowden Park, which the college owns.

The letter also alleged that Baden had shown an inexcusable "pattern of behavior" involving falsification of records, and had reported false or inaccurate information "on multiple occasions." At that time, Erickson placed Baden on administrative leave. She did not end up losing her job, but was assigned to work from her home, writing a history of the college.

She has denied any wrongdoing.

DuVivier had also gotten signals from the new administration that she was possibly on the outs; a former senior vice president of student affairs, under Erickson she was reassigned to be in charge of special projects.

Also losing their jobs were Steve Cox, an admissions and enrollment officer, Connie Elliott, an administrative assistant to DuVivier, and Senior Vice President Roy Palmer.

Hocking Treasurer William Hill has been told his job will become part-time after the college hires a vice president of finance.

Including benefits connected to each position, and also factoring in a decision to end a contract with the company now running the Inn at Hocking College, a Hocking-owned hotel and restaurant, the college expects the changes to save $800,000 annually. The college has lost more than $1.34 million in state subsidy over the last two years.

In an audit issued last year, the Auditor of State concluded that DuVivier and two other Hocking officials had improperly paid themselves more than $9,000 apiece in salaries from a grant fund. It also found that the college had improperly reimbursed Light about $600, for travel and credit-card purchases.

The college remains under investigation by the Ohio Ethics Commission and a special prosecutor, for questionable financial practices including reimbursement for college officials to travel to foreign countries.