Summer Job Top Links

Orlando Ballet director leaves for Washington job (Orlando Sentinel)

Russell Allen, executive director of the Orlando Ballet for the past four years, will exit Orlando at the end of the summer to take the same job at the Washington (D.C.) Ballet -- in part because he wants to be closer to his father, who has had recent health problems. "It's an opportunity to work for a top company right there where my father lives," Allen said. The Washington Ballet has an ...

North Texas districts' online summer school clicks for teens (Dallas Morning News)

Squeezing summer school between a job as a lifeguard and a community college class means a busy schedule for 18-year-old Kody Jackson. And like a growing number of area teens, he's turning to online summer school to finish his high school graduation requirements.

Chrysler's Twinsburg stamping plant down for summer; union expects fall job cuts (The Plain Dealer)

Chrysler LLC's stamping plant in Twinsburg will be down most of July and August, and job cuts could be coming this fall, a union leader said Wednesday.

Mayor Melton's Summer Job Program Kicks Off (WJTV Jackson)

At least 60 students are working in Mayor Melton's summer job program.

Valley job losses mount (Idaho Press-Tribune)

BOISE -- The Treasure Valley's unemployment rate took another jump in June and state officials say thousands fewer people are working than did last summer.The Idaho Department of Labor reported Friday that joblessness in the Boise-Nampa metro area rose from 3.9 percent in May to 4.3 percent in June. That compares to 2.8 percent as recently as February. Analysts said a stagnant job market and ...