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5 Best Summer Jobs for Teens in Missoula

Joy Larson — Fri, 17 May 2013 12:04:41 +0000

The most important thing to take into consideration when helping your teen hunt for a summer job is finding a job that fits them. If your teen is a clean freak, you may want to steer him or her away from a job in landscaping. However, if your teen loves the sun and the water, a lifeguard job might just be right up his or her alley. Keeping these things in mind, I’ve compiled a list of some of the best summer jobs for teens in and around Missoula.

Best and Worst Jobs of 2013 – Did Yours Make the List?

Joy Larson — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:49:54 +0000

Have you ever wondered if there was a better job for you out there? Have you ever dreamed it was possible to not loathe waking up and forcing yourself to go to the same old boring job day after day? What if you could have a job with better pay and less stress? What would that job be?

Scam Uses Fake Department of Labor Letter to Target Montana Businesses

Jon King — Wed, 13 Mar 2013 21:58:58 +0000

The Montana Department of Labor and Industry has seen an usually high number of scams targeting Montana business over the past few months. Now a new deception has been discovered.

Five Industries Taking a Dive Due to the Lingering Bad Economy

Joy Larson — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:13:16 +0000

If you thought your job was bad, you just might be right. The lack of a real come back in the economy has hit some industries harder than others. What little industry the economy hasn’t brought to its knees, technology has m

Potential Buyer For Vann's [AUDIO]

Peter Christian — Mon, 01 Oct 2012 17:17:57 +0000

New Vann’s CEO Jerry O’Connell says a Bozeman businessman is very interested in purchasing all five of the Vann’s Appliance stores in Montana. Vann’s recently announced that their stores would be closing because the company could not find adequate financing to continue operations, and is already operating under a Chapter 11 bankruptcy order. McConnell says [...]

Missoula Jobs – How and Where to Find Them

brooke — Sun, 26 Aug 2012 19:30:05 +0000

If you’ve ever found yourself looking for a job in Missoula, you know that sometimes, it seems darn near impossible. But, if you’re savvy and persistent in your search, there’s a good chance you’ll hear those magical words: You’re hired. You just have to be smart about when and where you look. Here are some [...]

More Employers Hunting Through Facebook, Twitter and Other Social Media to Recruit New Hires

Mike Adams — Tue, 10 Jul 2012 13:40:08 +0000

If you didn’t know it by now, employers are using social media outlets like Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn as an active part of their recruiting process.

In fact, a new survey suggests that even if you are not providing a recruiter with your social media information, most are still looking at them anyway.

Sorry, College Grads, But Working 'Till You're Old and Grey Is the New Fad

Shauna Wright — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 19:44:03 +0000

Medical advancements and healthier living mean many people have longer lifespans these days. That means lots of those older Americans are retiring later than in generations past. In fact, some analysts are calling 70 the new 70 in terms of retirement. Working until later in life is fast becoming the norm, sometimes it’s by choice [...]

Saying Good-Bye to Your Career

Dan DeWitt — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 15:26:12 +0000

When we were kids we envisioned what we wanted to be when we grew up and some followed that while others went a totally different direction. I have a friend who wanted to be a firefighter at a very young age and now is one of the highest ranking fire officials in Missoula. I wanted [...]

10 Very Strange Jobs That Actually Pay Pretty Well

Mike Adams — Sun, 10 Jun 2012 21:43:49 +0000

As kids, we typically had to listen to adults preach to us about how we needed to study hard in school to become doctors and lawyers. However, what they didn’t tell us is that it was possible to earn six figures doing other, more unusual work. The people at PayDay One recently compiled a list [...]

DIRECTV: a Great Place to Work

brooke — Tue, 01 May 2012 07:36:58 +0000

Finding a job that suits your strengths, interests and passions can be difficult. That’s why the employees of DIRECTV know they are so lucky.

Notta Lotta Jobs For College Grads

Dan DeWitt — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 17:00:27 +0000

According to research by the Associated Press, half of recent college graduates are either unemployed or underemployed — working in lower-wage jobs that aren’t utilizing their skills. How bad is it? Job opportunities for graduates with bachelor’s degrees are at their lowest levels in more than a decade. Are you about to graduate or a [...]

Better Job Market for Class of 2012

brooke — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 21:29:44 +0000

According to a new report, fewer new grads will feel the effects of the last decade’s economic collapse as they set out to land their first jobs.

New Missoula Company Strives to Use, and Reuse, All Materials

Joy Larson — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 03:20:55 +0000

If you haven’t heard yet, there is a new company in Missoula and it is bringing jobs with it. Blue Marble Biomaterials is a Seattle-based company. They are building a biorefinery in Missoula that will reuse waste products from local companies to make chemicals that will be sold internationally.

Blue Marble is bringing a variety of jobs to Missoula, from chemistry to biology to business and more. Their goal is expand their workforce to 80 people within the next two years.

2,500 New Missoula Jobs

makeitmissoulabloggers — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 18:02:45 +0000

By JENNIFER SHRYOCK

Best Place Project

“Here’s what I hear more than anything from the folks I serve: ‘We live in the best place.’ I agree.” –Missoula Mayor John Engen.

The Best Place Project aims to create 2,500 new primary jobs in the Missoula area, paying a sustainable wage rate of $37,000 annually.

Missoula Economic Partnership

Founding board members formed the Missoula Economic Partnership to execute the goals of the project. Mayor Engen and co-chairman Jeff Fee discussed the project at the City Club Missoula’s March forum. More about City Club Missoula.

Mayor Engen said they initiated the project after asking two questions:

1. What is Missoula’s economic development strategy?

2. Who is in charge of that strategy?

While Missoula is host to a number of economic development and business organizations that meet niche needs in the community and region, no single organization effectively drives the effort to recruit business, retain business, and develop opportunities for businesses in Missoula.