Top Hiring Employers in Ventura County and Nearby Areas as We Enter 2019

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As we enter a new year, it is a great time to start looking for a job, or perhaps a new job. This popular list of over 300 employers in Ventura County and surrounding areas provides local job seekers with resources for discovering local opportunities.

Let's take a closer look at that list and highlight some of the companies that have the largest number of posted job openings as of January 1, 2019.

Conejo Valley (Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Newbury Park, Agoura Hills, Calabasas) Top Hiring Employers

Simi Valley/Moorpark Top Hiring Employers

Camarillo/Oxnard/Ventura Top Hiring Employers

Top Hiring Employers in the San Fernando Valley, Malibu and Other Local Cities

Top Hiring Employers in Santa Barbara County

Click here for some practical resume submission tips. And of course, don't limit yourselves to just these companies! Check out the more comprehensive list at this link.

Job Seeker Services and Resources Provided by the Ventura County Job & Career Center

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The County of Ventura and Workforce Investment Board of Ventura County provide both virtual and in-person job seeker services to county residents. The Ventura County Job & Career Center (VCJCC) website at www.venturacountyjcc.org provides job postings and job seeking tips and services such as figuring out what careers are right for you, resume building, letter writing, job training and much more.

I took a look at jobs posted on the VCJCC site on 10/9/11 and there are definitely a lot of jobs posted in there. Over 500 within a 5 to 10 mile radius of Newbury Park. Also notable is that while there is some level of dup

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Top Hiring Employers In and Around Ventura County as 2013 Approaches

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As we wind down another year, now is a great time to start looking for a job, or perhaps a new job. This popular list of over 275 employers in Ventura County and surrounding areas provides local job seekers with some great resources for discovering local opportunities.

Let's take a closer look at that list and highlight some of the companies that have the largest number of posted job openings as we enter 2013.

Conejo Valley (Thousand Oaks, Westlake Village, Newbury Park, Agoura Hills, Calabasas) Top Hiring Employers

  • Bank of America has dozens and dozens of jobs posted in various local locations, including Simi Valley, Thousand Oaks, Agoura Hills, Calabasas and surrounding areas. careers.bankofamerica.com/jobsearch.aspx
  • Medical products and bioscience powerhouse Baxter International has nearly 40 posted positions at its Westlake Village and Thousand Oaks locations and another 60 jobs in Los Angeles.  www.baxter.com
  • Located in the heart of Thousand Oaks, California Lutheran University currently is looking to fill nearly 30 faculty, administrative and support positions available. www.callutheran.edu/hr
  • Westlake Village based Guitar Center has several dozen listed local positions. www.guitarcenter.com
  • Network and application testing provider, Calabasas based Ixia, has nearly 20 local job opportunities posted. www.ixiacom.com
  • Los Robles Medical Center in Thousand Oaks currently has 3
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Dealing With Difficult People at Work: Can't Control Them But You Can Control You

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Here's a nice little article written by Tony Schwartz in the Harvard Business School Blog Network. Provides some nice, useful perspectives regarding how to deal with people in the workplace, bosses or otherwise, that you find to be difficult. You know, people that backstab, steal your ideas, micromanage you, don't give you credit, can't make up their minds, nag you, don't respond to your requests, is flaky, etc. No doubt most of us can relate.

We all know you can't control the other person but we also need to be reminded of this fact. This applies to all relationships, work or otherwise. But you CAN control how you react. This article summarizes three effective ways of doing so:

1. Realistic Optimism: You can't change them but you can change the way YOU react. Instead of reacting negatively, you can reassess what really is the "problem" in your mind and then choose to look at things...and react to them...more positively.

2. The Reverse Lens: You feel threatened and devalued, but another way out is to take a hard look at what is driving your boss/coworker to act the way they are, and to try to understand them. What's driving the other person's behavior and can you empathize with them? Your empathy may help give them the value they seek and may improve the situation.

3. The Long Lens: OK, maybe the other person truly is a dirtbag that in the long term you'll never be able to work with. So another way to deal with it is, what can you learn from them and/or the situation. Can it, will you let it, lead to bigger and better things in your life.

Speaking of work and jobs, if you looking for a job in the Ventura County area, you may find this list of over 200 links to hiring companies useful.

Make Networking a Habit

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This is a guest post from Stuart Fried, a local career and job search coach with over 28 years of experience. Learn more at www.careerspecialist1.wordpress.com.

We hear so much about networking, networking, networking, and it seems to have almost become a bad word, and something we avoid, unless we have to do it!

I’ve blogged numerous times about why and how you should be networking; I’ve also spoken to numerous job support groups, professional associations and student groups about the value and necessity of networking.  Many other career coaches and small business consultants harp on the same subject.  Yet, we know that the vast of majority of us only network when we seemingly have to.

I have had many clients vocally agree that they should be networking, and then they go back to job searching on the internet job sites.  I have had many others say that they don’t have time or need to network as they’re working and not looking for a new job.  I wrote specifically about why you sho

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