5 Cool Opportunities for Jobs in and around The Colony, TX
It’s the last day of summer and the day sizzled outside but inside it was cool with job opportunities at The Colony Chamber’s Job Fair today. Companies looking for people were familiar big names like Nebraska Furniture Mart , Grande Communications , Advance Auto Parts , Comerica Bank and some smaller ones such as Lone Star Temp Services and Armor Safe Tech. Also represented was Williams-Sonoma who also owns the Pottery Barn and Thrivent, a not-for-profit financial planning firm that is set up to serve its members.
If you’re looking for a job or just looking to change jobs, check out these three cool opportunities. Get your application in soon as these positions are needed now.
#1 Warehouse
Warehouse support can be a Forklift Operator, Receiving Specialist or maybe a Delivery Prep Specialist. If any of these sound interesting to you, check them out at Nebraska Furniture Mart’s Careers page for Texas.
#2 Light Industrial
Lone Star Temporary Services is seeking people to fill several positions in the area of light industrial so if you’re handy-dandy with a sautering iron or know your way around a printed circuit board, be sure to check them out. Feel free to call Diana or David at 972-661-8020 and discuss your skills with them.
#3 Automotive
Have you heard of Advance Auto Parts? They are expanding rapidly in our metroplex and foresee about 2,000 new jobs in the 160 stores they’ll be opening up here in the next few years. If you know your way around car parts, this company is looking for people who want to grow their career with them. Contact Boris Flores at 813-298-5207 or visit Advance Auto Parts’ Careers page for an up-to-date list of openings.
#4 Customer Service Reps
Are you great with people? Love to solve problems? Several firms were looking for people with these attributes, most notably Comerica Bank, Williams-Sonoma and Armor Safe Tech.
- Armor Safe Tech is seeking one bilingual to work in The Colony supporting technical calls for their safes. Armor Safe Tech manufactures cash counting systems and safes at their San Antonio location and has a Customer Care location in The Cascades. Contact Geoff Tidman via email at gtidman@armorsafe.com or check out their website for more information.
- Comerica Bank is seeking full-time CSRs for retail banking. Contact Eric Butler or Claudia Jimenez via email at cijimenez@comerica.com
- NetDebt is seeking CSRs to help people become debt-free; go to http://netdebt.com for more information
- Williams-Sonoma has several positions open for full-time seasonal help so if you’d like full-time work to get you through the holidays, contact Ms. Keisha Armstrong via email at karmstrong@wsgc.com.
5. Field Installation Tech
Grande Communications has positions open for people to install, disconnect, reconnect services that Grande provides – video, telephone, internet. If you or someone you know might be interested in these open positions, contact Mark Sandifer via email at mark.sandifer@mygrande.com.
Other Companies at Job Fair
- Blaze Pizza
– this fast-growing company is seeking people for two
locations: The Colony and Frisco.
- Freebirds
– contact Samantha Corley at scorley@freebirds.com
for jobs in The
Colony and other locations in the metroplex
- Kroger
– everyone needs to eat and Kroger is hiring cashiers for
their new Marketplace store on SH 121.
Email Mary Jane Rodriguez at maryjane.rodriguez@stores.kroger.com
or go to their jobs page at https://jobs.kroger.com.
- Marriott Hotels
at The Cascades includes the Fairfield, Residence
Inn and the new Courtyard. These hotels
are seeking candidates in various areas.
Visit their website at www.FairfieldInnTheColony.com
- Thrivent Financial
was present to share their vision of helping
people manage their money and learn to save.
Thrivent is also seeking candidates who want to help others in their
financial goals. Reach out to Dave
Chatterton via email at david.chatterton@thrivent.com
to see if you’re a good fit.
- Texas Veterans Commission
partners with employers to understand their needs and assists veterans in
re-entering the workforce. Contact
Dennis Aaron via email at dennis.aaron@tc.texas.gov
with questions of how your business can partner with veterans for a better
tomorrow.
- Workforce Solutions provides resume writing and interviewing training in addition to assisting applicants with finding new opportunities. James Kashka and Eric Shanks bring a truck of resources to hiring events. Go to https://dfwjobs.com to find their next one.
For More Information
Call me if you’d like more information about any of these companies or The Colony Chamber of Commerce.
Brenda Patton is a Texas-licensed REALTOR ® with Ebby Halliday REALTORS ® located at 1415 Legacy Dr, Suite 100, Frisco, TX 75034. You can reach Brenda at 972-335-6564 (office) 469-408-3148 (cell/text) or by email at brendapatton@ebby.com or visit www.realtorbrenda.com.
