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Monday, February 13, 2012

Home Depot contractor hiring 900

Bell Nursery, Burtonsville, Md., says it's recruiting more than 900 drivers, loaders, display and plant care workers workers this Spring for seasonal tree and garden jobs at Home Depot stores in the Philadelphia area and nearby states. More at www.bellimpact.com.

The announcement comes as the Labor Department is tightening guidelines for foreign nursery workers and other labor imported under the H-2 visa program.
Posted by Joseph N. DiStefano @ 4:17 PM  Permalink | 6 comments
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  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:25 PM, 02/13/2012
    The pant care workers are for the Walmart next door.
    — Tatts
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 4:35 PM, 02/13/2012
    I am willing to learn, will they send me some place special.
    — Joe Kingsmill
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 5:54 PM, 02/13/2012
    Seasonal jobs, which are better than nothing, are marginally helpful. Not a newsworthy story...
    — aviator
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:17 PM, 02/13/2012
    I see your point, but 900 paying jobs is pretty significant for one metro area; the larger question for me is what effect (if any) this will have on the hiring of illegal immigrant labor in that job market.
    — J H
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 6:58 PM, 02/13/2012
    pays 10.00 an hour to stock and maintain plants from march to early July.......and they fill all the jobs then let you go in the middle of the summer.....
    — merchandiser
  • 0 like this / 0 don't   •   Posted 7:24 PM, 02/13/2012
    merchandiser.......and your point is? Genetic sequencing of plants has not evolved enough to allow them to transport themselves to a retail outlet.
    — Save_the_space


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About Joseph N. DiStefano
Joseph N. DiStefano writes this blog to feed his PhillyDeals column in the Philadelphia Inquirer. Joe has been a member of Bloomberg LP’s New York Finance Team, wrote the book “Comcasted,” taught writing at St. Joseph’s University, and studied economics and history at Penn. Reach Joe at 215-854-5194 and JoeD@phillynews.com
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