Both Home Depot and Sprouts Farmers Market are among several companies making a push for workers in a tight labor market.

Home Depot is hiring 900 workers to get ready for spring, including cashiers, operations jobs and online order fulfillment positions. Jobs are available at the San Diego, Encinitas, Oceanside, Lemon Grove, Chula Vista and Santee locations.

Those interested can go to www.homedepotretailjobs.com to see the latest openings and fill out applications.

Home Depot’s jobs website does not list the pay for workers. It said the jobs are a mix of seasonal, lasting for 120 days, and permanent part-time positions.


Sprouts is hiring roughly 120 jobs for its new Mira Mesa location opening in May. Jobs are a mix of full- and part-time, including department managers, clerks and cashiers.

“In years past, nearly half of our seasonal associates have transitioned into permanent roles with the company,” said Home Depot spokesman Matthew Harrigan.

Like Home Depot, open jobs on Sprouts’ website do not include pay information. Jobs for the Mira Mesa store are supposed to eventually end up on about.sprouts.com/careers, but were not up Wednesday afternoon.

Interested workers can call 1-866-925-2396 for now.


The jobless rate is at historic lows in San Diego County and employers are looking hard for workers.

In December, the unemployment rate in the county hit 3.3 percent as the region added 21,000 jobs in a year.


Business

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