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If you’re on the search for Dallas hospitality jobs, there are plenty of positions available beyond hotels and restaurants.

When most people think of available positions in the leisure and hospitality industry, they only consider restaurants and hotels, but there are a number of other roles that are integral to this industry - from sports promoters and artist agents to gambling workers and museum employees.

The overall leisure and hospitality industry is part of the broader service-providing group, meaning that employees in this industry provide services to the greater public. As of October, there were 13,275,000 employees working in the leisure and hospitality industry earning an average of $13.28 per hour.

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Phoenix sales jobs (Click here) related to retail e-commerce are continuing to grow along with the rest of the nation.

A recent report from comScore found that retail e-commerce sales reached $36.3 billion during Q3 2011, a 13 percent increase from last year. This marks the eighth consecutive quarter of yearly growth and the fourth consecutive quarter of double-digit growth.

“The third quarter of 2011 saw a continuation of the year’s strength in U.S. retail e-commerce spending, even in the face of renewed economic headwinds and uncertainty facing the U.S. consumer,” comScore chairman Gian Fulgoni said in a press release. “As we approach the critical holiday shopping season, we are optimistic about the continued health of the e-commerce sector despite other factors – including stubbornly high unemployment and volatile financial markets – currently weighing on the economy.

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Those with volunteer non for profit jobs (Click here) are starting to get into the holiday spirit.

The Causeway Foundation recently launched the 2011 Holiday Card Campaign, a program that aims to raise funds for the Causeway Work Centre. Since beginning 11 years ago, the volunteer-run campaign has raised more than $100,000.

The Causeway Work Centre provides a place where people with mental health issues and other barriers to employment can go to improve their skills, receive one-on-one support ,overcome challenges, find employment, and embark on a more independent life.

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Arizona nursing jobs (Click here) could be negatively impacted by a huge decline in the state’s Medicaid rolls.

“Moving Ahead Amid Fiscal Challenges: A Look at Medicaid Spending, Coverage and Policy Trends,” a new report from the Kaiser Family Foundation, found that many states are projecting slower Medicaid growth during 2012.

While the rough state of the economy forced 11 states, including Arizona, to reduce their Medicaid budgets this year, most states are taking measures to prevent further declines in enrollment.

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Anyone considering the IT jobs Phoenix (http://jobs.insight.com) has to offer among their future career plans could benefit from an upcoming festival.

Gov. Jan Brewer and a number of other local leaders recently announced that the first ever Arizona SciTech Festival will take place during February 2012 as part of Arizona Science and Technology Month.

The six-week festival will feature more than 200 organizations from the arts, education, sports, business, and the community. The organizations involved will hold different events to show the public how science and technology are everywhere.

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There are a number of specialties that those with occupational therapy jobs Arizona can pursue.

Occupational therapists help injured, elderly, and disabled people rehabilitate from and adapt to physical and cognitie impairments. Their main duties are to evaluate clients’ specific problems, provide a customized action plan, and follow up.

These professionals can choose to specialize in a number of treatment areas. The American Occupational Therapy Association offers board certification in pediatrics, geriatrics, mental health, and physical rehabilitation.

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The number of nursing jobs Arizona (http://nursingjob.abrazohealth.com) has to offer continued to grow during August.

After increasing for three months in a row, Arizona’s unemployment rate dropped from 9.4 percent to 9.3 percent during August. Unfortunately, the state’s rate is still higher than the national average of 9.1 percent.

Arizona employed a total of 2,408,400 workers during August, which is up from 2,393,000 workers during September and a 1.7 percent increase from last year, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

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Those with Dallas restaurant jobs may be seeing fewer customers, working fewer hours, and bringing in less money.

The National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Performance Index dropped by .3 percent to 99.4 during August, marking the index’s second monthly decline in a row. The decrease is mainly due to fewer patrons and lower sales.

During August, the current situation index dropped by .5 percent to 99.3, while the expectations index declined by .1 percent to 99.5.

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A proposed plan could create hundreds of sales jobs in Phoenix and throughout the nation’s retail industry.

The National Retail Federation recently unveiled its Jobs, Innovation, and Consumer Value Agenda - a plan that would support 41.6 million jobs and add $2.48 trillion to the nation’s GDP.

“The retail industry supports a quarter of our nation’s jobs and will continue to be at the forefront of our economic recovery,” Matthew Shay, president and CEO of the NRF, said in a statement. “This campaign aims to ensure that we do everything possible as a nation to support the vitality of the retail sector, in order to create jobs and continue to foster U.S. innovation and competitiveness.”

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Despite any concerns that the economy will slow business travel this fall, a new report found that will not be the case. This is good news for any occupation tied into the travel industry, including everything from sales jobs Phoenix Arizona (Click here) to hotel jobs.

The “Back to Business Travel Season” from Best Western found that a majority of people are still planning to travel for business reasons this year. That stability will support a number of jobs directly tied to the industry.

“Despite uncertainly on Wall Street, we expect to see a growing number of business travelers back on the road this fall as advance bookings at our hotels are up 8 percent this fall over last,” Dorothy Dowling, senior vice president of marketing and sales for Best Western International, said in a statement.

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