DynTek said this week it is expanding and hiring for customer service jobs in Boston, which could mean in the future it may hiring for IT jobs in Vegas as well.

The company has offices in Albany, NY; New York City, NY; Mt. Laurel, NJ; Tallahassee, FL; Las Vegas, NV; and Newport Beach, CA.

DynTek is a provider of professional technology services to mid-market companies, such as state and local governments, educational institutions and commercial entities in the largest IT markets nationwide.

The company is supported by a sales, technical and customer service team based in Boston.

Brian Zeno, District Sales Manager, said , “Our team has strong customer relationships in this area, which will be greatly enhanced by DynTek’s top medallion partner relationships, deep technical expertise and resources and national reputation. We look forward to contributing to DynTek’s growth objectives.”

“We have been successful in hiring a team of established, seasoned sales and technical professionals with a strong presence in Boston and greater New England,” said Ron Ben-Yishay, DynTek’s chief executive officer. “The team has expansive experience working within the healthcare, commercial and government sectors, which is a strategic fit within our East Coast operations. We expect this investment to yield immediate results and be accretive to our revenue and net income objectives.”

A recruitment software company is looking to create insurance jobs in Vegas with the help of a new tool.

The company said it has released InsuraSeek, an insurance industry recruitment management suite of tools.

The tool addresses the specific needs of each player involved in the hiring pipeline for Insurance recruitment.

“The foundation of this product stems from our years of experience working with well over 6000 companies in the staffing agency and corporate recruiting function. We’ve spent 2 years consulting with our Insurance clients and their upper management to help identify gaps or flaws in the Insurance recruitment hiring pipeline process. Those gaps can be the difference between hiring the ‘good’ agent over the ‘great’ agents. We have identified the places where Internet resumes candidates get lost within the recruiting process and developed solutions designed to automate actions that are the most time consuming and redundant,” says Phil Gonzalez, CEO of Resource Edge.

Some of the new features include:

Automated Resume Searching: customized industry-tested and developed search technology designed to search Internet resume channels including pay career sites like Monster, social networks, college alumni sites, the open web, free web boards, and community/geographic resources.

Scheduled, Systematic Search: The search for candidates is automated and scheduled to execute using smart searches. Using a tiered schedule that allows the recruiter/sourcer to focus entirely on candidate review, the system eliminated the need to manually execute daily/weekly searches on their preferred resume sites. The software is configured to download and begin processing results.

Localized Results: Searches are executed within the zip codes, counties, or regions agencies like to pull candidates from.

Vegas unemployment continues to be high, according to recent stats from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics. In fact, it’s the highest of any state.

Vegas had a 12.0 percent in March. Rhode Island and California posted the next highest rates, 11.1 and 11.0 percent, respectively. North Dakota again registered the lowest jobless rate, 3.0 percent, followed by Nebraska, 4.0 percent. In total, 23 states reported jobless rates significantly lower than the U.S. figure of 8.2 percent, 7 states and the District of Columbia had measurably higher rates, and 20 states had rates that were not appreciably different from that of the nation.

Alabama and Michigan registered the largest jobless rate decreases from March 2011 (-2.0 percentage points each). Sixteen additional states reported smaller but also statistically significant declines over the year. The remaining 32 states and the District of Columbia recorded unemployment rates that were not appreciably different from those of a year earlier.

Four states and the district recorded statistically significant over-the-month changes in employment, all of which were increases. The largest statistically significant job gains occurred in
New York (+19,100), Arizona (+13,500), and Massachusetts (+8,700).

Active Storage announced this week it is creating more management jobs in Vegas.

The company said it has hired storage engineering expert Venkat Ramakrishnan as Vice President of Engineering.

Venkat has a history in the technology industry, having worked for such companies as Cisco, IBM, and most recently, Promise Technology Inc., where he has served as their director of engineering since 2009.

“At Active, we’re building a team of exceptional individuals to solve some of the hardest problems faced by our media and entertainment customers. Venkat’s deep system knowledge and experience with complex enterprise level software, high performance file systems and storage networks will serve him well at Active Storage as we push our industry’s technology forward,” said Steve Rizzone, CEO of Active Storage Inc. “We’re very glad to have him aboard.”

In his most recent past position, Venkat was responsible for RAID system development, from the RAID stack through firmware and software, and managed engineering teams simultaneously in the U.S., China, and India.

“The first thing that attracted me to Active Storage was their technology — but what really impressed me was their clear vision for the future of the industry. What they’re doing with the mMedia Platform clearly articulates a strategic vision — with a very exciting roadmap ahead to meet the unique needs of the media and entertainment customer. I’m very excited to help be a part of that and am looking forward to the next challenge,” said Venkat.

According to the most recent stats from the Bureau of Labor and Statistics, hospitality jobs in Vegas are quite possibly on the rise.

In March, within leisure and hospitality, employment in food services and drinking places rose by 37,000 in March and has risen by 563,000 since a recent low point in February 2010.

Total nonfarm payroll employment rose by 120,000 in March. In the prior 3 months, payroll employment had risen by an average of 246,000 per month. Private-sector employment grew by 121,000 in March, including gains in manufacturing, food services and drinking places, and health care. Retail trade lost jobs over the month. Government employment was essentially unchanged.

Employment in professional and business services continued to trend up in March (+31,000). Employment in the industry has grown by 1.4 million since a recent low point in September 2009. In March, services to buildings and dwellings added 23,000 jobs. Employment in temporary help services was about unchanged over the month after increasing by 55,000 in February.

Retail trade employment fell by 34,000 in March. A large job loss in general merchandise stores (-32,000) and small losses in other retail industries more than offset gains in health and personal care stores (+6,000) and in building material and garden supply stores (+5,000).

Seacoast Commerce Bank said they have opened a new office and hired for management jobs in Vegas, among other positions.

The company has opened a new Loan Production Office, located in Las Vegas, Nevada.

It has also hired Joseph Brodsky, Senior Vice President, SBA Business Development Officer, to manage the new office. Mr. Brodsky has over 13 years of banking experience, predominately in the SBA lending industry. He also has 7 years experience as a practicing attorney specializing in real estate law.

“Joe is a great addition to our SBA Team. His focus will be in Nevada as well as cultivating SBA business from his many contacts in the Western United States Joe has worked for me in the past and has been a large volume producer of SBA loans, specifically for the small business owner that wants to buy, construct, or expand their own facility,” stated David H. Bartram, Executive Vice President and SBA Division Manager.

Seacoast Commerce Bank is a business bank operating in San Diego, California, with loan production offices in San Diego County, Orange County, Los Angeles, San Ramon and Sacramento, California; Bellevue, Washington; Phoenix, Arizona; Salt Lake City, Utah; Las Vegas, Nevada and Dallas, Texas.

Sportsman’s Warehouse is returning to Nevada to create retail jobs in Vegas.

The outdoor sporting goods store was one of 23 that shut down in 2010.

But last July it announced it would be returning to the same location and reopening. The new store will bring about 70 jobs to the area.

The location is at the Centennial Gateway center near Ann Road and U.S. 95.

According to Fox5Vegas, the Utah-based company announced last July it would return to the shopping center after it shut down two years ago. The store officially reopened on Mar. 9, according to the store’s website.

According to a post, RealManage has secured a hire for executive jobs in Vegas.

The company has hired Jon R. Ford as Vice President of its Las Vegas branch to oversee the operation of the company’s local office.

Jon joins RealManage with over 30 years experience supervising and facilitating management of high-rise condominiums, residential community associations, and single family homes in the Las Vegas and San Diego areas. Jon holds a Supervisory Community Association Manager license from the State of Nevada, as well as the Certified Manager of Community Association (CMCA) and Association Management Specialist (AMS) designations via the Community Associations Institute (CAI).

“Jon joins RealManage with a wealth of experience in both supervising large teams as well as providing exceptional services to large scale and luxury high-rise condominium communities which will be an excellent fit for our Las Vegas operations,” states Steve Jordan, President, Branch Operations. “We are confident that Jon will provide our board members and homeowners with world class service, support and guidance that will favorably impact our clients’ communities. His leadership skills and experience working in the local market will be an asset to our team as we continue our rapid growth in Las Vegas.”

Productivity is having a profound affect on Vegas jobs, according to recent statistics from the BLS.

Nonfarm business sector labor productivity increased at a 0.7 percent
annual rate during the fourth quarter of 2011, the U.S. Bureau of Labor
Statistics reported today. The gain in productivity reflects increases of
3.6 percent in output and 2.9 percent in hours worked. (All quarterly
percent changes in this release are seasonally adjusted annual rates.)
From the fourth quarter of 2010 to the fourth quarter of 2011,
productivity grew 0.5 percent, as output rose 2.3 percent and hours rose
1.8 percent. Annual average productivity increased 0.7
percent from 2010 to 2011.

Labor productivity, or output per hour, is calculated by dividing an index
of real output by an index of hours worked of all persons, including
employees, proprietors, and unpaid family workers.

Unit labor costs in nonfarm businesses increased 1.2 percent in the fourth
quarter of 2011, as productivity grew at a slower rate (0.7 percent) than
hourly compensation (1.9 percent). Unit labor costs rose 1.3 percent over
the last four quarters. Annual average unit labor costs
increased 1.2 percent from 2010 to 2011.

BLS defines unit labor costs as the ratio of hourly compensation to labor
productivity; increases in hourly compensation tend to increase unit labor
costs and increases in output per hour tend to reduce them.

Manufacturing sector productivity declined 0.4 percent in the fourth
quarter of 2011, as output rose 3.8 percent and hours worked increased 4.2
percent; this is the largest quarterly gain in hours worked since the
fourth quarter of 2005 (4.8 percent). Over the last four quarters,
manufacturing productivity increased 1.7 percent. Annual average
productivity grew 2.8 percent from 2010 to 2011. Unit labor costs in
manufacturing increased 1.6 percent in the fourth quarter of 2011 but
decreased 1.1 percent from the same quarter a year ago.

KISS by Monster Mini Golf said it is hiring for hospitality jobs in Vegas.

The company is looking to fill several positions.

The golf course will include an indoor glow-in-the-dark custom-designed, rockin’ 18-hole miniature golf course, a state-of-the-art arcade, the largest KISS® gift shop in the world, A KISS® Gallery, “Hotter Than Hell” Wedding Chapel, a private VIP Room, FANtastic KISS® themed event rooms and the “Rock ‘n Roll All Nite” Café, the company said.

It plans on opening March 15 on 4501 Paradise Rd in Vegas.

Candidates must have an ability to multi-task in a fast paced work environment, possess outstanding communication skills, deliver excellent customer service, and be willing to learn and apply KISS® knowledge. A competitive wage, flexible schedules to suit your lifestyle and fun career is what you get in return. For specific job openings please go to monsterminigolf.com/kiss.

“Destined to be the ultimate entertainment center in Vegas, this is an amazing opportunity for all you rockers…a chance to be in on the beginning of a brand new concept and part of something big,” says Christina Vitagliano, Founder of KISS® By Monster Mini Golf®.