Kent, OH jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Kent

• Outbound Team Lead - 3rd Shift - Brimfield, OHNewell Brands
• Procurement Manager - Capital AssetsDavey Tree
• Assistant Director, AquaticsKent State University Recreation and Wellness Services
• Staff AccountantCreative Financial Staffing
• Staff AccountantRandstad
• Technology Development EngineerDavron
• Controls EngineerDavron
• Business Development Representative- Canton, OH.QualityIP
• Credit AnalystRemote Jobs
• Staff AccountantAston Carter

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Employers hiring most in Kent

1. Ametek Inc/3 open roles
2. Aston Carter2 open roles
3. Creative Financial Staffing2 open roles
4. Davron2 open roles
5. QualityIP2 open roles
6. Ametek SCP1 open role
7. Carter Lumber1 open role
8. Davey Tree1 open role
9. Kent State University1 open role
10. Kent State University Recreation and Wellness Services1 open role

Kent layoffs

No WARN layoff notices naming Kent in the last 12 months are on file. WARN covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

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Colleges in Kent

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Kent. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

• Northeast Ohio Consortium Council of Governments, Agent for the Ohio Area 19 Workforce Development Board (Ashtabula, Geauga, and Portage Counties)

  Ashtabula, Geauga, Portage

Portage County economy

• 3.4%

  unemployment, Aug 2026

  4.5% the month before

• 84,327

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 161,421

  people in Portage County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $72,822

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 37%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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