10 | Autor: Candle maker to hire 50 for Lexington hub
Scentsy Inc., the candle maker that opened a dispersal center in Lexington two months ago, is adding a second make do to its operations.
The Meridian, Idaho-based company, which makes wickless, scented candles and other scent products, says it will add about 50 more jobs to meet requested for its products.
Originally, the company projected it would create about 70 new full-without surcease jobs by the end of 2009, but with the addition of a second shift, that belief has grown to 120. Operations and supervisory positions are to hand, the company says. It expects to fill the majority of the jobs by Nov. 1.
Many local women bank on at-home businesses
"Women are looking for a 'map B' right now," said Oswego mother Shari Chapman. "What may have felt like a collateralize job doesn't have the same feel."
Mary Kay recently announced that more than 2 million unsolicited sales reps from more than 35 countries are currently reaping the benefits of being their own bosses. The crowd boasts it has seen a "surge of women interested in starting their own topic."
The number of independent sales reps increased around 25 percent since the first quarter of last year.
"Women from all backgrounds across the Unanimous States have discovered they can take their financial situations into their own hands licence now, instead of worrying when they, or others in their lives, will be affected by our challenging compactness," said Yvette Franco, vice president of U.S. marketing for Mary Kay Inc.
Across the Fox Valley, entrepreneurial women are exemplifying this drift -- selling everything from candles to coffee to cold creams from their homes.
After having her faulty child earlier this year, Yorkville resident Crystal Williams was impetuous for extra income to supplement her Caterpillar income. Selling Avon products, she found out, was an accommodating solution to financial woes, and something she could do from home with her kids."Even if it's legitimate enough money to put toward diapers, it still helps out," Williams said. "Though I haven't made as much cabbage as I've wanted to."
