Forest, VA jobs, layoffs and employers

6 open professional jobs in Forest. Forest is in Bedford County.

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Jobs in Forest

Senior Associate, Systems Engineer 1L3Harris Technologies
Senior Associate, Systems EngineeringHarris Health Strategic Fund
UX/UI DesignerCreative Labs
Sales EngineerStatco
Senior Associate, Systems EngineeringL3HARRIS Technologies
Mro BuyerManpower

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Employers hiring most in Forest

Creative Labs1 open role
Harris Health Strategic Fund1 open role
L3Harris Technologies1 open role
L3HARRIS Technologies1 open role
Manpower1 open role
Statco1 open role

Forest layoffs

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

All layoff notices in the state

Bedford County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

Private-sector jobs up 3.1% from 2022 to 2025
Population up 4.4% from 2020 to 2025
Unemployment 3.6%, up 0.4 points from a year ago

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Workforce development and job centers

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

Laid off in Virginia? How to file for unemployment in Virginia (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

Central Virginia Workforce Development Board
Amherst, Appomattox, Bedford, Campbell, Lynchburg

Bedford County economy

3.6%
unemployment, Sep 2026
3.2% the month before
38,096
in the labor force
Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics
80,254
people in Bedford County
Source: U.S. Census Bureau
$77,644
median household income
Source: Census ACS
44%
of workers in white-collar occupations
Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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Sources: Layoff notices from Virginia’s published record; job counts from our live job board, taken from employers’ own career sites; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers; Census Bureau and BLS for county figures. Virginia unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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