Stuarts Draft, VA jobs, layoffs and employers

Jobs in Stuarts Draft

• Production Supervisor - 2nd and 3rd ShiftHershey
• Sr Engineer ManufacturingHershey
• Sr Engineer MechanicalHershey
• Senior Plant Cost AccountantGables Search Group
• Quality EngineerKOB Solutions
• Quality EngineerTop Dog Recruiting
• Quality EngineerPriority One Search
• Quality EngineerPhilips Recruiting Services
• Quality EngineerClient Staffing Solutions
• Quality EngineerHuman Capital Ventures

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Employers hiring most in Stuarts Draft

1. Hershey2 open roles
2. Client Staffing Solutions1 open role
3. Gables Search Group1 open role
4. Hershey1 open role
5. Human Capital Ventures1 open role
6. KOB Solutions1 open role
7. Philips Recruiting Services1 open role
8. Priority One Search1 open role
9. Top Dog Recruiting1 open role
10. Top Echelon Network (recruiter member boards)1 open role

Stuarts Draft layoffs

No layoff notices naming Stuarts Draft 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.

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Augusta 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 9.5% from 2022 to 2025
• Population up 1.7% from 2020 to 2025
• Unemployment 2.9%, up 0.2 points from a year ago
• Sectors adding the most jobs: transportation & warehousing (+1,135 jobs), health care (+418 jobs)

Local job-market news

Recent headlines about layoffs, AI and jobs in Stuarts Draft. Each link goes to the publisher.

• Overnight I-81 North Ramp Closure Planned in Harrisonburg Nov. 11-12WHSV on MSN · Nov 9, 2026
• I-81 North to Route 33 to have ramp closures overnight November 2-3 in HarrisonburgRocktown Now · Oct 28, 2026
• I-81 North to Route 33 Ramp Closures Overnight Nov. 2 – 3 in HarrisonburgVirginia Department of Transportation · Oct 27, 2026

Learn and get funded in Stuarts Draft

• Which AI skills each kind of job asks for, with the pay premium.
• Your local workforce board and American Job Centers: training vouchers and re-employment help.
• Grants and funding for job seekers, ranked for your state and situation.
• Unemployment benefits by state, if you are between jobs.

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Stuarts Draft. 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).

• Shenandoah Valley Workforce Development Board, Inc.

  Augusta, Bath, Buena Vista, Clarke, Frederick, Harrisonburg, Highland, Lexington, Page, Rockbridge, Rockingham, Shenandoah, Staunton, Warren, Waynesboro, Winchester

Augusta County economy

• 2.9%

  unemployment, Sep 2026

  2.7% the month before

• 40,964

  in the labor force

  Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

• 77,713

  people in Augusta County

  Source: U.S. Census Bureau

• $79,972

  median household income

  Source: Census ACS

• 34%

  of workers in white-collar occupations

  Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

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