Best American Cities - Top 10 Jobs in Yorba Linda CA - Stimulus Funds Results

TheARRA Stimulus Funds did not create only government jobs, as some pundits and politicians claimed would occur. The infrastructure and work related programing permitted by the addtional money helped to double the number of jobs in Irvine, California during the 18 months leading up to October 2010. These 59,000 jobs of October in and around Irvine are in Finance, Insurance, Communications, Retail, and Healthcare and extend into Yorba Linda as well. these are largely not government jobs. The Stimulus helped to create jobs in Orange County.

Within 25 miles of Yorba Linda, jobs are also open in number among Irvine, Long Beach, Santa Ana, Anaheim, Costa Mesa, Riverside, Newport Beach, Orange, and Ontario CA.

These are not fast food jobs or ditch-digging jobs. These job listings are for career-jobs at a well-paying income level in Sales (some related to Tourism), Finance, and other professions, despite political ads to the contrary broadcast during mid-term elections campains during Autumn 2010.

As the number of job openings have increased in Yorba Linda, Retail Sales and Finance positions have outdistanced Healthcare and IT jobs. Out of the Top 10 Hot Jobs in employment listings from all sources across the Interent for America, 50% of these top positions are in Sales and Finance in the Yorba Linda/Orange County area.

While Irvine CA jobs nearly doubled in the 18 months into October 2010, Yorba Linda job openings increased 25%.

1. Retail Sales Representatives
2. Retail Customer Service and Support Reps
3. Account Managers – Finance and Sales
4. Registered Nurses ( RNs)
5. Salespeople – including wireless
6. Occupational and Physical Therapists
7. Administrative Assistants
8. Store Managers
9. Systems Administrators
10. Project Managers

The predicted fastest growing job titles are listed below for Orange County. Some are among the surge of new jobs and job vacancies created recently in the Yorba Linida area, as listed above.

1. Network Systems and Data Communications Analysts
2. Home Health Aides
3. Veterinary Techs
4. Animal Trainers
5. Medical Assistants
6. Pharmacy Technicians
7. Software Engineers
8. Audio and Video Equipment Techs
9. Special Education Teachers - Preschool, Kindergarten, and Elementary School
10. Dental Hygienists
11. Dental Assistants
12. Special Education Teachers - Middle School
13. Physician's Assistants
14. Veterinarians
15. Paralegals and Legal Assistants
16. Mainstream Elementary School Teachers
17. Medical Equipment Repairers
18. Physical Therapists
19. Restaurant Cooks
20. Occupational Therapists

Compared to the 1920s photo above, Yorba Linda is a metropolis in the 2010s. It is located near Los Angeles, and near other growing cities in Orange County.

The complete history to date of Yorba Linda, with a timeline, is online at The Yorba Linda Public Library.

Founded circa 1834 by a second generation Spaniard named Yorba, after receivinga land grant related to his father's exploration of the region. Yorba's adobe house stood in place until 1927 demolition.

Populated with only about 35 people in 1911, Yorba Linda is home in 2010 to approximately 70,000 individuals. Stimulus Funding under ARRA has apparently increased jobs in the locale since 2009.