Who's Hiring Full-Time: Publix, Rent-a-Center, Pier 1

Pier 1 Imports (Stock Quote: PIR)
Who They Are: Specialty retailer of imported decorative home furnishings and gifts.

Where They Are: Pier 1 has more than 1,000 stores nationwide. They also have seven distribution centers. The corporate offices are located in Fort Worth, Texas.

What They Want: They have many sales and management openings at their retail locations. There are also a limited number of openings at the home office and at distribution centers.

Coolest Job: The merchandise planner (based at the home office) makes decisions about what the stores will sell and how it will be displayed. They will analyze sales history by department and product, and predict trends.

Benefits: Medical/dental/vision coverage, flexible schedules, retirement plan, educational benefits, paid vacation and personal time and discounts at Pier 1 stores.

Apply here.

Bonus Cool Job of the Week: If you're a secret (or not-so-secret) Star Wars geek with operations engineering and property maintenance experience, this opportunity is like the mothership calling you home. LucasFilms has an opening in their Skywalker Properties division for a facilities engineer to help run Skywalker Ranch (the home base of LucasFilms and workshop of Star Wars mastermind George Lucas). There’s a lot of responsibility, as you would be overseeing the electrical, HVAC, security and other major systems. But you’d be surrounded by more Star Wars memorabilia than you could ever imagine and, if you’re lucky, you might even get to wield a lightsaber now and then. Apply at the LucasFilm web site. And may the force be with you!