Bakersfield is roughly located halfway between Los Angeles and Fresno, 180 km to the south and north respectively. It is the 11th fastest growing city in California with an estimated population of 322,818 as of 2008 and the 58th largest city in the nation according to U.S. Census estimates. Bakersfield is the 3rd largest inland city following Sacramento and Fresno.

Based on archeological evidence Yokut Indians used to live in lodges along the branches of the Kern River Delta and hunted tule elk, deer, antelope, grizzly bear, game birds, and fish. Father Francisco Garces a Spanish missionary was the first European to explore the area in 1776 and when the discovery of gold in California in 1848 happened, many settlers flooded the San Joaquin Valley and campaigned to drive the Yokuts off their land. This is where the conflict between Indians and the state began until the Yokuts were removed from their land and were transferred to reservations established for them. By 1870, Bakersfield was slowly becoming the prime town in Kern County and immigrants from other state such as Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana and Southern California mostly employed in the oil industry relocated the city. On its foundation ceremony in 1869, it was named Bakersfield in honor of Colonel Thomas Baker.

The city’s economy relies on agriculture, petroleum refining and extraction and manufacturing. Its primary industries have been to support Kern County’s two major industries, agriculture and oil. Kern County is the most productive in terms of oil with around 10 percent of the nation’s domestic production. Major crops in Kern County include: carrots, grapes, almonds, citrus, cotton, roses, and alfalfa. Companies engaged in these industries supply Bakersfield jobs. Some companies moved to Bakersfield due to inexpensive land and accessibility to the rest of America as well as international ports in both Oakland and Los Angeles. Bakersfield’s business friendly policies like no inventory tax or local utility further attract regional and national companies to relocate in the city and the nearby suburbs. Available labor pool and vacant office spaces are also being offered to business companies like call centers and technology-based companies like ProSoft Technology, DIVR Systems Inc. and Lortz Manufacturing which makes sophisticated, precision component for aerospace and space age industries. Bakersfield job also proliferate in this industry and will continue to grow as new innovation and discovery in technology are developed.

Some of the corporations that call Bakersfield home are the following: Dreyers Grand Ice Cream Holdings, Inc.- the largest single-location ice cream plant in the world and has the state-of-the-art manufacturing facility producing million of gallons of ice cream annually, it currently employs 500 people and with its expansion it is expected to add 300 to 400 Bakersfield jobs; Victory Circle, Inc.- a race car assembly and repair shop which manufactures new stock car bodies, offer customized racing parts and repair clients’ damaged cars; Ennis Paint- makes traffic paint for stripping any kind of pavement and with its steady increase in terms of income yearly it is the second largest pavement-making manufacturer in the world; Pleasant Holidays - one of the largest travel companies, it is a $400-million-a-year travel company, which opened a reservations call center in 2000 with 200 reservations agents and employing over 700 people; ACS Corporation – the nation’s largest student loan management company opened its call center in 1998 employs 1,000 representatives.

Among the companies in Bakersfield the following are the top employers in terms of the average salary: Clinica Sierra Vista, Oak Hills Medical Corporation, NASA, ProSoft Technology Inc. and San Joaquin Community Hospital. As for the well-paid professions in Bakersfield the following top the list: Aerospace Engineering, Computer Engineering, Aircraft Operation, Electrical Engineering, Management Program Analysis, Medical Officer, Nurse, Security Administration, and Program Management. Finding a Bakersfield job is not that difficult because this city is continually growing and with the advent of sophisticated technology new careers are created.

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