I'll be in the same boat as you coming up in May hopefully. I have been considering jobs at Tech, or at CRC as far as in town jobs.
There are several companies at CRC and they have been hiring lately, one I can think of is Intrexon, another is Revivicorp. Though they may be looking more for masters experience.
Also there are lab jobs at Tech. Laboratory Technicians, as well as the animal care technicians. I have worked in an animal care position and though you do get a lot of dirty work, I enjoy it. Those jobs you can always find on the website jobs.vt.edu.
There is a website for companies at CRC but I have seen them posted on Career builder as well.
The companies at CRC as well as jobs at tech may not pay what you're looking for, not really sure what your ideal pay rate is. But I know the benefits are good at Tech as its a state job, so all the health care, retirement investments, possibility to get additional classes paid for and such add up.
Best of luck on the job search.