10,000 attend job fair
Job fairs have gotten a lot of attention lately and I wonder if local officials in the Tri-Cities, TN area will step up to help organize a job fair? Kingsport’s unemployment rate is 10.5 percent and is expected to go much higher.
A crowd of about 10,000 came to Dodger Stadium over the weekend, but they weren’t there for a baseball game.
While the Dodgers were in Arizona for spring training, more than 80 employers set up employment booths in the parking lot just beyond the center field fence. To those who turned out Saturday, finding a job would be a home run.
Companies taking part included Coca-Cola, Lowe’s and Union Bank. And government agencies including the FBI, the Social Security Administration and the Army Corps of Engineers were there, too.
All had one thing in common: They were hiring.
Read more via 10,000 look to make winning play at Dodger Stadium job fair – CNN.com.