Publish Date: Sep 30, 2015
SALINAS, Calif. – Hartnell Community College District and its Transfer and Career Center present the Third Annual Veterans Appreciation Job Fair on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon at Steinbeck Hall 411 Central Avenue, Salinas, CA. The Job Fair is open to the public in general.
More than 30 employers will be at hand offering open positions and internship opportunities to potential job seekers. This is also the first year the Hartnell Transfer and Career Center presents the Student Volunteer Fair.
“Nowadays, most people search for jobs browsing online; attending a job fair can prove more advantageous for it provides a great opportunity to interested job-seekers to put into practice their "elevator pitch" and learn to customize it to impress their potential employer,” said Counselor and Transfer and Career Center Coordinator Mercedes Quintero. “This allows job-seekers to build confidence and enhance their networking skills.”
Additionally, students and community members learn about the local job market needs and can better prepare to brush up on necessary skills that will advance them to the position they want. In the process, some job seekers find that taking a course at Hartnell College can help them.
Hartnell College strives to support job seekers with their career goals-growth and hope they will find this event as valuable as others have in the past. Some of the employers attending are:
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Agricultural Business & Technology Institute of Hartnell College Boys and Girls Clubs of Monterey County California Army National Guard California Highway Patrol Center for Employment Training Central Coast College City of Salinas City of Seaside Community Homeless Solutions Costco Wholesale Entravision Communications Food and Water Watch Infinity Staffing KSBW Labor Ready |
Macy’s Monterey Peninsula Unified School District Natividad Medical Center On Trac Pebble Beach Company Peninsula Security Robert Half Salinas Army Recruiting Center San Francisco Police Department San Francisco Sheriff’s Office Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office SlingShot Connections Suicide Prevention Service of the Central Coast Target United States Air Force Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists, Inc. |
For more information about the Veterans’ Appreciation Job Fair and Student Volunteer Fair, contact Elizabeth Gonzalez at egonzalez@hartnell.edu or call 831- 759-6007.
Hartnell Community College District
The Hartnell CCD serves over 16,000 students annually through its main campus in Salinas, the Alisal Campus in East Salinas, the King City Education Center, and various outreach learning centers throughout the Salinas Valley. Hartnell College, a Hispanic Serving Institution, provides workforce training, basic skills courses, and prepares students for transfer to four-year colleges and universities. Hartnell College is recognized for its innovative public and private partnerships that support world class STEM education, career technical education, fine and performing arts, humanities, and athletics. We are proud to be the winners of the Innovation Award for CSin3 – a Computer Science degree in three years. We are growing leaders through opportunity, engagement, and achievement. For more about Hartnell CCD, visit www.hartnell.edu.
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