Over 60 agencies to participate in Job and Volunteer Fair at Hartnell

Publish Date:  Oct 12, 2015

SALINAS, Calif. – Hartnell Community College District and its Transfer and Career Center present the Third Annual Veterans Appreciation Job Fair and first Student Volunteer 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 60 organizations and companies will have recruiters offering employment, internships, and volunteer opportunities. In addition, the fair will include resources for veterans.

“Attending a job fair is advantageous,”  said Counselor and Transfer and Career Center Coordinator Mercedes Quintero.  “Job-seekers put into practice their pitch and learn to customize it to impress their potential employer, allowing them to build confidence and enhance their networking skills.”

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:

Agricultural Business and Technology Institute of Hartnell College Boys and Girls Clubs of Monterey County CA Army National Guard CA Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation California Highway Patrol California Phones California Veterans Club Center for Employment Training Central Coast College City of Salinas City of Seaside Community Homeless Solutions Costco Wholesale Entravision Communications Food and Water Watch Deaf's Hard of Hearing Service Center, Inc. Infinity Staffing KSBW-TV

Manpower Labor Ready Macy’s Natividad Medical Center On Trac Pathways to Law School Pebble Beach Company Peninsula Security Robert Half/Office Team/Accountemps Salinas Army Recruiting Center San Francisco Police Department Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office Service Systems Associates, Inc. at MBA SlingShot Connections Suicide Prevention Service of the Central Coast Target US Air Force Vocational Rehabilitation Specialists, Inc. Wounded Warriors Project

Student Volunteer Fair Organizations include:

Alisal Family Resource Center Alliance on Aging American Cancer Society Boys and Girls Clubs Ciclovia First Mayors House ITN Monterey County Jacob's Heart Kinship Center Legal Services for Seniors Loaves Fishes and Computers (LFC) Monterey Bay Aquarium Monterey County Elections

Monterey County Office of Education Monterey Museum of Art Peacock Acres Planned Parenthood Rancho Cielo Youth Campus Return of the Natives Salinas Valley Fair Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital SPCA for Monterey County Turning Point United Way of Monterey County Voices for Children Casa YMCA

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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