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Wednesday, 19 March 2008 |
It was a win-win situation for all those involved in Taber Career Resource Centre's (TCRC) annual job fair on Thursday.
By Jennifer Elves
Taber Times
The 34 businesses and educational facilities that set up booths increased awareness for their organizations, while some set up interviews and others hired at the event. Organizers received the satisfaction of hosting a successful event and individuals who took in the fair, learned more about what Taber and surrounding areas have to offer.
"It's just good for kids to know what's out there," said Tristie Batorski, an 18-year-old Grade 12 student at W.R. Myers high school. "It gives us more opportunities."
She added pamphlets she received at booths and other information provided to her by those who manned the booths was especially helpful.
"Just talking to people (was helpful) - talking directly to them so you can get your questions answered," said Batorski.
She was one of the 497 people who walked through the doors at the auditorium at the Taber Community Centre to see what the job fair was all about. Organizers were pleased with the turnout, as they had hoped for between 450 and 500 people to attend.
Chantelle Adam, manager at the centre, said it was nice to see such a high turnout, considering the size of Taber and the labour market being the way it is, with a lot of people currently being employed.
This year saw an increase in the number of booths present, as last year 25 businesses and educational facilities took part.
David Duske, human resource manager at Lamb Weston Inc., stressed participating in the fair allows Lamb Weston to get the word out about all the work they do.
"Sometimes ,they just think we make french fries but we're part of ConAgra, which is one of the leading food-processing companies in the world," he says.
Lamb Weston, Duske said, attends the Taber fair and other ones in the area on a yearly basis and in the past has hired people after meeting them at a career fair. He added the company mostly does promotions locally because of its location.
As far as Lamb Weston is concerned, he said, mid or late March is a good time for a career fair to take place because the demand for labour generally increases in April and May, as some people are occupied working seasonal jobs outdoors. |
