Reminder: 75 employers hiring today at job fair

With more than 75 businesses and organizations having now clamored for table and booth spaces, the 4th Annual Central Arizona College Job and Career Fair will be one of the key business mixers for job seekers in Pinal County this spring.

The job fair will take place from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday on Central’s Signal Peak Campus inside the George Young Activity Center, 8470 North Overfield Road, Coolidge. Everyone in the community searching for a job or looking to fill employee positions is invited to participate in the event (see “Exhibitor booths filling fast for April 10 Job Fair“).

“If you are looking to obtain full-time, part-time or summer employment, or are looking to transition into a new career field, this is a great place to start,” Ann Mitchell, Central’s coordinator of student employment who is organizing the career fair, said.

Job seekers should dress in business attire and bring multiple copies of their resume.

The following list of organizations will participate:
· Abbott Nutrition
· Against Abuse
· AmeriPsych
· Arizona Army National Guard
· Arizona Department of Corrections
· Arizona Department of Economic Security
· Arizona State University
· Arizona, University of – College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
· Association for Supportive Child Care
· At Home Solutions
· Auto Safety House
· Canteen Correctional Services
· Canyon State Media Inc
· Casa Grande Elementary School District
· Central Arizona Association of Governments
· Central Arizona Project
· Childcare Careers, LLC
· Cindy’s Work Force
· City of Casa Grande
· City of Eloy
· Collins College
· Compass Bank
· Coolidge Unified School District
· Corrections Corporation of America (La Palma)
· Desert Diamond Casino
· DeVry University
· Early Intervention Infant-Toddler Program, Inc.
· Enterprise Rent-A-Car
· Fastenal
· Felix Construction Company
· Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold
· Fresenius Medical Care
· Fry’s
· Gila River Casino
· Gila River Indian Community
· Golden Touch Realty & Developers
· Grand Canyon University
· Great Western Bank
· International Institute of the Americas
· J.O. Combs Unified School District
· Lions Camp Tatiyee Inc
· Maricopa Unified School District #20
· Maurices
· Mesa Fully Formed Inc.
· Metro Care Services Inc.
· Motivational Systems Inc.
· Pinal County Federal Credit Union
· Pinal County Government
· Pinal County Sheriff’s Office
· Pinal-Gila Council for Senior Citizens
· REPAC Consortium
· RSI Refrigeration School
· Sacaton Elementary School District #18
· Sheraton Wild Horse Pass
· Southwest Conservation Corps
· State of Arizona Department of Administration
· The Art Center Design College
· The Art Institute of Tucson/Phoenix
· The Ashton Company Inc
· The Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising
· The Greater Casa Grande Chamber of Commerce
· Tohono O’odham Community College
· Town of Florence
· Trinity Hospice
· Turning Point Beauty College
· Tutor Time
· United States Army
· United States Border Patrol
· United States Department of Agriculture
· United States Navy
· United States Marine Corps
· Walgreens
· Wells Fargo
· Western Wats
· Western International University
· YMCA Triangle Y Ranch

Students – as well as members of the community – looking for employment will have an opportunity to connect with businesses searching for qualified candidates to fill numerous vacant positions.

“With the price of gasoline and the sagging economy, this is an affordable location to both job seek and conduct job searches,” Mitchell explained. “Everything is conveniently under one roof.”

For information contact Mitchell by phone at (520) 494-5428 or by e-mail at [email protected].

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