Employers ready to recruit at WorkSource Hiring Event
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Potential applicants and employers fill the WorkSource office during the a previous spring Hiring Event. This year’s event is May 30.
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MOSES LAKE — Folks who are looking for work will stand a good chance of finding it May 30 at WorkSource’s Spring Hiring Event.
“In the past, we’ve had an average of 400 people come through for this event, and a lot of them make great connections with the employers,” said Employment Security Department Business Services/Employment Development Specialist Crysie Kluth.
There were 25 employers slated Wednesday to have a presence inside the hiring event, Kluth said, and a few more are expected to sign on. Outside the building will be a variety of community partners, including military recruiters, Grant County, the Department of Social and Health Services, Job Corps and more.
Job seekers are encouraged to bring resumes with them, Kluth said, and if they need help polishing them up, well, nobody knows their way around a resume like the staff at WorkSource. There will be computers on hand, Kluth said, to print out resumes and so prospective employees can apply for jobs electronically before actually speaking with the company recruiters.
“They're welcome to come in and sit at the computers and start applying for these employers,” she said. “We will have a list of employers available so that people can go and look at the positions that they're hiring for and apply. (Then) they can come in and present their resume and talk to the employer to let the employer know that ‘I've applied. I'm interested. What are the steps from here?’”
Not all employers will accept resumes in person, Kluth added, so it’s a good idea to come prepared to apply by either method.
Job seekers should dress to impress, Kluth said. Also, those who have children under 16 should find someone to watch them for a couple of hours, just as if they were going to a job interview.
One way in which the WorkSource event differs from some other job fairs is that attendees are asked to create a SecureAccess Washington account at worksourcewa.com, either beforehand or at the event on the computers provided.
“It takes maybe five or 10 minutes of your time,” Kluth said. Just … fill in the information with your name, your address, your phone number, fill it out the best that you can and your account will be set up, and you'll be ready to go.”
The first 60 job seekers who come to the event will receive a ticket for either free tacos from Mazatlan Taqueria or a free drink from Favored Farmhouse Coffee. Applicants can come early and pre-register, Kluth said, and they’ll be given a ticket. That alleviates crowding when the event starts at 10 a.m., she explained.
Anyone who would like more information is invited to contact Kluth at 509-766-4149 or [email protected].
WorkSource Spring Hiring Event
May 30, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
WorkSource Central Basin
309 E. Fifth Ave., Moses Lake
Employers:
Columbia Basin Hospital Family Medicine
The Gorge Amphitheatre
Agri-Stor Company Northwest
Grant County Sheriff’s Office
Sila Nanotechnologies
International Paper
Quincy Columbia Basin Irrigation District
Impact Staffing Solutions
Moses Lake Industries
City of Moses Lake
Group14 Technologies
Okanagan Specialty Fruits
Quincy Foods
Express Employment Professionals
McCain Foods Inc
CBHA
Moses Lake School District Transportation
Genie - Terex
Samaritan Healthcare
JR Simplot
Agri Beef
FedEx
Walmart - Moses Lake & Ephrata
Moses Lake Community Health Center
BBSI
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