Regional job and resource fair set in Beckley

BECKLEY, W.Va. — Around 180 vendors will be on hand for a Regional Job and Resource Fair in Beckley on Friday.

The Erma Byrd Higher Education Center and Allied Health Wing and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin’s office is helping put the event on that had so much interest it was moved to the Beckley-Raleigh County Convention Center.

“We are focusing on the citizen of southern West Virginia. A person who wants to change careers, wants to get a job, wants to get into the workforce period,” Lisa Moten, the director of the Erma Byrd Higher Education Center said.

The fair will focus on jobs and resources along with educational opportunities such as internships in a gamut of fields including healthcare and law enforcement.

Moten told MetroNews that among the vendors that will be in attendance are Carl Larson Cancer Center, Raleigh General Hospital, Montgomery General Hospital, Beckley Appalachian Regional Hospital, Beckley Police Department, Morgantown Police Department, FCI Beckley, FCI McDowell, FCI Gilmer, and FPC Alderson.

“This fair targets the community person that is just going to work,” Moten said. “This fair will target displaced workers such as former coal miners, this fair will target graduates and professionals that are in the field of work that are in careers. Students that are looking for internships.”

 

Other partners for the fourth annual fair is WorkForce West Virginia, West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission Erma Byrd Higher Education Center, Beckley-Raleigh County Chamber of Commerce, WVNS TV 59 News, Bluefield State College, Concord University, Marshall University, New River Community and Technical College, West Virginia University Institute of Technology, and West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine.

The fair is scheduled to be 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

“Show up, dress up and represent your future,” Moten said. “Bring your resume, come ready to discuss business. You’re going to attend this fair so that you can do something today that can benefit you in the future.”





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