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Nearly 200 people came to the Horse Creek Baptist Church in Manchester
on July 12 to apply for jobs with employers from four counties. The job
fair was organized by the EKCEP, the Clay County Jobsight workforce center,
and the Daniel Boone Community Action Agency.
Representatives of the London-based communications company Senture were
on hand at a July 12 job fair in Manchester that attracted nearly 200
interested job seekers. In addition to Senture, 13 other top area employers
from Clay, Jackson, Knox, and Laurel counties were present at the event.
A series of free finanical workshops were held in Jackson County in conjunction
with a July 12 regional job fair in Manchester. Leading a session at those
workshops were (in background left to right) Clay County JobSight Manager
Lee Jones, EKCEP One-Stop Cooordinator Janie Hackney, and Philip Arnett,
WIA career adviser with Daniel Boone Community Action Agency.
Jim Stewart (standing), manager of the Pike County JobSight workforce
center, led a finanical workshop in Jackson County held in conjunction
with a July 12 regional job fair in Manchester.
[July 2007]
Nearly 200 people seeking jobs with employers in Clay, Jackson, Knox, and Laurel counties turned up for a July 12 job fair in Manchester.
Fourteen top area employers accepted job applications at the event, which was organized by the Eastern Kentucky Concentrated Employment Program, Inc. (EKCEP), the Clay County Jobsight workforce center, and the Daniel Boone Community Action Agency. From 10 a.m. until 2 p.m., people streamed into the Horse Creek Baptist Church in Manchester to file applications and speak to representatives from each participating employer.
“We couldn’t be happier with the turnout we saw at the job fair,” said Janie Hackney, One-Stop coordinator for EKCEP and the JobSight network. Hackney and Clay County JobSight Manager Lee Jones helped lead efforts by the partner agencies at the Clay County JobSight to create the event. Also assisting at the event were Jim Stewart and Jack Duff, managers of the Pike County and Perry County JobSight workforce centers, respectively.
“JobSight prides itself on helping find jobs for people and people for jobs, and this job fair definitely was a rousing success on all fronts,” Hackney added.
EKCEP—a Hazard-based nonprofit agency—administers the JobSight network of workforce centers in 23 eastern Kentucky counties. The JobSight network includes the Clay County JobSight operated by the Daniel Boone Community Action Agency in Manchester. JobSight workforce centers provide access to a dozen government workforce programs for job seekers and employers through a single location.
Businesses that participated in the July 12 job fair included: Vangent, Armour Holding, Fox Hollow Woodworking, Manchester Memorial Hospital, National City Bank, Legend Suzuki, ACS Commercial Solutions, Wal-Mart Distribution, Phoenix Products, Davis H. Elliot Company, Independent Opportunity, and Senture. Temporary agencies that staff several area manufacturing operations also accepted applications.
Hackney said the success of the event will likely lead to additional job fairs being scheduled in the area in the coming months.
“By design, job fairs serve both sides of the workforce equation,” Hackney said. “We’re glad to be able to help meet the needs of our area employers and job seekers.”