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N E W S 3 Students make connections at fair BY GPEYSON MBOCK REPORTER ’ Clackam as Com m unity College’ s annual career fair was h e l i on Tuesday, April 17. This event provides opportunities for students to connect with potential employers and gather information on various different career pathways. Fifty-three employers and 282 attendees crowded Gregory Forum, ranging from students, to employers, com munity members and even CCC faculty. Larger organizations such as Kaiser Perm anente,, Boeing Aerospace and Colum bia Sportswear hosted booths; lining the w alls, booths ranged from food service, m anufacturing, public service, n o n -p ro fit work and aquatic parks, among others. Several of these booths described them selves as being com m unity- oriented in the services they provide. , The mission of the CCC career fair is to “ nelp students see what the job market looks like and see what kinds of jobs are out there,” said MFS representative Emily Broadwell. The M etropolitan Fam ily Service is a n o n -p ro fit organization, engaging in activities like after school program s, and sk ill classes for th e com m u n ity such as cooking; M FS is dedicated to helping the underprivileged in thé community: M ost of the funding for MFS com es from grants, foundations and federal funding. MFS is currently looking for em ployees that are personable, p atient and have a heart for helping. The career fair is important in connecting people with jobs, especially jobs at living wage, said Kyle Popma, '^representative from Boeing Aerospace. Potential em ployers w ill go a long way to find em ployees, so venues like the career fair are useful tools for businesses of all kinds. Oregon’ s unemployment rate as of March 2018 is 4.1 percent, so even providing information about changing careers can be important to people attending. , Em ployers cam e from as far as W ashington to encourage students to join their companies. Josh Udermann came from the Woodburn Aqùatic Center to speak with potential employees. r "‘Pat Garrett, a Washington County*sheriff, attended to encourage;junior deputies to “ graduate” to being an official deputy. Thecareer fair is nonprofit event; the proceeds from exhibitors renting booths going towards promoting the event. Any profit made is sent to supplement student programs. i I H S The event helps businesses connect with the college as w ell as students, and som e organizations send em ployees to train as C CC programs and prom ote educational aspirations am ong the em ployees, said Kyle T hom as, C C C ’s Student Support and Career Coordinator. “ [We] would need to engage students more and make them aware of the event and why it ’ s im p ortant,” Thomas said*. “ To explore careers [through] beneficial networking, which is important. ” The career fair is usually an annual event, but can happen multiple times in one year.. CCC is currently working on a fall career fair, said Thomas, R egistration for the Fall career fair is open to' applicants. News Editor Jeanette Wright contributed to this story. Photo b y Greyson Mbock- Representatives Emily Broadwell and Nghia Huynh hosting the booth for Metropolitan Family Service at CCC’$ annual career fair. Clackamas Print -------- — - ---------- — ------- ---------------- th e d a c k a m a s p r in t .n e t - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - April 25, 2018
