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Andrew Conrad, a junior at Astoria High School, center,
was most intrigued by the police departments. “I thought
they were really interesting,” he said.
Photos by Luke Whittaker/EO Media Group
Warrenton junior Robert Barber came dressed to impress.
“I would like to be an ER doctor,” Barber said.
Left to right: Senavda Afornorpe and Kennady Tull, both
seniors at Astoria High School, were seeking jobs in the
medical field.
Fair: ‘It’s difficult for employers to find good help’
“It’s a great opportunity,”
Edmonds said. “We love the
career fair.”
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Lumber, before finding his
way to Paul Mitchell, direc-
tor of marketing at Colum-
bia Memorial. Davis listened
as Mitchell spoke about the
health care profession, an
interest that’s grown for Davis
while doing a senior project
with mentor Chad Rankin, a
certified athletic trainer at the
hospital.
Henry Meiners, another
senior at Astoria High School,
has his sights set on a different
career.
“I’m interested in becoming
a police officer here,” Meiners
said.
“I was asking some of the
(police) departments here
what college they went to and
if they think it’s beneficial for
me to go and get a degree.
They were very helpful,” he
said. Meiners plans to study
two years at Clatsop Commu-
nity College.
Not everyone was certain
what they want to do, but most
left with a better idea.
“I’m keeping my options
open, just seeing what there
is,” Andrew Conrad, an Asto-
ria High School junior, said.
But after a moment, Conrad
conceded that he thought the
police departments were “really
interesting.”
Employers
One seafood processor was
looking to catch a few com-
Employment landscape
Employment opportunities
in Clatsop County are changing
and diversifying, according to
organizer Kevin Leahy, director
of Clatsop Economic Develop-
ment Resources.
“I think it’s evolving in the
sense that we’ve always had
our strong natural resource
industries, which continue to be
very strong,” Leahy said.
“Sometimes people think
that the forest products, logging
and fishing are dead, but it’s still
very vibrant in Clatsop County
— about half of our income and
employment,” he said.
Leahy sees health care and
craft beer among the new, bur-
geoning industries.
“There’s
diversification
happening in our region that we
didn’t used to have,” he said.
Smooth success
Luke Whittaker/EO Media Group
A trio of guest speakers included an entrepreneur, an elected official and a local, professional forester.
ing in, but also because of high
turnover.
“The biggest challenge is
getting people to stay for the
whole season,” Ortega said.
“Sometimes the season drops
a little bit, so they think it’s
over and start to look for other
jobs — it’s up and down all the
time.”
Oregon State University
mitted employees after having
issues with high turnover.
“We hire up to 200 employ-
ees at a time to process sardines,
whiting, shrimp and squid —
depending on the season,” Da
Yang Seafood human resources
manager Adriana Ortega said.
The bulge in seasonal employ-
ment is needed not only to
match increased catch com-
forestry and natural resources
extension agent Valerie Grant
greeted several students at the
first booth upon entering the
fair. Grant was working along-
side other forest and wood
product industries to connect
students to potential careers in
the field.
“Lots of kids like to be out-
side and a lot of these jobs are
working in the field,” Grant
said.
Billie Jo Edmonds, general
manager for Mo’s Restaurant
in Cannon Beach, was busy
recruiting summer staff for
their new restaurant location in
Astoria.
Edmonds praised the expo-
sure the career fair brings for
potential hires.
Leahy believes the event
went “very well” overall.
“This is our third year of
doing this and each year it gets
better,” he said. More than 70
employers participated in what
has become and increasingly
tight Clatsop County labor
market.
“It’s difficult for employers
to find good help,” Leahy said.
“We hope this is an opportunity
for employers, students and
general job seekers.”
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