March 23, 2016
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CAREER special
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Job seekers meet face to face with job recruiters at the annual Urban League of Portland Career Connections Job Fair. This year’s event will take place Tuesday, April 5 at
the DoubleTree Hotel near Lloyd Center.
On Tuesday, April 5, job seekers will
have the opportunity to meet face to face
with recruiters from over 70 of the area’s
most desirable employers at the Urban
League of Portland Career Connections
Job Fair.
The annual event is one of the Urban
League’s larger ongoing efforts to en-
gage, educate, and empower Oregon’s
workforce.
The Urban League works with em-
ployers year round to engage job seekers
through a variety of means including tar-
geted recruitments, employment and em-
Making Career
Connections
Urban League Job Fair to
engage, educate and empower
ployment resources referrals, job post-
ings, one-on-one assistance and career
counseling, employment readiness train-
ing, youth employment programs, meet
the employer events, and job shadowing.
Job seekers who come to the career
fair come from a variety of backgrounds
and are looking for a wide range of op-
portunities.
Organizers of the event also make
great efforts to ensure that the industries
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