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A16 • HERMISTONHERALD.COM WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 2, 2015 FROM PAGE A1 JOBS: continued from Page A1 more people will be look- ing for administrative sup- port positions. Connell said quali¿ ed forklift operators and peo- ple with a Class A Com- mercial Driver’s License are always in high demand. Sometimes it is a certain type of work history that employers are looking for, too. “Someone who has held EOTEC continued from Page A1 Brookshier said there are questions about whether con- struction of the rodeo arena, which hasn’t been sent out for bid yet, will be able to be completed in time. “These are questions we need to answer together and we need to answer quick- ly,” he said. Umatilla County sold Hermiston School District the current fairgrounds for $3 million in 2012 to help pay for EOTEC, but the fair has a lease agreement with the district to use the property through the end of 2016, if needed. Despite some delays, work does continue to move forward with the project. Gary Winsand of Frew Development re- ported on Friday that oth- er than site electrical and pavement, horizontal con- struction is “basically com- pleted.” The footings are in for the prefabricated event center building, which has been delivered on-site, and the À oor is scheduled to be poured Tuesday. a position for ¿ ve or more years, and is not hopping from job to job, that looks really good,” she said. She said when an em- ployer advertises a job opening somewhere gen- eral instead of doing more targeted recruiting they may get a lot of responses but still not ¿ nd anyone to ¿ ll the opening. “3eople see a classi¿ ed ad and think ‘I can to that,’ but they’ve never done it,” she said. Another way to ¿ nd em- Erection of the building is now slated to start Fra- day, Sept. 4, a delay from a June estimate of Aug. 10. Bids for construction of the barns were due Friday, Aug. 28, and design work for the rodeo arena is be- ing completed by Michael Building & Design. Bob Barton of Barton Laser Leveling, which completed grading and oth- er horizontal construction, praised Frew Development Group for its “staunch stewardship” in keeping the project on budget. “I feel as though Frew did a great job of managing the money for the project,” he said. Heather Cannell, the business manager for EO- TEC, said she has ordered chairs, tables, of¿ ce fur- niture and event schedul- ing software for the new center. She said she spent most of fair week on the fairgrounds getting a feel for the needs of the fair and rodeo and talking with peo- ple about EOTEC. “There is de¿ nitely a mix,” she said of reactions to the project. “Some peo- ple are nostalgic and don’t want to leave, other people ployees for hard-to-¿ ll po- sitions is through job fairs. It’s one of the many strate- gies ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston uses to ¿ nd employ- ees. The company employs about 1,600 people in the Hermiston-Boardman area. Spokeswoman Shelby Stoolman said the compa- ny also recruits for salaried positions from universi- ties around the Northwest, and reaches out to veter- ans groups and community colleges as well. ConAgra looks to trade schools for mechanical positions, pro- vides on-the-job training and Stoolman said Work- source Oregon helps ¿ ll po- sitions too. Worksource Oregon, a partnership between the state and private employ- ers, matches area residents looking for employment with employers recruiting for hard-to-¿ ll jobs. Spokesman Craig Spiv- ey said the employment of¿ ce can act as a human resources department to companies, screening re- sumes for them to save time. The agency has the larg- est jobs database in the state, known as iMatchS- kills. People looking for work input their skills and certi¿ cations and then the website pulls up a list of job postings that match their quali¿ cations. Spivey said during the recession employers had an easier time ¿ lling posi- tions, but now there aren’t as many people looking for work. STAFF PHOTO BY GARY L. WEST Ground leveling has started at the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center site near the Hermiston airport. EOTEC was schedule to become the new home of the Farm-City Pro Rodeo and Umatilla County Fair in 2016. are excited for more room.” David Bothum report- ed to the board that this year’s rodeo was a sol- id success, with an ex- ceptionally high-quality roster of cowboys that included 19 of the top 20 cowboys in the world for many events. “Each night was just like watching an NFR (National Finals Rodeo),” he said. Board member Dan Dorran said he wanted to thank the community for its overwhelming support for the fair, especially this year when it was respon- sible for record-breaking auction sales and high at- tendance despite overly hot and windy weather. He said this year’s fair was pushed to the limit when it came to handling electricity, water drainage and more. “What causes that is success,” he said. “It’s not “The labor market is tighter,” he said. According to the state employment of¿ ce’s last report, in June the unem- ployment rate in Umatilla County was at 6.1 percent ² a signi¿ cant improve- ment over June 2014’s 7.9 percent but still lagging behind the state’s overall unemployment rate of 5.5 percent. Umatilla County’s entire labor force consists of 35,230 potential work- ers, of which 33,073 were employed in June. because we’re failing, it’s because we get bigger and better.” Whether the fair moves in 2016 or 2017, fair board and EOTEC board mem- ber Don Miller said the Eastern Oregon Trade and Event Center is coming not a moment too soon, be- cause “we’re making it a reality 10 to 15 years later after we have outgrown the grounds.” “Utilities and infrastruc- ture are almost to the point we will not be able to ex- ist,” he said. State Sen. 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