15th Annual Job Fair Coming Next Week

The 15^th Annual Job Fair for Hudson Valley residents takes place on Tuesday, April 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Rockland Community College (RCC). More than 40 companies engaged in varying businesses plus employment resource organizations will attend. Senator David Carlucci (D-Rockland/Westchester) and RCC partnered with the Workforce Investment Board of Rockland to put on the event at the college’s Eugene Levy Fieldhouse.  According to campus officials and Carlucci's office, last year's event brought in record-setting attendance of more than 800 individuals.

This is a list of participating companies and agencies with full-time, part-time professional and entry level opportunities:

• Adecco Staffing
• Advanced Technology Corp.
• Aflac
• Ajilon Professional Staffing
• Avon
• Berk Wealth Management
• Broad Financial LLC
• Champion Day Camp
• Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage
• Combined Insurance Company
• Crestron Electronics Inc
• Cumulus Broadcasting of Westchester
• CWS Powder Coatings
• Delaney Computer Services
• First Investors Corporation
• HMS Host Sloatsburg Travel Plaza
• Hudson Barter Exchange
• HVDDSO
• Journal News Media Group
• Lighting Services Inc
• Manpower International
• Moveourstuff.com
• New York Life
• Northwestern Mutual Financial Network
• Nyack College
• Nyack Hospital
• One on One Ads, Inc.
• Palisades Federal Credit Union
• Primerica
• RJ Staffing
• Rockland Coalition to End the New Jim Crow
• Rockland Jewish Family Service
• Saint Dominic’s Home
• Sparkling Pool Services
• Sports Physical Therapy of New York PC
• Teltech Systems
• TheraCare
• UPS
• Vision Services for the Blind and Visually Impaired
• Weichert Realtors
• YAI
• Yedei Chesed Inc

Employment Resources:

• Tomorrow’s Workplace
• NYS Department of Labor
• Tappan Zee Constructor
• Rockland Community College
• Rockland BOCES
• Rockland Veterans Agency
• Rockland Department of Social Services
• Rockland Office for the Aging
• NYS ACCES - VR
• NYS Small Business Development Center
• Rockland County Libraries 

Job seekers should bring multiple copies of their resume.   Business dress attire is preferred, but not required.  For more information or to RSVP contact Senator Carlucci’s office at (845) 623-3627 or email Carlucci@nysenate.gov with the headline “Job Fair 2013”.

“Job fairs such as these provide a unique opportunity for jobseekers to speak to potential employers and learn about their companies first hand,” said Senator Carlucci. “This offers individuals a chance to obtain a better understanding about each industry, as well as create a better likelihood that prospective employees will find the right company that will suit them best.”