Published: May 20, 2008 11:37 pm         

Regional job fair slated Thursday at Autry Tech

The North Central Regional Job Fair will be Thursday at Autry Technology Center.

Nearly 70 employers in various career fields who are hiring will be at the fair. Visitors are encouraged to bring their resumes and be ready to interview for immediate employment in health care, business, manufacturing, service and technical industries. The job fair will be 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. at Autry Tech, 1201 W. Willow.

In addition to meeting with employers, Job Fair attendees can get free help creating a resume, make an appointment with a career counselor or learn more about job training opportunities available at Autry. Employers are seeking part-time and full-time employees.

“Last year’s event was so successful. Employers reported they made many good hires as a result of the Job Fair. Some candidates were hired that day and many received offers in the following weeks,” said Bea Paul, Autry job developer. “We appreciate the support of all our sponsors and anticipate an even bigger event this year. If you are looking for a job, Autry is the place to be on Thursday.”

Employers who will have booths at the event are: Advance Food Co.; Association of Oklahoma General Contractors; Atwoods; Autry Technology Center; Billings Fairchild Center; Blue Dolphin Health Care; Charles Machine Works — Ditch Witch; City National Bank; city of Enid; Liberal (Kan.) Police Department; The Commons United Methodist Retirement Community; Continental Resources; Enid News & Eagle/Eagle Marketing; Envirotech Engineering & Consulting; Express Employment Professionals 1962; Fairview Fellowship Home; Fastenal Co.; Fresenius Medical Care.

Also, Gentiva Health Services; Greenbrier Village; Groendyke Transport.; Hackney Ladish; Hamm & Phillips Service Co.; HealthCare Innovations Private Services; Heritage Roofing Co.; Integris Bass Baptist Health Center; James Crabtree Correctional Center; Key Energy Services; Liberty of Oklahoma; Lightning Creek; Mays Home Care; McDonald’s; Metals USA-Plates and Shapes South Central.

Also, Murphy Brown, LLC; Northcutt Chevrolet Buick Toyota; Northern Oklahoma Resource Center of Enid; Oklahoma City Police Department; OnviSource, Inc.; P&K Equipment; Parrish Enterprises; Paul Trans-portation; Pioneer Construction & Insulation; Roberts Ranch of Oklahoma; Rush Metals; Schwan’s Home Service; Seaboard Foods; Sooner Publishing, Marketing & Creations; St. Mary’s Regional Medical Center; StarTek; Sykes; TPI Staffing Service; United America Advertising; U.S. Border Patrol-Marfa Sector; Marine Corps; University of Phoenix; U.S. Cellular; Wal-Mart Supercenter, Enid; and Warren CAT.

Community partners include the Enid News & Eagle, North Central Oklahoma Workforce Investment Board, Enid Workforce Center, Greater Enid Chamber of Commerce and Enid Society for Human Resource Management.

Call Paul at 242-2750 for details.