Thursday, October 17, 2013

Labor Department to host job fair at Belle

The New York state Department of Labor is holding a job fair on Oct. 23 at The Belle Center located on 104 Maryland St.
     The event will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and will include hundreds of available jobs.
     “I would encourage people looking for serious jobs to come dressed professionally with a resume in hand, as people have been hired on the spot in the past,” said Jack Norton, head of program development at The Belle Center.
     According to the Department of Labor’s website, Buffalo’s unemployment rate was 7.3 percent as of August.
     Representatives from the lodging, accounting, banking and other industries will welcome everyone who is eligible to work in the United States. Other industries will be housekeeping, social work, advertisement, food and beverage, call centers, consulting and transportation.
     “It’s great when I see most of my former students and sometimes their parents, walk out of the fair with hope of a new beginning,” said Dinorah Santos, summer youth program supervisor at The Belle Center.  By Shanice Core and Elias Taveras