Officials coordinating the Greater Hazleton Job Fair 2018 have announced that the event, scheduled for Thursday, March 22nd has 38 businesses participating to date and there is limited space remaining for additional businesses.

These businesses and institutions will be on hand to provide educational, career and employment opportunities for those in attendance. Local and regional businesses have signed up to participate in the one-day event, which will take place at Genetti Ballrooms on Route 309, Hazleton.

Employers seeking to locate full, part time, temporary or summer workers will be on hand to promote their opportunities. The job fair is free to anyone seeking new or improved employment opportunities. The businesses and organizations slated to participate to date in this year's event include:

 

Bayada Habilitation, BAYADA Pediatrics - Hazleton Office, Bimbo Bakeries USA, Comfort Keepers, Community Options Inc, DBI Services, Dollar Tree, Easton Coach Company, ERG Staffing Service, Fabri-Kal Corporation, First Quality Nonwovens, Freedom Corrugated, LLC, Gonnella Frozen Products, Hazleton Careerlink, Hometown Nursing and Rehab. Center, Insteel Wire Products, Kelly Services, Keystone Job Corps Center, Luzerne County Community College, Manpower, Mature Worker Program SCSCEP AAA for Luz Wyo Co, Michaels Distribution Center, OneSource Staffing Solutions, PA Department of Corrections, Progressive Converting, Inc, Providence Place of Drums, Romark Logistics, Service Electric Cablevision, St. Luke Village, St. Luke's University Health Network - Miners Campus, Suburban Propane, System One, The Printmark Group, TJ Maxx Distribution Center, U.S Army Recruiting (Hazleton), U.S. Army, Web.com, Wegmans Retail Service Center.

Greater Hazleton Job Fair 2018 is being coordinated by the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce. Sponsors of the day-long program are the PA Careerlink Luzerne County, Job Gateway and the Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board, Inc. Media partners include the Standard Speaker, Panorama Community Magazine, El Mensajero International, Latino News, The Printmark Group, SSPTV News and WYLN TV 35.

The Job Fair will be open to the public from 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and there is no charge for admission.

Limited space is still available for businesses to participate in the fair. The member rate to participate is $250 per booth and the non member rate is $350 per booth. Additional information about the fair can be obtained by contacting the Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce at 455-1509, or www.hazletonchamber.org.

Media partners standing from the left is Lisa Schugardt, Sam-Son Productions, Inc./SSPTV News; Denise Sellers, Standard Speaker; Amilcar Arroyo, El Mensajero International; Liz Tolan, The Printmark Group and Julia Wiegand, WYLN TV 35. Missing from the photo are representatives from Panorama Community Magazine and Latino News.

Job Fair Partners sitting from the left include Robert Pishko and Christine Jensen, both representing PA Careerlink Luzerne County Hazleton, the Luzerne/Schuylkill Workforce Investment Board, Inc. and Job Gateway, event sponsors and Leann Fallabel, Greater Hazleton Chamber of Commerce.