Selkirk College and Kootenay Business magazine are teaming up to host the annual Career and Job Fair. The 2011 Career and Job Fair will be held Wednesday, February 23 at Selkirk’s Castlegar campus.
“We are looking forward to this year’s career fair,” said Amy Kinakin, the educational recruitment co-ordinator at Selkirk College.
“Given that it has been a success over the last number of years, we have be able to build on that success with more businesses participating and more students and people attending.”
At the 2010 event, over 250 attendees visited the main campus of Selkirk College to learn about the various careers offered by businesses and organizations representing a diverse assortment of industries, from the service sector to health care.
An additional benefit to the expo is that it brings companies into the Kootenay job market, as opposed to trying to attract workers from other areas of the province or Canada.
“They are targeting students that know the Kootenay area and who want to live here,” said Kinakin.
“That will benefit employers in terms of retention because they won’t have to bring in someone from outside just to find that they are not going to want to live here.”
The fair runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information call 1-800-663-8555.