Employment expo highlighted wide variety of jobs
Ohio Means Jobs hosted an Employment Expo on Sept. 7 at Lake Park Pavilion with 45 employers offering a wide variety of jobs.
Ohio Means Jobs representatives were walking around and at the registration table for those needing help or looking for a specific company. “We can direct them right where to go,” said Shanna Stanton, business coordinator for Ohio Means Jobs. “If they have no idea, we can talk with them and learn jobs they may have done in the past or if they have a skill. We anticipated a pretty good turn out this year. We have a good flow of job seekers coming into our resource center at Ohio Means Jobs. We have manufacturing, health care, a pretty good array of companies are here this year.”
This year the employment expo was a little different. The first hour was dedicated to veterans only. “We had a pretty decent turnout. We recognized them differently, they got a vet lanyard around their neck and we have a vet representative section for them. This year Annin Flagmakers donated service flags for us and an American flag for our veteran’s corner. We are very appreciative to them for helping us. Also, we are very thankful to Papa John’s and Noah Gallagher for donating pizza to the employers every year,” Stanton said. “This is completely free for our employers today and we can also host job fairs at the county services building. If you are looking for employees or have a job posting, there are a couple big conference rooms we can utilize for that. We can post jobs for you on our state and local site, on social media and WTNS twice a week. Those are all free services that Ohio Means Jobs does for employers, as well.”
Isaac Evans, training director the Pipefitters Union said, “We are hiring all union in the plumbing and pipe fitters field. Local contractors here would be Wagner’s Plumbing, Johnson’s Plumbing and Heating. It is a five year apprenticeship program. Members come in and go on our out of work list and they can be hired out to different contractors. Usually, our first year apprentices start out at about $26 an hour plus benefits and it goes up from there. While the Intel jobs are not in our jurisdiction, they are going to have many members that end up working there. Located in Cambridge, they do day school for training. It’s a five year program, five weeks a year you come in for 40 hours a week for training and in your free time you are eligible to go to work.”
Sheriff Deputy Conner Shooks said, “I have with me corrections officers and dispatchers. We are here to recruit correctional officers, dispatchers, and deputies. We brought some trinkets to help draw individuals to our table. We have notepads, pads and pencils, applications you need to have at a job fair and stress balls, because this job can be stressful. ”
Tana West office manager and Dwayne Pickenpaugh from J&J Garage Doors sell garage doors, entry doors and window openers, garage doors and openers. “We are looking for an installation technician and possibly someone to work part time in the office,” West said, “Come in and fill out an application or drop off a resume.”
Tracy Haines, mobility manager for Coshocton County, and Director of Rural Public Transit Valerie Shaw were collecting information for a possible bus route. “We have the opportunity to apply for funding that could create an employment work force route here in Coshocton,” Haines said. “We are doing a brief eight question survey to determine what the needs are and where the need is. We would like to incorporate routes within the city of Coshocton, possibly to the industrial park in Newcomerstown and possibly to Fanatics and the Muskingum County line. We need input from those people where transportation is a barrier. We want to break down those barriers and make sure we can get these people to work. Public transportation means anyone at anytime can use it for any reason to make sure we can get those people to work. The trip needs to either begin in Coshocton County or end in Coshocton County. We can identify funding sources for our riders so they have little or no out of pocket expense. If we can’t offer a funding source, then we offer very low public fares. It’s free in the county but if they go out of county it is 50 cents per mile. If they are 65 years or older or disabled it is half price, 25 cents per mile. If they are going out of county for employment transportation or a secondary education the price is 25 cents per mile, as well. They are charged for just the miles they are in the vehicle. It used to be through the department of transportation, but now it is public and anyone can use it. We ask that you call at least 48 hours before but if it is an emergency situation, absolutely call.”
Tina Wilson was looking for a part time job. “I love people. This is my very first time to come to this event. I’ve been doing Doggie Day Care for my dad and brother and cleaning for 13 years so I would like a change. I would like to find a job packing or stocking shelves. Something like that.”
Arnold Murray was filling out an application. He has over seven years experience in auto detailing with Jeff Drennen and maintenance experience working for Hucks Tavern.
The Gerber Feed drive thru behind the Downtowner Plaza in Coshocton has a couple positions available and several jobs are available at the Baltic Feed Mill. “We have an order entry position at our Baltic main office and several positions for mill workers too,” said Jamie Cusin from Gerber Feed.
Cheryl Wilkins an HCM associate with ODOT said, “We are looking for CDL drivers with a class A or B CDL, with tanker endorsement, no air break restriction with at least three months experience training on basic equipment. We are out of Jacksontown, Ohio where the district office is. District 5 covers seven counties including, Coshocton. We are looking for people in all of our counties in our seasonal program. We will post it every 10 days until it is filled.” Go to careers.ohio.gov to apply.
“If you missed this event you can always reach us at Ohio Means Jobs at the County Services building in the lower level,” Stanton said. “We can take your resume and e-mail it if you want a certain company. We do free workshops to go over job applications and help you fill them out and we can also write resumes for people. Our career coaches can write a resume for you if you need help. Fill out a resume fact sheet, it takes a couple days and you can come in and print them out. We can put it in a flash drive for you so you can take it home with you. “
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