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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  Monday,  6.6.11

Over Five Thousand Job Seekers Flock to Clay's Sixth Annual Career Fair

Tremendous Response Breaks All Previous Records
 

Before the doors opened this morning for Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay’s 6th Annual Career Fair at Harris-Stowe State University, a line of eager job seekers stretched almost around the building.  By noon, four thousand guests had come through the doors. Overall attendance numbered more than 5,000 visitors.

“This amazing community response exceeded my greatest hopes for this year’s Career Fair,” said the Congressman.  “It shows the urgency of unemployment and underemployment in the First Congressional District and throughout the St. Louis region.  My number one priority is to help put my constituents back to work and to connect them with job opportunities that they could not take advantage of by themselves.  We accomplished that today in a big way, and I am very proud to have helped so many good people who are skilled, highly motivated, and ready to go to work.”

Job seekers were able to meet face-to-face with 106 top St. Louis employers, including: the Boeing Company; GKN Aerospace; Express Scripts; BJC Healthcare Systems; Enterprise Rent-a-Car; World Wide Technology; the St. Louis Public Library; Wells Fargo Advisors; Macy’s ; Centene; Best Buy; the Transportation Security Administration: the U.S. Marshals Service; and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.

The U.S. Office of Personnel Management joined the Career Fair lineup by providing a one-stop shop for interested job seekers to learn about, and apply for thousands of federal jobs, worldwide.

Congressman Clay’s Sixth Annual Career Fair was presented with the invaluable help and support of Harris-Stowe State University and all of our outstanding vendor partners.  We thank them for their participation and we look forward to Career Fair ‘2012.

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