{"id":42111,"date":"2021-07-18T17:24:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T00:24:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/?p=42111"},"modified":"2021-07-18T17:24:07","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T00:24:07","slug":"event-tacoma-job-fair-greater-tacoma-convention-center-tacoma-wa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/event-tacoma-job-fair-greater-tacoma-convention-center-tacoma-wa\/","title":{"rendered":"Event: Tacoma Job Fair, Greater Tacoma Convention Center (Tacoma, WA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>See event details at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cityoftacoma.org\/cms\/one.aspx?portalId=169&amp;pageId=207886\">https:\/\/www.cityoftacoma.org\/cms\/one.aspx?portalId=169&amp;pageId=207886<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"news_content_title\">Tacoma Venues &amp; Events Hosts Job Fair Hiring Event to Support Reopening Tacoma And the Return to Live Events<\/div>\n<div id=\"news_content_body\">\n<div id=\"content-text\">\n<p><strong>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/strong><br \/>July 12, 2021<\/p>\n<p><strong>MEDIA CONTACTS<\/strong><br \/>Tammi Bryant, Tacoma Venues &amp; Events,\u00a0<a class=\"ApplyClass\" href=\"mailto:tbryant@tacomavenues.org\">tbryant@tacomavenues.org<\/a>, (253) 593-7617<\/p>\n<h3>Tacoma Venues &amp; Events Hosts Job Fair Hiring Event to Support Reopening Tacoma and the Return to Live Events<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Who:<\/strong>\u00a0Tacoma Job Fair<\/p>\n<p><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0Wednesday, July 21, from 2 PM to 7 PM<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Greater Tacoma Convention Center<\/p>\n<p><strong>What:<\/strong>\u00a0Tacoma Venues &amp; Events (TVE) will host a job fair at the Greater Tacoma Convention Center, with positions open from TVE venues and local community and national businesses. The event is open to the public and parking at the convention center is free.\u00a0<a title=\"Link to the Tacoma Link page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.soundtransit.org\/ride-with-us\/routes-schedules\/tacoma-link-light-rail?direction=0&amp;at=1624863600000&amp;view=table&amp;route_tab=schedule&amp;stops_0=40_TL_TD%2C40_TL_THD&amp;stops_1=40_TL_THD%2C40_TL_TD\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tacoma Link<\/a>\u00a0light rail is also free with a station on Commerce Street.<\/p>\n<p>Hundreds of positions including full-time and part-time are available. Employers are recruiting for event service workers, hospitality, government, and more. Immediate on site interviews will be available with some employers.<\/p>\n<p>The Tacoma Venues &amp; Events team created this event to support the needs of the community and to build again the workforce at the venues as they return to live events at both the Tacoma Dome and Greater Tacoma Convention Center.<\/p>\n<p>Participating employers already confirmed include Pierce Transit, the City of Tacoma and Tacoma Public Utilities, Pierce College, Safe Streets Campaign (Americorps), and Washington State Patrol. Hospitality positions are offered from Muckleshoot Casino, El Rinconsito Inc. and Chick-fil-A. Labor and warehouse positions include Concrete Technology Corporation, Olympic Eagle Distributing, and FedEx Ground. Healthcare positions include SeaMar Community Health Center, Light Dental Studio, Korean Women\u2019s Association, and Cascade Eye &amp; Skin Centers. Event day positions are available from Aramark (food &amp; beverage), Northwest Industrial Staffing (janitorial), Republic Parking (parking and maintenance). Employers interested in having a booth may contact Adam Gesacion through\u00a0<a title=\"Link to Job Fair page\" href=\"https:\/\/tacomaconventioncenter.org\/jobfair\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">this link<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>For more information about TVE venues reopening, please visit the Greater Way Forward at the\u00a0<a title=\"Link to the Greater Tacoma Convention Center page\" href=\"https:\/\/tacomaconventioncenter.org\/the-greater-way-forward\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greater Tacoma Convention Center<\/a>\u00a0and Returning to Live Events at the\u00a0<a title=\"Link to the Tacoma Dome page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tacomadome.org\/dome-info\/covid_reopening\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tacoma Dome<\/a>\u00a0website.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3815,"featured_media":34103,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_s2mail":"yes"},"categories":[11],"tags":[4,40,127,141,13,150,131,9],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42111"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3815"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42111"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42111\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42112,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42111\/revisions\/42112"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/34103"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42111"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42111"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.evergreen.edu\/mesweekly\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42111"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}