ADVISORY/IKEA Holds Free Lunch Job Fair Event at Mall of America's Grand Hotel on March 27; IKEA Twin Cities Recruitment Program to Fill 400 Jobs at New Store Opening This Summer.

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ADVISORY...for Sat. (March 27)

--(BUSINESS WIRE)--IKEA

WHAT:       There is Such a Thing as a Free Lunch Job Fair
            The first 200 qualified job applicants that e-mail their
            resume via [e-mail] and arrange an in-person
            interview appointment time for the job fair will receive a
            free lunch coupon, which can be used at the IKEA
            Restaurant when the new store opens. IKEA has many diverse
            job position openings including sales assistants,
            cashiers, food service and customer service professionals,
            loss and prevention agents and warehouse-forklift experts.

WHEN:       Saturday, March 27
            8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. (By appointment only)
            2:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (Walk-ins welcome)

WHERE:      Mall of America Grand Hotel
            7901 24th Avenue South, Minneapolis

WHY:        With approximately 400 jobs to be filled at the first
            IKEA store in Minnesota opening this summer, IKEA is
            holding this Free Lunch Job Fair event as part of its new
            recruitment program, "It's More than a Job, It's Life,"
            which IKEA hopes will make it easy for local job
            applicants to pursue a career at IKEA, and to have a
            little fun too. Interested applicants can find out more by
            visiting the IKEA web site at http://jobsat.ikea-usa.com.