ALL IN A DAY'S WORK MANY STRIVE TO SCORE EMPLOYMENT AT JOB FAIR.Byline: DANA BARTHOLOMEW Staff Writer NORTHRIDGE -- Ruby Garay struggled to raise five kids as a part-time office assistant and had spent a full month looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a decent job. It took her just two hours to hit pay dirt Thursday at the largest job fair in the San Fernando Valley San Fernando Valley Valley, southern California, U.S. Northwest of central Los Angeles, the valley is bounded by the San Gabriel, Santa Susana, and Santa Monica mountains and the Simi Hills. . ``I found one. I am happy,'' declared Garay, 41, of Arleta, after a promising interview with a personnel agency. ``This is what I'm looking for, the perfect opportunity. ``Now my life is going to change.'' For employers desperate for skilled workers, it was a golden opportunity. The San Fernando Valley Community Resource & Career Fair matched 63 employers and career agencies with an estimated 1,000 would-be workers in a job market squeezed of qualified applicants. There were Coke and Pepsi bottlers seeking cappers. Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. police seeking coppers. AutoZone stores seeking gearheads. Eddie Bauer Eddie Bauer (NASDAQ: EBHI) is a clothing store chain. Headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, and a subsidiary of Eddie Bauer Holdings (formerly Spiegel, Inc.), the company was founded in Seattle in 1920 as "Eddie Bauer's Sport Shop" by its namesake, Eddie Bauer (1899 – clothiers seeking preppies. And Payless shoe stores seeking just the right fit. The fair, held at Lowe's of Northridge, aimed to recruit top talent from a pool of applicants in a region with an unemployment rate of 5 percent. Hosted by the state Employment Development Department, Keyes Lexus and the Economic Alliance of the San Fernando Valley, the fair hoped to help recruit retail workers and holiday help. A second job fair Oct. 17 will focus on such fields as finance, insurance and the legal profession. Job analysts expect 29,000 new positions in the Valley this year, adding to an estimated 800,000 jobs at some 70,000 Valley businesses. ``Entry level is not an issue,'' said Michael Dolphin, EDD Noun 1. EdD - a doctor's degree in education DEd, Doctor of Education doctor's degree, doctorate - one of the highest earned academic degrees conferred by a university division chief for job services in Los Angeles. ``Employers are frustrated frus·trate tr.v. frus·trat·ed, frus·trat·ing, frus·trates 1. a. To prevent from accomplishing a purpose or fulfilling a desire; thwart: . ``Employers with specific skill sets are having difficulty finding the highly skilled folks that they're looking for.'' The fair drew applicants along double tables, 18 parking spaces deep. ``We'll be talking,'' said Deana Christy, branch manager of Randstad work solutions, a staffing agency in Encino, to one job seeker job seeker also job·seek·er n. One who seeks employment. . ``We'll be talking,'' he shot back in networking-speak. Sean Mosley, a student from California State University, Northridge CSUN offers a variety of programs leading to bachelor's degrees in 61 fields and master's degrees in 42 fields. The university has over 150,000 alumni. It's also home to a summer musical theater/theater program known as TADW (TeenAge Drama Workshop) that leads teenagers through an , worked the tables in a navy double-breasted suit, hoping for a professional job. ``They'll give me a job at Lowe's all day long pushing carts. I've been there, done that,'' said Mosely, 21, of Northridge. ``I'm trying to break in the door right now at a desk job.'' Tiffena Claiborne, tired of being a homemaker with three children, wore pin-stripes and silk hoping to re-enter re·en·ter also re-en·ter v. re·en·tered, re·en·ter·ing, re·en·ters v.tr. 1. To enter or come in to again. 2. To record again on a list or ledger. v.intr. the job market. ``I've been a housewife all this time and it's driving me nuts,'' said Claiborne, 33, of Van Nuys. ``Every woman should get a job and be independent ... do not lose yourself, just because you're a homemaker and a wife.'' Not everyone was thrilled with the job offerings. ``I'm very disappointed, not enough employers, not enough businesses, too many low-end jobs,'' said Susan Sotero, 48, of Granada Hills, who's been doing temp work since she was laid off from her paralegal paralegal n. a non-lawyer who performs routine tasks requiring some knowledge of the law and procedures, employed by a law office or who works free-lance as an independent for various lawyers. job. Paula Coleman, a 52-year-old mother of 10 from Val Verde Val Verde may mean:
See also: Lookout work for her son. ``They should have more of these,'' she said. dana.bartholomew(at)dailynews.com (818) 713-3730 IF YOU GO A free ``Reaching for the Stars'' Job Fair will take place between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Oct. 17 at the Beverly Garland Holiday Inn, 4222 Vineland Av., North Hollywood. For information, call (818) 890-9428 CAPTION(S): 3 photos, box Photo: (1 -- color) Applicants speak to employers at the San Fernando Valley Community Resource & Career Fair Thursday. (2 -- color) Hundreds of job seekers turned out to search for work Thursday at the San Fernando Valley Community Resource & Career Fair held in the parking lot of the Lowe's Home Improvement Center in Northridge. (3 -- color) Guillermo Losada of Northridge fills out applications at the San Fernando Valley Community Resource & Career Fair. John Lazar/Staff Photographer Box: IF YOU GO (see text) |
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