Johnson, Lewis, Host Job Fair Today

Grim news this morning as Georgia’s unemployment rate again crossed 10%, now standing at 10.1% of Georgians looking for work unable to find jobs.

Today, until 5:30pm, Georgia Congressmen Hank Johnson and John Lewis, along with the Congressional Black Caucus, are hosting a job fair at Atlanta Technical College. A town hall meeting will follow from 6 to 8pm.

80 employers were expected to attend the job fair, including the Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Personnel Management, Department of State, Department of Transportation, Department of Corrections, Atlanta Workforce Development, General Services Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, Securities and Exchange Commission, Coca-Cola, Sprint, Comcast, Google, NCR, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta, Microsoft, GE, Starbucks, Waffle House, Pepsi and Gwinnett Public Schools.

Atlanta Technical College is located at 1560 Metropolitan Parkway SW, Atlanta GA 30310.

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Posted on 18 August '11 by , under Georgia Politics.