Local job fairs offer wide variety of career opportunities

Cheryl Rogers | Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Job seekers can connect to area employers at job fairs in the coming weeks, including two fairs at Hillsborough Community College April 18 and 19.

“Usually if a company is here, they have positions available,” says Lorraine Canalejo, Career Resource Center Manager at HCC’s Dale Mabry Campus. “I have a gym. It fills up.”

The fair at HCC’s Dale Mabry Campus is from 9:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. April 18 in the Dale Mabry Gym. A variety of companies are expected for computer-related and law enforcement careers and jobs at animal clinics, radio/TV stations, restaurants and hotels, childcare centers, malls and Busch Gardens.

She advises job seekers to check out potential employers they’d like to talk with. Interested persons can call her at 813-253-7310 for more information on the companies. “Dress appropriately. Bring your resume,” she suggests.

“Typically we have it [the fair] in the spring term because it’s graduation time, but the job fair is open to all of our students as well as the public,” she says. “They don’t need to register.”

The HCC Ybor Campus event is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 19 in the Ybor Room.

On April 19, Talent Career Fairs is holding a Tampa Government, Financial, Sales and Education Career Fair to connect job seekers with leading local and Fortune 500 companies. The free event is planned from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Courtyard Marriott, 3805 West Cypress in Tampa.

Attendees can meet employers in financial services, management, IT, healthcare, government, education, accounting, sales, customer service, dispatch, retail, and other fields.

Here are some other job fairs scheduled in the area.

• Echo’s Spring Job Fair is planned from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 13 at Boys and Girls Club Brandon. The free event features part-time and full-time opportunities.

• Every Wednesday in April there will be a job fair from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. for Registered Nurses and Certified Nursing Assistants at Kindred Hospital St Petersburg, 3030 6th Street S. Come ready for an interview on the spot.

• Sales, business development and marketing are the focus of the Tampa Job Fair April 24 by United Career Fairs. The free event is scheduled from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Doubletree by Hilton Tampa Westshore Airport.

• A Job News Tampa Job Fair, by JobNewsUSA, is planned from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 26 at George M. Steinbrenner Field, Tampa.

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Cheryl Rogers is a freelance writer and editor who enjoys writing about careers. An ebook author, she also writes Bible Camp Mystery series that shares her faith. She is publisher of New Christian Books Online Magazine and founder of the Mentor Me Career Network, a free online community, offering career consulting, coaching and career information. Now a wife and mother, Cheryl discovered her love of writing as a child when she became enthralled with Nancy Drew mysteries. She earned her bachelor's degree in Journalism and Sociology from Loyola University in New Orleans. While working at Loyola's Personnel Office, she discovered her passion for helping others find jobs. A Miami native, Cheryl moved to the Temple Terrace area in 1985 to work for the former Tampa Tribune.