NMCC hosts job fair

 
   PRESQUE ISLE – Three hundred students and community members were on hand to connect with the nearly 50 businesses represented at the 10th annual Job Fair hosted at Northern Maine Community College March 8.
    “What began initially as an opportunity to connect our seniors with employers as they prepared to graduate, has grown over the years to encompass community members, as well as first-year students looking for part-time or summer employment,” said Ruth White, coordinator of the event. “While the Job Fair was originally geared more toward business students, it now features job opportunities for students from most all of our programs … from business, to the trades, to our allied health and early childhood education programs.”
    More than just finding a job, this event provides students and community members with both the opportunity to network with area employers and to practice their job interviewing skills, according to White, which ultimately better prepares them for the job hunting process.