Employers hired over 250 people at JobFest 2021, and they’re not done yet

About 250 radical were hired connected the spot astatine the monolithic occupation just held successful Las Vegas earlier this week.

Gov. Steve Sisolak’s bureau announced Friday day that 251 of the 2,100 occupation seekers who attended Tuesday’s JobFest 2021 astatine the Las Vegas Convention Center near with a job. Employers conducted aggregate stages of interviews and expect to prosecute hundreds much applicants successful the coming weeks, the bureau said successful a release, citing archetypal reports from employers.

Sisolak called the lawsuit “an unthinkable success, helping to cement Nevada’s spot starring the federation successful hiring rate.” The just drew 182 Nevada employers who were hiring for much than 16,000 unfastened positions. Sisolak said successful an interrogation earlier the lawsuit that the amusement had 2,500 pre-registered people.

Sisolak enactment connected the occupation just on with Nevada JobConnect, the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development. JobFest 2021 besides included skills grooming and COVID-19 and flu vaccinations, with 146 radical receiving vaccinations.

Employers who didn’t prosecute connected the spot conducted 1,200 interviews “and are thrilled with the endowment excavation of attendees,” the merchandise said.

Employers astatine the occupation just included Amazon, Arizona Charlie’s, Boyd Gaming Corp., Caesars Entertainment Inc., Clark County, the authorities of Nevada, MGM Resorts International, Clark County School District, Las Vegas Urban League, University Medical Center and Vegas PBS.

Amazon interviewed 200 radical astatine the just and Walgreens conducted much than 100 interviews, hired 20 astatine the just and expects to prosecute 30 much radical based connected those interviews, the merchandise said.

Sisolak, the authorities Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development enactment connected the occupation fair, which included skills grooming arsenic good arsenic COVID-19 and flu vaccinations. The employment section determined it was the state’s largest occupation just by fig of employers and unfastened positions.

The governor’s bureau encouraged radical who didn’t be the occupation just to sojourn EmployNV.gov to hunt occupation openings oregon sojourn a Nevada JobConnect office.

Contact Mike Shoro astatine mshoro@reviewjournal.com oregon 702-387-5290. Follow @mike_shoro connected Twitter.