State officials to host JobFest 2021 at Convention Center

State officials are hosting a occupation just aboriginal adjacent period successful Las Vegas.

The occupation fair, dubbed JobFest 2021, volition tally from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Dec. 7 astatine the Las Vegas Convention Center’s North Hall, and galore employers program to prosecute connected the spot, officials announced Tuesday. The occupation just is expected to gully much than 110 employers who volition beryllium hiring for much than 10,000 positions.

Gov. Steve Sisolak, the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation and the Governor’s Office of Economic Development are putting connected the occupation fair, which volition besides see skills grooming and COVID-19 and flu vaccinations. Parking and admittance are free.

“We’re ensuring that occupation seekers tin find employment that works for their household and lifestyle,” employment section manager Elisa Cafferata said.

More employers are added to the occupation just daily, and the authorities is looking to make high-paying jobs and assistance Nevadans get those jobs, Sisolak said successful a written statement.

“There is nary precedence much important for maine than Nevada’s betterment from the COVID-19 pandemic,” Sisolak said.

Nevada has consistently had 1 of the highest unemployment rates successful the country, and Clark County has the highest unemployment complaint successful the state.

The authorities system continues to trust connected the hospitality, gaming and tourism industries, each of which were deed hard astatine the opening of the pandemic. Gaming has rebounded to station grounds triumph totals successful 2021 portion the hospitality and tourism industries — arsenic good arsenic their staffing — person been slower to recover.

The authorities unemployment complaint has ticked down each period this year, dipping to 7.3 percent successful October.

“The availability of jobs is simply a existent denotation that Nevada’s system is rebounding,” economical improvement bureau enforcement manager Michael Brown said.

He suggested occupation seekers sojourn nv.emsiskills.com for occupation listings and accusation connected however to conscionable qualifications. Nevada JobConnect and different agencies volition beryllium determination to link occupation seekers with resources to larn caller skills and find caller careers, officials said a release.

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

The Nevada Department of Health and Human Services and Immunize Nevada volition connection COVID-19 vaccines and booster shots, arsenic good arsenic flu shots, to attendees. The merchandise notes that COVID-19 vaccines are approved for children 5 and up, and aggregate employers necessitate vaccination arsenic a information of employment.

Preregistration is encouraged astatine www.nvcareercenter.org.

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