MOBILE WORKS HOLDS PRESS
CONFERENCE Thursday, Jul 27th, 2006 MOBILE WORKS HOLDS PRESS CONFERENCE TO
ANNOUNCE MARITIME / AEROSPACE INDUSTRIES JOB FAIR
Mobile
Works Will Meet with the Press to Discuss
July 27th Maritime /
Aerospace Industries Job Fair at
Pre-Job Fair Press Conference to be
held Thursday July 13, 2006
MOBILE, Alabama - July 12, 2006 -
Mobile Works Inc. is sponsoring a Maritime / Aerospace Industries Job
Fair in conjunction with the Mayor's Office of the City of Mobile,
Mobile County and the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce. With
unemployment rates hovering at around 3%, the Maritime / Aerospace Job
Fair is critical to meet the needs of the maritime and aerospace
industries in Mobile and the surrounding area, as local maritime and
aerospace companies are having difficulty finding qualified
applicants.
The Maritime / Aerospace Industries Job Fair will be
held on Thursday, July 27, 2006 at the Mobile Civic Center from 1:00 pm
to 6:00 pm. Some companies that will be taking applications at the Job
Fair include:
Atlantic Marine
Austal USA
Bender
Shipbuilding
C&G; Boatworks
Charter Services, Inc.
Goodrich
Aerostructures
Horizon Shipbuilding
ST Mobile
Aerospace
Saunders Engine/Yachtworks
Teledyne Continental
Motors
Interested candidates are urged to attend the Maritime /
Aerospace Job Fair to meet with prospective employers and submit resumes
for the open positions.
Pre-Maritime / Aerospace Job Fair Press
Conference
A pre-job fair press conference will be held at Mobile
Works administrative offices on Thursday, July 13, 2006 at 10:30 a.m.
All members of the press are invited to attend. Participating in the
briefing, and available for your questions, will be:
Sydney G.
Raine
President, Mobile Works Inc.
At the press conference,
Raine will be discussing the types of jobs that companies will be
looking to fill, what the partners hope the job fair will accomplish,
and the issues facing all Mobile employers due to low unemployment
rates.
Location of Mobile Works Administrative Offices
Mobile
Works Administrative Offices are located at: 154-B Saint Louis Street,
Mobile, AL 36602, just off of Water Street, inside the Community
Foundation Building. Parking is located in the rear parking lot,
located off of St. Anthony's Street. Call 251-432-0909 for further
directions.
About Mobile Works
Mobile Works Inc., a local
partnership of business, education, labor and community leaders,
provides businesses with training, leadership, labor market information
and employment programs designed to stimulate local business by meeting
the needs of Mobile area businesses while increasing the available labor
pool of skilled jobseekers in the Mobile area. Since its inception in
2000, the group has invested more than $28 million overall to support
Mobile area job and educational programs. In addition, in the 2006-2007
fiscal year alone, Mobile Works has invested nearly $4.6 million dollars
in jobs, training and economic initiatives for all of Mobile County.
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Contact: Gia Dinges
Director of
Marketing
251-432-0909 - phone
[email protected] -
email
www.mobile-works.org - website
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