This year’s Goodwill Industries® Week, celebrated last week, was one of the most exciting to date. Thirty-six Goodwills across the U.S. and Canada hosted more than 100 on-the-ground career fair events, and for the first time Goodwill Industries International hosted a virtual career fair.
On its first day alone, the virtual career fair—featuring employment opportunities from Cintas, Marriott, Hyatt, Deloitte and OneMain Financial – attracted 1,900 visitors. By the end of the fourth day, more than 7,100 people had attended. More than 2,100 registered a profile on the site, including more than 250 individuals who indicated they were either veterans or military family members.
“Goodwill has been connecting people to employment opportunities for 110 years,” said Jim Gibbons, president and CEO of Goodwill Industries International. “The virtual career fair extended this mission into a new arena by offering employers a new way to connect with our pool of trained workers, and giving the people we serve new opportunities to become economically self-sufficient through the power of hard work.”
On-the-ground career fairs shared equal success. One Goodwill agency in Phoenix, AZ, reported job fairs at all 14 of its career centers, with more than 3,000 job seekers attending. In total, 50 companies attended, featuring varied job opportunities.
In Shreveport, LA, Goodwill conducted on-the-spot interviews for 16 Goodwill positions, 30 local restaurant crew and management positions, and shuttle driver positions for an upcoming job fair and donation drive this weekend.
Attending a career fair in the future? Check out Goodwill’s career exploration site for tips on how you can prepare.
