Students network at third annual job fair - October 12 Edition

Courtney Taylor

Cariboo Advisor

Local students were given the chance to network with key industry leaders in the community last week at the third annual Williams Lake Job Fair.

Along with students from the local high schools, the job fair was open to anyone who wished to come down to the Gibraltar room to meet potential employers, drop off resumes, or research career goals.

Rhonda Labelle, Executive Director for the Cariboo Chilcotin Aboriginal Training Employment Center whom is the main sponsor of the job fair says events like this bring the community at large together.

“We want to promote local jobs in our community,” said Labelle. “The youth are the future of the labour force, we need to give them the information they need to make decisions.”

Labelle said on the first day they had more than 600 people come through the fair, many of them high school students, and there was lots of entertainment and prizes given out.

This was the third event like this one that CCATEC had put on and Labelle says they welcome participation from any local employer for future events.

“Having local business support is critical,” said Labelle