By Julieta Paita
NORTHEAST––Around 40 different employers gathered last week in a job fair at M.O. Campbell Educational Center located in Aldine Bender Rd., to take applications and resumes of porspective applicants.
In partnership with Worksource Solution, Houston Works USA and Aldine ISD, Congressman Gene Green hosted the 2nd annual ‘Job Fair’ in Northeast Houston last Friday, September 30.
The main purspose of the job fair is “to give people the opportunity to network and also to meet with potential employers,” said Congressman Gene Green. “We have 40 businesses today with more than one thousand positions to fullfill.”
Rep. Green said that one of the requirements for employers to particicpate at the Job Fair was to have positions available for applicants. “They are hiring today,” he added.
Some of the employers participating included Aldine ISD, MAS Club, Worksource Solutions, HoustonWorks, Walgreens who was also taking applications for interships, the Harris County Sheriff Office, Best Buy and more.