VIRTUAL QUEENS JOBS RECRUITMENT FAIR SERIES HOSTED BY QBP RICHARDS CONTINUES INTO 2021
Thursday, February 18 at 2pm
(February 9, 2021 at 10am)
QUEENS, NY – Queens Borough President Donovan Richards today announced the ongoing Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair series hosted by the Queens Borough President’s Office, connecting Queens job seekers with a wide array of employment opportunities across a variety of industries, will continue into 2021.
The next Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair will be held on Thursday, February 18 at 2:00 PM, in partnership with 10 featured employers and recruiters: CAMBA, Inc., The Child Center of New York, Commonpoint Queens, Council for Airport Opportunity, Empire Vets, Forest Hills Financial Group, the New York City Children’s Center, Queens Centers for Progress, WestHab, Inc. and Workforce1 Career Center.
“The unprecedented economic wounds inflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic have been deep and enduring, especially for our communities of color hardest hit by the virus,” said Borough President RICHARDS. “Our ultimate recovery and rebuild as a borough must center on connecting our unmatched talent with available employment opportunities as quickly and efficiently as possible, and Queens is grateful to our hiring partners who have stepped up to participate in this critical process.”
WPIX-TV (PIX11) will return as a media partner for this employment recruitment initiative after promoting previous recruitment fairs in fall 2020. The station will continue to support the upcoming fair with promotional assistance over its airwaves and on its website at www.pix11.com.
Held the third Thursday of each month, the February 18 Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair will be held online from 2:00pm to 3:30pm and live streamed at www.queensbp.org. Prospective applicants interested in participating in the live interactive Q&A via Zoom Webinar must RSVP by Wednesday, February 17 at www.queensbp.org/rsvp. Instructions on how to participate will be emailed the day of the event to those who register.
Los participantes y espectadores escucharán breves presentaciones de empresarios y reclutadores que buscan cubrir numerosos puestos en una variedad de campos de servicios, como la aviación, el transporte, el apoyo al desarrollo, el comercio minorista, las finanzas y otros.
The ongoing hiring push comes as Queens’ unemployment rate sits at 10.7 percent as of December 2020, down from a high of 21.6 percent in June 2020 — but still 7.7 percent higher than February 2020’s pre-pandemic low of 3.0 percent.
According to the New York State Department of Labor’s most recent publicly available figures, more than 25,000 New York City residents filed an unemployment claim for the first time during the week of January 18. Between March 9, 2020 and January 30, 2021, more than 2.35 million New York City residents have filed unemployment claims — a 709 percent increase from the same time period one year earlier.
Launched by then-Acting Borough President Sharon Lee in April 2020 at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic and the ensuing economic downturn to connect Queens residents with jobs in essential industries, the Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair series included 12 hiring events and three dozen participating employers. Over the course of the series, more than 1,400 total connections were made between job seekers who attended the virtual fairs and the participating employers
“We greatly appreciate the opportunity to partner with Queens Borough President Donovan Richards in presenting opportunities for work at our multi-service organization,” said CABMA, Inc. President and CEO JOANNE M. OPLUSTIL. “CAMBA is a great place to work, serving 65,000 people in all five boroughs of New York City. We invest in our employees and provide opportunities for growth, and we know when you work here, you’re more than your job description.”
"En The Child Center of New York, creemos que todos los niños pueden prosperar, si se les proporcionan las habilidades, la educación, el asesoramiento y los programas de desarrollo adecuados, y sabemos que un personal dedicado es la clave para que esto ocurra", dijo la coordinadora de contratación de The Child Center of New York, SHOSHANA CHEDDIE. "The Child Center da prioridad a los talentos de los barrios en los que trabajamos: personas genuinamente interesadas en la fortaleza de su comunidad y en el bienestar de las familias de al lado. Nos importa que los candidatos reconozcan las oportunidades de apoyar y construir sus comunidades."
"Durante estos tiempos difíciles con la pandemia, es más importante que nunca asegurarse de que los empleadores puedan conectar con los candidatos a distancia", dijo el director general y cofundador de GI Go Fund, JAMES FANOUS. "Empire Vets ha estado trabajando diligentemente durante el último año con este fin, conectando a los veteranos de la ciudad de Nueva York con miles de oportunidades publicadas por las empresas para la ayuda y la recuperación de la COVID-19. Estamos orgullosos de formar parte de este evento y agradecemos al presidente del distrito de Queens que lo haya organizado."
"Como asociado de FHFG y representante financiero de Guardian, usted es un empresario. Puedes definir tu carrera, ser tu propio jefe, mantener un horario flexible y obtener unos ingresos altamente competitivos. Te unirás a una comunidad de profesionales y a una empresa con una sólida reputación. Lo mejor de todo es que construirás un negocio para ti, pero no por ti mismo", dijo la Directora de Operaciones de Forest Hills Financial Group, DIANE NEUSTADT. "Cuando te conviertes en un representante financiero con FHFG, puedes tener algo más que la carrera que deseas. Puedes tener la vida que quieres mientras haces un trabajo significativo".
“In these challenging times, the New York City Children’s Center, along with the assistance of the Queens Borough President’s Office; strives to support the community and grow our workforce of professionals to strengthen our commitment to provide acute and special care to child and adolescent residents,” said New York City Children’s Center Human Resources Specialist LATASHA NASH.
"Queens Centers for Progress ha sido una empresa esencial a lo largo de esta pandemia y hemos seguido prestando servicios de calidad a nuestras personas con necesidades especiales", dijo la subdirectora de Recursos Humanos de Queens Centers for Progress, MICHELLE JENKINS. "Estamos encantados de continuar esta asociación con la Oficina del Presidente del Distrito de Queens para proporcionar puestos significativos que ofrecen grandes beneficios y oportunidades de crecimiento".
"Westhab está transformando las comunidades mediante el desarrollo de viviendas asequibles de calidad y la prestación de los servicios que la gente y los barrios necesitan para prosperar", dijo la Coordinadora de Recursos Humanos de Westhab, RACHEL PIMBLE.
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WHAT: Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair
WHEN: Thursday, February 18, 2021 from 2-3:30 PM
DONDE: Transmisión en directo: www.queensbp.org
Prospective applicants interested in participating via Zoom must RSVP by Wednesday, February 17 at www.queensbp.org/rsvp.
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