Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair

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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. today announced that the next edition of his monthly Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair will be held on March 18, 2021 at 2:00 PM. Building Skills New York, the Queens Chamber of Commerce, and Turning Point for Women and Families will be participating in the Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair series for the first time on March 18. They will be joining a group of 11 employers and recruiters that have participated in previous fairs: CAMBA, Inc., The Child Center of New York, Commonpoint Queens, the Council for Airport Opportunity, Empire Vets, Forest Hills Financial Group, New York Life, Queens Centers for Progress, WATCHGUARD 24/7 Westhab, Inc. and Workforce1 Career Center. Held on the third Thursday of each month by the Queens Borough President’s Office, the Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair series connects Queens job seekers with a wide array of employment opportunities across a variety of industries. “The COVID-19 pandemic has gone on for more than year and is still taking a devastating toll on the physical, emotional and economic health of our communities, especially our communities of color that have been hardest hit by the virus,” said Borough President RICHARDS. “Our series of Virtual Recruitment Fairs has been addressing the economic impact of the pandemic by connecting Queens residents with employers who are hiring right now for positions in critical sectors of the economy. We continue to be grateful to the employers and recruiters who have partnered with us in helping provide these employment opportunities to our borough’s hard-working residents.” WPIX-TV (PIX11) will return as a media partner for the March 18 fair after promoting previous recruitment fairs in the fall and winter of 2020-21. The station will support the upcoming fair with promotional assistance over its airwaves and on its website at www.pix11.com. The March 18 Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair will air online from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM 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, March 17 at www.queensbp.org/rsvp. Instructions on how to participate will be emailed the day of the event to those who register. Participants and viewers will hear brief presentations from employers and recruiters seeking to fill numerous positions in a variety of service fields, including aviation, transportation, developmental support, retail, finance and more. Queens’ unemployment rate was at 10.7 percent as of December 2020. That’s down from a high of 21.6 percent in June 2020 — but still 7.7 percentage points higher than February 2020’s pre-pandemic low of 3.0 percent. According to the New York State Department of Labor, 24,397 first-time claims for unemployment benefits were filed in New York City during the week ending February 27, 2021, an 81 percent increase compared to the same week the previous year. Between March 14, 2020 and February 27, 2021, more than 2.44 million unemployment claims were filed in New York City, a 655 percent increase compared to the same period a year earlier. Launched by then-Acting Borough President Sharon Lee in April 2020, the Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair series has included 13 hiring events and more than three dozen participating employers. Over the course of the series, more than 1,400 connections have been made between job seekers who attended the virtual fairs and the participating employers.
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March 18, 2021 @ 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm America/New York Timezone
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https://queensbp.org/policy/economic-development/recruitmentfair/
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Queens Borough President Donovan Richards Jr. today announced that the next edition of his monthly Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair will be held on March 18, 2021 at 2:00 PM.

Building Skills New York, the Queens Chamber of Commerce, and Turning Point for Women and Families will be participating in the Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair series for the first time on March 18. They will be joining a group of 11 employers and recruiters that have participated in previous fairs: CAMBA, Inc., The Child Center of New York, Commonpoint Queens, the Council for Airport Opportunity, Empire Vets, Forest Hills Financial Group, New York Life, Queens Centers for Progress, WATCHGUARD 24/7 Westhab, Inc. and Workforce1 Career Center.

Held on the third Thursday of each month by the Queens Borough President’s Office, the Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair series connects Queens job seekers with a wide array of employment opportunities across a variety of industries.

“The COVID-19 pandemic has gone on for more than year and is still taking a devastating toll on the physical, emotional and economic health of our communities, especially our communities of color that have been hardest hit by the virus,” said Borough President RICHARDS. “Our series of Virtual Recruitment Fairs has been addressing the economic impact of the pandemic by connecting Queens residents with employers who are hiring right now for positions in critical sectors of the economy. We continue to be grateful to the employers and recruiters who have partnered with us in helping provide these employment opportunities to our borough’s hard-working residents.”

WPIX-TV (PIX11) will return as a media partner for the March 18 fair after promoting previous recruitment fairs in the fall and winter of 2020-21. The station will support the upcoming fair with promotional assistance over its airwaves and on its website at www.pix11.com.

The March 18 Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair will air online from 2:00 PM to 3:30 PM 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, March 17 at www.queensbp.org/rsvp. Instructions on how to participate will be emailed the day of the event to those who register.

Participants and viewers will hear brief presentations from employers and recruiters seeking to fill numerous positions in a variety of service fields, including aviation, transportation, developmental support, retail, finance and more.

Queens’ unemployment rate was at 10.7 percent as of December 2020. That’s down from a high of 21.6 percent in June 2020 — but still 7.7 percentage points higher than February 2020’s pre-pandemic low of 3.0 percent.

According to the New York State Department of Labor, 24,397 first-time claims for unemployment benefits were filed in New York City during the week ending February 27, 2021, an 81 percent increase compared to the same week the previous year. Between March 14, 2020 and February 27, 2021, more than 2.44 million unemployment claims were filed in New York City, a 655 percent increase compared to the same period a year earlier.

Launched by then-Acting Borough President Sharon Lee in April 2020, the Virtual Queens Jobs Recruitment Fair series has included 13 hiring events and more than three dozen participating employers. Over the course of the series, more than 1,400 connections have been made between job seekers who attended the virtual fairs and the participating employers.