For all who are sick of catching the same psychic hotline commercials on afternoon television, frustrated with job-hunting endeavors, and/or simply tired of the old workplace grind, an opportunity to browse Central Texas’ job market fast approaches. The Ninth Annual Career Expo, which, according to a press release from the Austin Mayor’s Committee for People with Disabilities, is the region’s largest job fair, is Wednesday, May 9 from 9am to 3pm at the Palmer Events Center. More than 50 employers are slated to be at the free event, as well as “a technology center and job-related workshops; resume critiquing and health care continuing education,” according to the press release, which also notes that the fair is the only one in Austin “that provides accommodations such as sighted guides, sign language interpreters and Spanish translators.” For more info, call 637-7571 or see communitycareerexpo.org.
This article appears in May 4 • 2007.