Detroit’s Tech Career Fair has few job-seekers
The Detroit News reports More job seekers wanted: career fair in the doldrums.
A snippet:
Judging by the turnout Wednesday at the second annual Multicultural Technology and Emerging Sectors Career Fair, experts fear that candidates for tech work in the region are either unskilled, discouraged or just plain gone.
In its first year, 2007, the event in the city’s Tech Town district drew 600 job-seekers. But this year, it attracted only about half that number, signaling to organizers and labor experts that Michigan workers have lost hope and quit looking for jobs, don’t have the skills they need for high-tech positions or simply have left the state.
“I’m disappointed,” organizer Al Berro. “It seems job-seekers have lost hope in Michigan and Detroit. It’s like a virus; it’s spreading.”
The article reports that resumes can still be sent to WishDetroit.
Posted: April 24th, 2008 under In the News, Layoff recovery plan, Unemployment.
Comments: none