Employers in the Quad Cities can participate in a hiring event to recruit newly arrived immigrants and refugees to fill jobs at their workplace.
The Immigrant Workforce Job Fair: The QC’s Best Kept Secret! will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, May 23, at the Holiday Inn, 226 17th St., Rock Island.
Employers interested in participating can register here. Interpretive services will be available on site. The fair is sponsored by World Relief and Iowa Workforce Development.
The event will offer employers the opportunity to interact and recruit from the new population. Representatives with local companies will be on hand to talk about jobs available in their businesses and review the application process with jobseekers.
“We hope this event offers our immigrant population a glimpse of all the wonderful career opportunities our local employers have to offer,” Grace Fitzpatrick, director of empowerment programs at World Relief, said in a news release. “The job fair also offers our employers a new perspective on this untapped labor pool.”
The hiring event is the second part of the series QC’s “Best Kept Secret!” The series allows employers to learn more about the immigrant community living in the Quad Cities. The first informational event was held in April.
For additional information on the job fair, contact Ms. Fitzpatrick at (563) 200-1948 or [email protected].
