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Job, Resource Fair to Be Held in Ferguson Saturday
KMOX-AM ^ | September 12, 2014 | Carol Daniel

Posted on 09/13/2014 8:13:23 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet

FERGUSON, Mo. (KMOX) - The protests and riots in Ferguson highlighted what many already knew—residents in many North St. Louis county towns are facing unemployment, poverty and lack of educational achievement.

Organizers say a job and resource fair on Saturday, Sept. 13 is designed to tackle those issues.

“We’re all alarmed by the situation and events that are happening, but I’m hoping that out of that something good can come out of it, and that’s getting people jobs and getting folks back into the educational setting,” says St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley Interim President Ruby Curry.

The Urban League of Metro St. Louis teamed up with St. Louis Community College-Florissant Valley to create the fair in record time.

Curry says the school has had job fairs in the past with 60 companies.

“This year, with this event, we believe we’ll have 86 employment vendors and 33 resource vendors,” Curry says.

The resources will include free groceries and toiletries. Curry says there will be on-site interviews, so those looking for work should come dressed appropriately.

The job and resource fair will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Florissant Valley campus on Pershall Road in Ferguson.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Local News
KEYWORDS: ferguson; freestuff; jobs; missouri
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

What job skills do they have to offer?


41 posted on 09/13/2014 10:17:19 AM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

“Curry says the school has had job fairs in the past with 60 companies.”

And it accomplished absolutely nothing by way of preventing any riots and looting. What makes them think it’ll be different this time?


42 posted on 09/13/2014 10:21:46 AM PDT by lowbridge
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

That’s racist. The gibsmedat crowd wants more EBT cards.


43 posted on 09/13/2014 10:23:32 AM PDT by Arrowhead1952 (Guns are like parachutes. If you need one and don't have one, you'll probably never need one again.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKfOmGraHuQ

I won’t pay!


44 posted on 09/13/2014 10:26:58 AM PDT by GraceG (No, My Initials are not A.B.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Since they burned down the local businesses, they’ll have to earn their money the old fashioned way.....by mugging people and voting Democrat.


45 posted on 09/13/2014 11:06:53 AM PDT by txrefugee
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To: mfish13

People as usual fail to understand the very purpose of black rioting. Such riots result in wealth transfer, and political control of local police departments and other elements of government. The article under discussion illustrates an example of wealth transfer.
In case you have not noticed all of our levels of government are being taken over by a coalition Third World peoples, blacks, perverts and non-Christians. You will wake up some day absolutely amazed that your people are poor, unemployed serfs unable to get an education or job. Enjoy your precious egalitarianism as you learn the true intent of those using the term. Egalitarianism means alien conquest.


46 posted on 09/13/2014 11:16:08 AM PDT by AEMILIUS PAULUS (It is a shame that when these people give a riot)
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To: Cementjungle

I was actually wondering about the people holding the fair, and the companies that will attend, rather than those going to look for jobs.


47 posted on 09/13/2014 11:53:00 AM PDT by wastedyears (Aldnoah.Zero - Best new anime of 2014.)
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To: shadeaud

Dentworks is rumored to be interested in opening and outlet in Ferguson as well....


48 posted on 09/13/2014 12:01:46 PM PDT by donozark (The voices inside my head may not be real, but they have some good ideas!)
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To: MeshugeMikey
That image really makes me angry. I just HAD to go look for myself to see what the "american job center" is. On the front page Obola spouts off...

"I want every American looking for work to have the same opportunity...have one program, one website, and one place to go for all the information and help that they need."

This is such typical central command and control-economy thinking straight from 19th century marxist hell. It's as if Obola never even heard of the Internet and all the entrepreneurs seeking to make a fortune delivering job search services to a hungry market: CareerBuilder, Indeed, Dice, GlassDoor, LinkedIn, Linkup, Monster, SimplyHired, and TweetMyJobs. There are sites aimed at graduating students such as YouTern.com, Internships.com, CareerRookie.com, and CollegeRecruiter.com. If you have a marketable skill, don't want to work for a company, or just want to fill up some part time work hours you have available, you can bid your skills out on Amazon Mechanical Turk, Elance, Rent-a-Coder, FlexJobs, Ratracerebellion, Directselling411, BackDoorJobs, CoolWorks, Guru.com, Behance.net, etc, etc. If you want to work in customer service, there must be 100 companies that will hire you to work from home at the hours you want.

There is NO NEED for the government to be involved at all. The market sees a demand and fills it damn quickly, at lower cost and with a million more times the innovation the government could ever dream of. Companies come and go as they succeed or fail in the competitive marketplace.

If we turned all of our job hunting over to damned Fedzilla, we would all be shipping printed resumes with cover letters off to some Federal Department of Job Finding. In the unlikely event we ever heard from them, they'd inform us about some low-paying job in a field we're not qualified for, have no interest in, and located on MLK Blvd. We'd get in line with 22,000 other "job seekers" and find out it was taken by Jose-the-Illegal who just rode The Beast northward a month ago.

49 posted on 09/13/2014 12:40:39 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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To: Cementjungle
the Employment Agency there is simply a make work project and prolly hasn't connected ONE SOB with a job yet...
50 posted on 09/13/2014 1:34:09 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
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To: F15Eagle

LA Rodney King riots photo.

btw. FYI: Right click on any FR posted image and see image info.


51 posted on 09/13/2014 2:43:10 PM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

One job ad:

Looters wanted, nighttime hours, pay - experienced, carton of camels/hour, novices, slushi and slimjims to fill your pockets...


52 posted on 09/13/2014 2:46:59 PM PDT by Delta Dawn (Fluent in two languages: English and cursive.)
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To: ProtectOurFreedom

“Federal Department of Job Finding”

what an Image That Conjures Up!

I “see” Harry Reid’s Mother.... at the reception desk of the local office..


53 posted on 09/13/2014 3:15:07 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do_RETIRE THE REGIME!)
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To: wastedyears; mfish13; Cringing Negativism Network; MeshugeMikey; shadeaud; ProtectOurFreedom; ...

54 posted on 09/13/2014 5:58:36 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I will raise $2Million USD for Cruz and/or Palin's next run, what will you do?)
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To: KeyLargo

He looted Huggies ?


55 posted on 09/13/2014 6:09:28 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

“What job skills do they have to offer?”

Always with the negative waves!


56 posted on 09/13/2014 6:16:51 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
I dont see Jumbos Film Prodiction company llsted???


57 posted on 09/13/2014 6:44:14 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Please RESIGN Mr. President Its the RIGHT thing to do_RETIRE THE REGIME!)
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To: PLMerite

I used to review job applications, not much cause for optimism.


58 posted on 09/13/2014 6:49:36 PM PDT by SWAMPSNIPER (The Second Amendment, a Matter of Fact, Not a Matter of Opinion)
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To: SWAMPSNIPER

“I used to review job applications, not much cause for optimism.”

Yeah, I can only imagine. The sad thing is, a lot of these people think they should be making big money without having to do much of anything. Or have any qualifications.


59 posted on 09/13/2014 6:54:00 PM PDT by PLMerite (Shut the Beyotch Down! Burn, baby, burn!)
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