Better Together, Christ Community Church to host Hurricane Relief Job Fair Oct. 13
Better Together and Christ Community Church are partnering to host a Hurricane Relief Job Fair from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 13 for workers and employers impacted by Hurricane Ian.
Participating employers include Chicken Salad Chick, Creative Architectural Resin Products, Elite DNA Behavioral Health, Goodwill Industries of Southwest Florida, Home Instead, Jiffy Lube, Norman Love Confections, RAMS, Raymond Building Supply, Reece Windows & Doors, The School District of Lee County, Secure Staffing and Storm Smart.
The church-based job fair not only connects job seekers with local employers who offer on-the-spot job opportunities, but also provides resources to facilitate stronger connections and more hires. Free one-on-one job coaching sessions are available to job seekers to review resumes and interviewing skills.
Additional services will be available onsite:
Food trucks will be serving food onsite and Christ Community is donating the first $2,000 worth of meals for attendees.
Goodwill will have its Mobile Job-Link bus onsite offering assistance with resumes, is handing out $25 vouchers to Goodwill stores and providing FEMA sign up assistance.
CareerSource is providing help with disaster unemployment and collecting applications for Dislocated Worker Grant positions.
Dress for Success is offering job clothing for women.
AMIkids is providing support through its Workforce Pathways Program. The nonprofit serves middle and high school students who are currently or likely to be assigned to alternative school settings and require focused academic and behavioral interventions.
Christ Community Church is at 4050 Colonial Blvd. in Fort Myers.
About Better Together
Better Together is a nonprofit organization that helps parents going through a hard time keep their kids out of foster care, find work and address the root causes of their struggle so that they can reunite as a family with the tools and support system to thrive. A privately funded and professionally supported organization, Better Together is made up of volunteers who believe helping people help themselves is the best way to restore dignity and bring families together. Through the Better Families program, families are offered a preventive alternative to foster care while they get the help they need. To date, the program has kept 98% of children served out of foster care. The Better Jobs program was created to address the 76% of families that come to Better Together because of economic hardship tied to unemployment. In addition to community job fairs, the program offers job seekers coaching, guidance, support and encouragement through local church partners.
For more information, visit BetterTogetherUS.org.