Thu, Nov 26 2009
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Job fair attracts area residents looking for better wages, hours Locally, Jasper County has a 5.7 percent unemployment rate, while Barton County has a 9.6 percent unemployment rate. That county is still feeling the ramifications of the closing last year of the O’Sullivan Industries furniture plant in Lamar. More than 700 people lost their jobs.
Leslie Abram, project coordinator for the Workforce Investment Board, was in charge of the job fair, which was co-sponsored by the Missouri Career Center. Abram said the job fair usually draws 200 to 300 people to the Missouri Career Center in Joplin, and she expected Tuesday’s turnout to surpass that. She attributed the high turnout to two factors. “Number one, because of where we are, we’re getting the foot traffic from the mall,” she said. “And we have had several layoffs lately.” Fourteen operations, including hospitals, casinos, and manufacturing and technology companies, and municipal agencies such as the city of Joplin had booths set up to recruit workers. The booths for area casinos drew dozens of applicants. “We are getting a good response,” said Sherry Hare, with Bordertown Casino. Hare said the company has 20 positions to fill, from dealers to housekeepers and security personnel, and that pay ranges from $18,000 to $28,000 per year. Before noon, the casino had received more than 35 applications. Donna Larson said she’s been looking for a full-time job for about a month, and she applied with Bordertown and St. John’s Regional Medical Center. “I’m working part time, but I’m looking for something full time,” said Larson, of Neosho. “I really enjoy helping people, so anything in that area or something in manufacturing.” Larson said she’s “optimistic” that she will land a job but said that if she doesn’t do so soon, she could be in trouble financially. “I’ll be broke,” she said with a laugh. “My husband still works, but right now it takes two incomes.” 
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