Jump-start your career at the 2015 Career & Community Resources Expo.
The event is open to everyone and attendance is FREE!

Make plans to join us for the 2015 Career & Community Resources Expo on June 9, from 11:00a - 2:00p at the Hopkins County Civic Center, 1200 Houston Street, Sulphur Springs, TX.  This is a great opportunity for area employers to promote their job openings, interview candidates on site and for organizations to offer information on the services they have available.

Various companies will be represented at the career expo as employers look to fill vacancies within their organization.  Jobseekers bring plenty of copies of your resume and come dressed and prepared to interview with area employers. 

The 2015 Career & Community Resources Expo is presented by Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas and sponsored by: East Texas Broadcasting, Hopkins County Civic Center, Sulphur Springs Hopkins County Economic Development Corporation, and RPM Staffing and SAPUTO.

Participating employers/organizations include*:

• AFLAC
• Avon
• BEF Foods
• Bethany Transport
• Bulkley Trucking
• Daybreak Ventures/Birchwood Nursing
• East Texas Broadcasting
• Educational Opportunity Center
• Experience Works
• Goodwill Industries of Northeast TX
• LOWES
• Office Equipment Center
• Paris Junior College
• Red River Federal Credit Union
• Redneck Trailer
• RPM Staffing
• SAPUTO
• Southern Refrigerated Transport
• Taco Bell( Southern Multi Foods)
• Turner Industries Group
• Texas Department Family & Protective Services
• United States Air Force
• VF OUTLET MALL
• Visiting Angels
• Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas

Bold & Underlined = Platinum Sponsors

Bold = Gold Sponsors

Underlined = Silver Sponsors

* As new employers register the list will be updated.

The first L.E.A.P. (Learning Endorsements and Professions) Youth Career Expo was held on May 12 at the Texarkana Convention Center.  Hosted by Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas, the event invited 8^th graders from the area to meet and interact with local employers and professionals.  The event gave students an inside and hands on look at many of the professions available in the local job market.  Eighth grade students in Texas start making some early career choices prior to entering high school.  These students left with a better of understanding of the careers and better prepared to make career choices now and in the future.  AEP Swepco and Express Employment Professional sponsored this year’s event.

With more than 900 total students in attendance, the following schools were represented at the LEAP Expo:

• Texas Middle School
• Pleasant Grove
• Liberty Eylau
• Redwater
• Hooks
• Maud
• McLeod

 
Workforce Solutions Northeast Texas would like to thank the following employer and training provider participants:

• AEP Swepco
• Texarkana College – Electrical Technology
• Texarkana College – Welding
• Texarkana College – Health Sciences
• Texarkana Electrical JATC
• DataCast Inc
• Post Acute Medical Specialty Hospital
• UAMS
•  Wadley Regional Medical Center
• TBOTS (Texas High Robotics Team)
• HealthCare Express
• Christus St Michael
• Red River Federal Credit Union
• International Paper
• Texarkana College – Automotive Services
• Texarkana College – Auto Body Repair
• AE COM
• Domino Credit Union
• Red River Army Depot
• Cooper Tire
• HR Block
• Robbins Toyota
• Express Personnel Professionals
• Texarkana College Culinary Arts
• Texarkana College – Cosmetology
• Texarkana Texas Fire Department
• Texarkana Texas Police Department
• Texas Department of Criminal Justice
• Texas Department of Transportation
• Texarkana College – Fire Academy
• All My Children Child Development Center
• Time in a Bottle Day Spa
• Department of Assistive and Rehabilitative Services (DARS)
• Texarkana Regional Arts and Humanities Council (TRAHC)
• American Signs and Banner
• KTBS
• Guiding Light Enterprises
• LifeNet
• Texarkana College – Truck Driving