Thousands of Maryland workers lost their jobs during the pandemic.
As businesses reopen, many who are unemployed now are left wondering if they still have a job or if they should look for a new one.
LOST THEIR JOBS DURING THEPANDEMIC.
PART OF OUR REBOUNDMARYLAND SERIES IS FOCUSED ONHELPING PEOPLE TO GET BACK TOWORK.
WMAR 2 NEWS' MARK ROPERSHOWS US A VIRTUAL RECRUITINGEVENT DESIGNED TO BRING JOBSEEKERS AND EMPLOYERSTOGETHER.úTHE DAYS OF ATTENDING A JOBFAIR━ SHAKING HANDS━ ANDMEETING YOUR POTENTIAL NEWEMPLOYER ARE GONE FOR NOW ASCOVI━19 FORCES RECRUITING TOCHANGE WITH THE TIMES.
Wedecided to get together withour agency and some of ourother folks and put togetheran idea to continue the jobclubs that we were alreadydoing and just do it on thevirtual format BILL CARNES ANDCATONYA LESTER ARE WITH THEBALTIMORE MAYOR'S OFFICE OFEMPLOYMENT DEVELOPMENT ORM━━━D FOR SHORT.
WHILE THEIROFFICIAL JOB TITLE IS BUSINESSSERVICE REPRESENTATIVE THEY'REALSO HOSTS.EVERY WEDNESDAY AT1 O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOONTHEY PUT ON A SHOW ON FACEBOOKLIVE━ NOT FOR PEOPLE LOOKINGFOR ENTERTAINMENT BUT FORTHOSE LOOKING FOR EMPLOYMENT.our target audience are jobseekers, who are unemployed atthis time, or who are seekingnew careers we try to make itinteractive by posting linkswhere if people areinterested, they can applywhile they're watching theshow, and also at the end wedo have a Q&A.
CARNES ANDLESTER ASK RECRUITERS WHATPOSITIONS THEY HAVE AVAILABLE━ WHAT THE COMPANY IS LIKE TOWORK FOR━ AND WHAT SKILLSTHEY'RE LOOKING FOR━ BUTTHERE'S ONE PARTICULARQUESTION MOST POTENTIALEMPLOYEES WANT TO KNOW THEANSWER TO... they want to knowhow much the positions arepaying per hour, some jobseekers want to know if it'stransportation friendly, likedoes the MTA goes there we'retrying to get real sustainablepositions for our folks, soobviously, salary is a bigpart of that AND EACH EMPLOYERWHO JOINS ONE OF THESE VIRTUALRECRUITMENT EVENTS USUALLY HASSEVERAL POSITIONS TO FILL.we'll work with any businessbut we like to work withbusiness that have multiplepositions, it's just as easyto get 20 people hired as itis one A VARIETY━ OF FULLAND PART TIME JOBS AREN'T THEONLY THINGS BEING OFFERED━BALTIMORE CITY JOB SEEKERSALSO CAN FIND OUT ABOUTGETTING TRAINING TO PREPARETHEM FOR THEIR NEXTOPPORTUNITY.
We havepartnerships with differentorganizations, if somebodywants to get a CDL, if theywant to get into welding, ifthey want to get a CNA, GNA,they can talk to our careerdevelopment facilitators, andif they're eligible, we willpay for their certificationsas well as bookkeeping, andaccounting and also pharmacytech training IF YOU'VE LOSTYOUR JOB━ CARNES AND LESTERBELIEVE THEY CAN HELP... we'veworked with people that cameto us pretty hopeless, whojust didn't think they weregoing to have a chance.
We arehere for them, to help servicethem, especially for the jobseekers who are experiencingissues during the pandemic, tolet them know there is a senseof hope here, and we are hereto help them and to lead themand guide them on the way INBALTIMORE━ MARK ROPER WMAR 2NEWS.
Virtual interviews and job fairs are among some of the biggest changes when searching for a new job during the COVID-19 era. And..
