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Job seekers visit booths run by local businesses at SkillSource’s Othello hiring event Friday. SkillSource Adult Training Manager Emily Anderson said almost 160 jobseekers participated in the event.

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First Othello SkillSource hiring fair a success
January 30, 2024 5:15 p.m.

First Othello SkillSource hiring fair a success

OTHELLO — SkillSource put on its first job fair in Othello Friday at the organization’s Thieme Career Development Center. The event’s coordinator, SkillSource Adult Training Manager Emily Anderson, said the event went very well. “It was incredibly successful. It far surpassed our expectations. The community just responded really well,” she said. “We had 159 job seekers show up, and while a lot of them had never attended an event like that before, they still responded really well to our employers. They were interested, they were eager to be there, and most of them left with job leads in hand. They were just genuinely happy as they left, and those are really satisfying things for our staff.” The businesses involved gave positive feedback, Anderson said.