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Is this Site Just for Young Folks?
Written on July 8th, 2008 | 0 CommentsI manned a booth for a little while today at the Job Fair at Wheeling Island and will be stopping by a bit later to continue to expose our new Ohio Valley careers Web site to local job seekers. As I said before, the site is not just for people outside our area, but current West Virginia, Ohio, and Pennsylvania residents looking for jobs, too.
Today has been interesting for a number of reasons. I appreciate everyone that stopped by the booth and the kind words from employers and job seekers alike about how easy our site is to use.
One woman mentioned that when she heard me on WKKX originally, she thought that the site was just for young people, but she gave it a look anyway. She felt it was just as valuable for folks in her age range (over 40) as it was for young professionals. And that a senior work force is valuable for the Ohio Valley as well.
Job Fair Tomorrow
Written on July 7th, 2008 | 0 CommentsTakeMeHomeOhioValley is excited to have a booth at the job fair the Regional Economic Development Partnership is co-coordinating Tuesday. This is a great resource for employers and job seekers alike. Although it’s too late for any new employers to sign up, for this one, the demand has been so strong for both of the first two job fairs that I imagine more are in store down the road.
Over 1,500 Ohio Valley job seekers showed up to the last job fair in January, so be sure to get there early.
Where: Wheeling Island Hotel – Casino – Racetrack
When: Tuesday, July 8 from 11AM – 7PM
If you come by to meet with many of the largest Ohio and West Virginia employers in our area, stop by our booth and say hi! Make sure you bring your resume.
But I Already Live Here – is this Careers Site for Me?
Written on June 30th, 2008 | 0 CommentsI ran into a friend last week who said she heard my interview with Steve Novotney on WKKX. She said there was a lot of buzz in her workplace and folks had several questions for her (I’m assuming she said she knew me). I plan to address all of these questions here on the blog and on the main site when possible / appropriate.
The biggest one to me is, “I live here. Can I use this site? Will employers not look at my resume or application?”
TakeMeHomeOhioValley.com is definitely open to job seekers who already live in the valley. (Bold usage for dramatic effect.)
Welcome to the Ohio Valley Jobs Blog
Written on June 27th, 2008 | 0 CommentsWelcome to our new blog for our new site, TakeMeHomeOhioValley.com. Since launching the site Tuesday, we’ve received a number of questions about the site that we had good answers for, but didn’t do a very good job of explaining. Hence we’re pushing forward with this blog sooner than we expected.
What You Can Expect
By checking in here each week or signing up to receive our RSS feed, you will be able to:
- Find out answers to common questions like, “How can I create an account without my employer seeing my information?”
- Learn more about our employers
- Find out what’s going on in the Ohio Valley and why we think it’s the best place to live, work, and play
- See the most recent jobs over to the right – just over there.
Feedback
We created this site and this blog because we’re passionate about the Ohio Valley and want to help it continue its upward trend of the last couple years. If we can do a better job with getting you information on the main site or on this blog, post a comment or shoot us an email.
Thanks and check back soon.
