- June 19, 2021
- Posted by: Stratford Team
- Category: Business
With lots of businesses looking to hire, the town of Glenville held a business fair Friday inside the Glenville Senior Center hoping to match people seeking jobs with employers in the area.
The idea stemmed from the town’s Youth Workforce Development Initiative to get more high school graduates employed with some of the local manufacturing businesses, said Town Supervisor Chris Koetzle. The initiative was eventually opened up to everyone, Koetzle said, with a focus on younger people.
“There’s been a lot of job growth in Glenville,” Koetzle said, noting he’s hearing from many businesses about how they’re hiring.
However, while people trickled in and out of the four-hour event, some employers said they weren’t seeing the candidate pool they were hoping for.
“We’ve never had to do a business fair,” said Paula DeVantier, owner of Codino’s Food Inc.
She said the business has been open for 60 years.
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