Fairfax County Hosts Major Career and Entrepreneurship Expo

Department of Family Services
12011 Government Center Parkway, Suite 500
Fairfax, VA 22035-1102
703-324-7758, TTY 703-222-9452, Fax 703-222-9487
DFSPIO@fairfaxcounty.gov
www.fairfaxcounty.gov

For Immediate Release-March 7, 2006

Fairfax County will host the Second Annual Career and Entrepreneurship Expo — “Envision Your Success” — on Saturday, March 18, 2006 from 10:00 a.m.–2:00 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center located at 12000 Government Center Parkway, Fairfax, Virginia.

The event is open to the public. Admission and parking are free. No pre-registration is required. Directions are on the Web at http://www.fairfaxcounty.gov/maps/locatMap.htm

Fairfax County’s SkillSource Centers, the Center for Business Planning and Development, the Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board and employers throughout the region have joined forces to present this unique event.

Over 1,000 jobseekers and prospective entrepreneurs are expected, as well as more than 50 major employers, including CVS, Cox Communications, Northern Virginia Training Center, Inova Health Systems, Verizon, Chevy Chase Bank, Air Wisconsin, Hyatt Hotel and Buhl Electric.

Keynote speakers include Aneesh Chopra, the new Secretary of Technology for the Commonwealth of Virginia; Stephanie Watkins, U.S. Small Business Administration Regional Administrator; and Gerald Connolly, Chairman, Fairfax County Board of Supervisors.

Participants can attend training workshops as well as informal one-on-one meetings with private sector company recruiters and business counselors from the U.S. Small Business Administration, the Virginia Department of Business Assistance, local economic development agencies, George Mason University, and the Business Development Assistance Group.

More than 22,000 new jobs were created in Fairfax County last year, according to the county’s Economic Development Authority.

For more information, or to request this information in an alternate format, contact Ximena Rada, Department of Family Services, 703-533-5400; Text Telephone: 703-533-5316 or via e-mail: Lourdes.Rada@fairfaxcounty.gov

 

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in all county programs, services and activities
and will provide reasonable accommodations upon request.
Please allow five working days in advance of events to make the necessary arrangements.