Fairfax County Hosts Third Annual Career and Entrepreneurship Expo

Fairfax County Department of Family Services
12011 Government Center Parkway, Suite 500
Fairfax, VA 22035-1102
Contact: Belinda Buescher, Public Information Officer
703-324-7758, TTY 703-222-9452
DFSPIO@fairfaxcounty.gov

March 1, 2007

Fairfax County will host the 2007 Mega Job Fair and Entrepreneurship Expo — “Envision Your Success” — on Saturday, March 17, 2007, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Fairfax County Government Center located at 12000 Government Center Parkway in Fairfax.

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 Department of Family Services, the SkillSource Group, Inc., the Center for Business Planning and Development, the Northern Virginia Workforce Investment Board, the Business Development Assistance Group, and employers throughout the region have joined forces to present this unique event.

Over 2,000 jobseekers and prospective entrepreneurs are expected and about 50 major employers including Cox Communications, Cavalier Services, Inova Health System, Wegmans, JetBlue Airways, Gannett Offset, Loan to Learn, Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority and the Northern Virginia Training Center. Employers from various industry sectors will be participating, offering a wide range of career opportunities.

Gerald Connolly, Chairman of the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors, will be a keynote speaker.  Viola O. Baskerville, Secretary of Administration for the Commonwealth of Virginia, will be a special guest.

Participants can attend job search skills workshops as well as informal one-on-one meetings with private and public sector recruiters. Resources for entrepreneurs will also be available, plus opportunities to meet with purchasing staff from Northern Virginia Community College and other state agencies to learn about procedures and opportunities for selling products and services to state agencies. 

Thousands of new jobs were created in Fairfax County last year, according to the county's Economic Development Authority and strong economic growth is predicted for the future.

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Fairfax County is committed to nondiscrimination on the basis of disability in all county programs, services and activities. Reasonable accommodations will be provided upon request. For more information, or to request this information in an alternate format, contact Vince Zupan: Vincent.Zupan@fairfaxcounty.gov ; 703-533-5400; TTY:703-533-5316.

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