Salai Lal said he was in a position to explore a professional replacement after running in the production industry.
Then, the Burmese-born Battle Creek resident and part-time student at Kellogg Community College to come to the Battle Creek Farmers Market on Friday.
Lal was one of the first applicants interested in visiting a mobile task fair hosted through Grand Rapids-based DK Security at Festival Market Square. Between the sounds of country music band The Dang Duo and the smell of street tacos and new products, it came here. to be more informed about the corporate search to rent at least 30 positions between Battle Creek and Kalamazoo.
“We have to get back to work, right? It’s time to get back to work,” Lal said. “I’m interested in protecting Battle Creek property. . . and the salary isn’t bad either. “
According to the Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget, the unemployment rate in April was 4. 9%, a drastic reduction of 23. 9% in April 2020 when the pandemic ended.
However, many have been slow to return to the country due to lingering considerations about the pandemic, childcare issues and the festival with progressive unemployment benefits.
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Many corporations and companies have a more artistic way of attracting talent.
DK Security employs 2,000 people part-time and full-time in Michigan and Ohio, and has made Festival Market Square a check to see if you can hit the road for a cellular homework show.
“We’re checking for anything new,” said Stephanie Schoenherr, chief recruiting officer at DK Security. “Everyone knows the economic scenario we find ourselves in and some of the demanding situations we face when recruiting and hiring quality people, so it’s summer. “it’s still COVID and we thought, we have this motor home, why not check out a mobile homework fair?”.
At least five applicants were in the motor home when it opened as a vendor at the farmers market. There, they can only request computers online or cellular devices provided, with interviews and donations made on site for armed and unarmed part-time and full-time positions.
Some of the interested applicants had pre-registered for the chancebrite. com occasion, and Schoenherr said the hiring occasion focused on security posts at Fort Custer and at the Air National Guard bases in Battle Creek.
“If this is successful, we will continue to do so,” Schoenherr said. All our major markets, Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Detroit, Lansing, Flint, Saginaw, Traverse City. . . That’s where we are. everything under the sun. “
For more information, dksecurity. com/careers.
Contact reporter Nick Buckley at nbuckley@battlecreekenquirer. com or 269-966-0652. Follow him on Twitter: @NickJBuckley