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| State corrections use one-stop job fairs to fill growing needs |
| By eastoregonian.com- Phil Wright |
| Published: 10/11/2016 |
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The Oregon Department of Corrections has a workforce problem, and Saturday in Pendleton was an effort to address that. Hundreds of people attended a corrections job fair at Blue Mountain Community College. They are looking for work at Eastern Oregon Correctional Institution, Pendleton, and Two Rivers Correctional Institution, Umatilla. The first group of 35 applicants went through the doors at 7:30 a.m. The event ended at 9 p.m. The stream of would-be corrections employees remained a constant. Steve Cox is the workforce planning manager for state corrections. He said public safety nationwide has a critical need for new blood. “Just in the state of Oregon, we have a need of over 500 police officers,” he said. Read More. |
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