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9th Annual Job Fair T
he Paramount Chamber of Commerce recently held its 9th annual Job Fair sponsored by Paramount Petroleum. More than 400 people attended the event which was held at the Paramount Park Community Center. This year’s event included resources from Federal, State and County governments. Honorary co-chairs Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, Senator Alan Lowenthal, Assemblyman Isadore Hall and Supervisor Don Knabe helped bring these resources to the fair. “We know the job market is tight right now and we wanted people to be aware of services that might help them get through these tough times,” said Chamber President Kevin Lindsay. Also included in the event were resume critique and on sight resume preparation, as well as some informative workshops. According to Paramount SASSFA program manager Jennifer Capp, the Job Fair workshops which included: How to Fill Out an Application, How to Interview and How to Reenter the Job Market for the Mature Adult were all well attended. Even though it’s a tough job market and there were probably a hundred applications for a single job opening, event visitors displayed
More than 400 job seekers attended the Paramount Chamber Job Fair.
a positive attitude and praised the Chamber for its efforts. “I really want to thank the Job Fair committee members, the City, SASSFA, the elected officials and of course
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added community resources to the venue. The positive feedback we received makes me feel confident we made the right decision,” said Lindsay.
59th National Day of Prayer
June 2009
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our sponsor Paramount Petroleum, who all helped with this event. We debated whether or not we should have the Job Fair this year because of the economy, which is why we
Paramount Pastors recently gathered at City Hall Memorial Plaza for the 59th consecutive National Day of Prayer. More than 50 people attended the event spearheaded by Pastor Larry Jameson of Lifegate Foursquare Church. Paramount Chamber Senior VP Martin Johnson delighted guests by playing Amazing Grace on the bagpipes. Following Johnson were Pastors for the local churches who each led the group in prayer for various segments of the community.
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