Victor Valley College to host largest job fair in the High Desert
Barstow Community Hospital, Chick-fil-A and the Riverside County Sheriff's Department are among nearly 100 employers expected to participate in the Victor Valley Community College Job Fair.
The job fair, scheduled from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on May 11 at the VVC campus in Victorville, is where job seekers will have the opportunity to connect with employers who have immediate openings in the High Desert and the surrounding area.
Participating employers will recruit job seekers for work opportunities in customer service, healthcare, sales, food service, education, manufacturing, production, warehouse, military and law enforcement.
Considered the largest hiring event in the High Desert, job fair tables will be situated around the campus lake, just outside the Student Activities Center.
Job fair opportunities from the County of San Bernardino include :
Department of Public Health Environmental Health Services
District Attorney Victim Services
Fire Department
Human Resources
Probation Department
Superior Court-HR
Other job fair employers:
Active Steps
Amazon
American Medical Response
Applus Idiada, Art Autism Related Therapy, Athens Services, Barstow Community Hospital
Barstow Police Department
Bureau of Land Management
California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation
California Psychcare
Cambrian Homecare
Capsheaf Behavioral Institute
Caring Circuit Institute
Child Care Careers
Circle K
Cisneros Brothers Plumbing and Restoration
City Dental Care
Clearway Energy
Creative Home Programs
Department of Rehabilitation - Inland Empire
Department of State Hospitals – Patton
Desert Valley Hospital
Dignity Health
Elevo Learning
Family Assistance Program
Federal Bureau of Prisons
FedEx
General Atomics
Hussmann Corporation
Hydration Source
ICR Staffing
In Shape Solutions Health Club
Institute for Behavioral Health
Jackson Family Human Services,
Job Skills Institute
Los Angeles Police Department
Marin Pacific International LLC
Mitsubishi
Mobile Sleeper Company
NASA Goldstone/Peraton
Oro Grande School District
PHP
Quick Trip/Amazon Service Partner
Shella Care Management LLC
Sylvan Learning
Silver Valley Unified School District
Spring Valley Lake Association
Starbucks
Summit Leadership Academy,
Think Together
U.S. Army
U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Marine Officer Program
U.S. Navy,
Vector Marketing
Veteran Alliance Construction Group
Veterans Home of California - Barstow
Victor Elementary School District
VVC
Victor Valley Global Medical Center
Victorville Fire Department
Walmart Supply Chain - DC 7033
World Financial Group
Yaamava Resort & Casino at San Manuel.
Job Fair resources include:
Community Health Action Network
San Bernardino County-Assessor-Recorder Clerk
San Bernardino Office of Public Defender
Transitional Assistance Department
Veterans Home of California-Barstow
VVC’s Child Development Center
The job fair is a partnership between VVC, Goodwill Southern California, High Desert Chamber of Commerce, San Bernardino County Workforce Development and the Victor Valley News Group.
Employers who seek to participate in-person or would like to provide collateral material for job seekers are asked to call 760- 245-4271, ext. 2271
For more information about the VVC Community Job Fair, please contact melina.rodriguez@vvc.edu or 760-245-4271, ext. 2271.
Daily Press reporter Rene Ray De La Cruz may be reached at 760-951-6227 or RDeLaCruz@VVDailyPress.com. Follow him on Twitter @DP_ReneDeLaCruz
This article originally appeared on Victorville Daily Press: Victor Valley College to host job fair on its campus in Victorville