Victor Valley College to host largest job fair in the High Desert

Nearly 100 employers are expected to participate in the Victor Valley Community College Job Fair scheduled for May 11 in Victorville.
Nearly 100 employers are expected to participate in the Victor Valley Community College Job Fair scheduled for May 11 in Victorville.

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