Area teens ages 14 to 19 are invited to attend the second annual Hardin County Teen Job Fair, to be held this Wednesday from 4 to 6 p.m. at the North Hardin High School gym.
Family Fun Ice Cream Parlor owner and Radcliff City Council Member Michelle Mitchell organized the job fair after seeing a need from area teens applying for jobs at the ice cream parlor and from area businesses saying they need manpower.
“We’ve got young people who want to work, maybe do some job shadowing, community service, internship, different things like that in our community, especially for the summertime to keep them busy, as well as businesses needing good workers,” Mitchell said.
The event is free to attend, and teens that pre-register via a link available on the Facebook event page for the job fair will be registered to win door prizes provided by participating businesses and organizations. Teens should come ready to make connections.
“If they have a resume, they can bring that,” Mitchell said. “If not, that’s fine too. We’ll also have different organizations there such as the Kentucky Career Center that offer how to prepare a resume, even if they’ve only volunteered, such as babysitting or dog sitting, those type of things.”
There’s still time for businesses to sign up to participate at the job fair or support it in another way.
“Of course, there’s no fee to set up a table or a booth, but we are asking that a business brings one giveaway item,” Mitchell said. “If there’s a business out there that wants to sponsor this with some pizzas, because it is going to be after school for a lot of the kids, I would love to feed them as well.”
Contact information for Mitchell and the Facebook event page can be found on the Michelle Mitchell Radcliff Councilwoman Facebook page.
