{"id":4983,"date":"2015-07-31T09:33:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-31T13:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=4983"},"modified":"2015-07-31T09:36:16","modified_gmt":"2015-07-31T13:36:16","slug":"lewis-to-host-job-fair-at-victory-aug-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=4983","title":{"rendered":"Lewis to host job fair at Victory, Aug. 28"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_1153717\" style=\"width: 297px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HarryLewis-287x300.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1153717\" class=\"wp-image-1153717 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/HarryLewis-287x300.jpg\" alt=\"HarryLewis\" width=\"287\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-1153717\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">State Rep. Harry Lewis (R-74)<\/p><\/div>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">PARKESBURG \u2014 Rep. Harry Lewis Jr. (R-Chester) invites 74<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> District residents to attend his job fair on Friday, Aug. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Parkesburg Victory Brewing Co., 3129 Lower Valley Road, in Parkesburg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWith area company layoffs looming, I encourage residents to take advantage of this opportunity to connect with more than 30 employers who have full-time positions to fill,\u201d Lewis said. \u201cThe employers who will be in attendance represent a variety of industries, including healthcare, military, government, criminal justice, banking, manufacturing, insurance and trucking.\u201d<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Residents who are working multiple part-time jobs, rather than a single full-time job, can also benefit by attending the job fair, which was designed to maximize employment in the 74<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> District.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">The fair will also offer fingerprinting to meet background check requirements, professional headshots and resume reviews for all job fair attendees at no charge. To use the fingerprinting service, attendees must bring a government-issued ID.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">\u201cWhile my staff was searching for an event location, Parkesburg Victory Brewing Co. graciously offered its space at no charge to 74<\/span><span class=\"s2\"><sup>th<\/sup><\/span><span class=\"s1\"> District taxpayers,\u201d Lewis shared. \u201cWe have a strong commitment to serving residents in a fiscally efficient manner, just as residents do in their own lives each day, but especially when they are seeking employment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\">Residents who wish to attend the job fair are asked to RSVP to Lewis\u2019s Downingtown office at (610) 269-1289 by Thursday, Aug. 20.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PARKESBURG \u2014 Rep. Harry Lewis Jr. (R-Chester) invites 74th District residents to attend his job fair on Friday, Aug. 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Parkesburg Victory Brewing Co., 3129 Lower Valley Road, in Parkesburg. \u201cWith area company layoffs looming, I encourage residents to take advantage of this opportunity to connect with [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4982,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[127,3260,629],"class_list":["post-4983","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-harry-lewis","tag-job-fair","tag-victory-brewing-company"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4983"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4985,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4983\/revisions\/4985"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4982"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4983"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4983"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4983"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}