MOLINE, Ill. — Black Hawk College aimed to help those looking for the right career through a Job fair on Thursday.
The college hosted its career fair for both students and the public at its Quad-Cities campus in Moline.
Job seekers were encouraged to dress professionally and bring lots of resumes.
This year's job fair hit capacity just two weeks after the announcement, with 51 registered employers in attendance and 47 still on the waiting list.
"We are always looking for good people to work for us and there are a lot of positions right now," said Bobbi Jo Cox of the Rock Island Auction House. "We were excited to come to the career fair today and hopefully meet with some of the people who are interested in the opportunities we have available in the Quad Cities."
Here were some of the employers registered as of March 23:
- Ab Marketing, LLC
- Advanced Medical Transport
- Ascentra Credit Union
- Bally’s Quad Cities Casino & Hotel
- Blackhawk Bank & Trust
- Boys and Girls Clubs of the Mississippi Valley
- Burlington Trailways
- Chick-fil-A Davenport
- City of Bettendorf
- City of Davenport AmeriCorps/Youth AmeriCorps Program
- Collins Aerospace
- Community Action of Eastern Iowa
- Community Health Care
- Consolidated Electrical Distributors (CED)
- Corteva Agriscience
- DD Homes Network
- Doerfer Companies
- Dover Precision Components
- Eagle View Behavioral Health
- FMC Corporation
- Galesburg Police Department
- Genesis Health
- Girl Scouts of Eastern Iowa and Western Illinois
- Green Family Auto
- Greystone Logistics
- Handicapped Development Center
- High-Tech Small Town
- Hillcrest Home
- Illinois State Police
- Iowa 80 Truck Stop
- JBS USA
- Kimberly Crest Veterinary Hospital & Specialty Services
- Macon Construction
- MercyOne
- Nestle Purina
- OSF Healthcare
- Rise Up Project
- Rock Island Auction Company
- Royal Publishing Inc.
- Sanford Health
- Scribe America
- Select Specialty Hospital-Quad Cities
- StaffNow
- The Arc of the Quad Cities Area
- Theisen’s
- Tyson Foods
- Universal Pediatrics
- U.S. Army
- U.S. Marines
- USP Thomson
- YMCA of the Iowa Mississippi Valley
Thursday's event marked the first in-person career fair at Black Hawk since 2019.
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