Kelley was one of about 2,800 job seekers who attended the massive hiring event on Friday at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s West Hall. In this setting, there’s a much more lasting impact.” “Everybody today is just filling out job applications digitally.
“Even if nothing comes from this, as a job seeker, I’d feel guilty if I didn’t go,” Kelley, a Las Vegas resident, said. So when he saw a recruiter on LinkedIn post about Clark County’s Spring Job Fair, he felt compelled to attend. Just as he completed a one-year coding certificate program this year to leave a sales management position, the industry’s biggest employers from Google to Microsoft announced thousands of layoffs.
Baskow/Las Vegas Review-Journal) Kelley admits he’s switching careers to enter the tech industry at a difficult time. Procaps Laboratories staff talk with job seekers as more than 100 employers at the annual Spring Job Fair in the Las Vegas Convention Center West Hall on Friday, March 24, 2023, in Las Vegas.