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Brown added that the interviewer for a major international construction company was impressed with the quality of the people he interviewed. "This particular company doesn't plan to even move into the Panhandle until next June, but they believe they will be able to offer most of those interviewed jobs at that time." Brown said the success of the initial job fair was due in large part to the work of people in the Amarillo area. News coverage included editorials in the Ama- rillo News and Globe-Times and on a local radio station. Public service announce- ments were broadcast by most of the radio and television stations, and the television stations also ran slides of the TEXAS FIRST emblem reminding people to attend the job fair. Posters were distributed throughout a 21-county area in the Panhandle through the Texas Panhandle Community Action Cor- poration's neighborhood centers, reaching many disadvantaged people seriously looking for permanent employment. The Amarillo Chamber of Commerce led the drive to encourage participation in the fair among area employers, and worked with all other participating groups to coordinate the fair. Other leaders were the chambers of TEC SERVED as personnel interviewers for companies needing only a few employes.
commerce in Dimmitt, Hereford, Spearman, Pampa and Perryton; the local Texas Em- ployment Commission; Texas Association of Business; Amarillo College and the Pan- handle Regional Planning Commission. The Amarillo Board of City Development attracted many job-seekers to the fair through advertisements placed in news- papers in five states. "One of the most striking facts proven by this job fair is the ability of state government to work with private enterprise to promote economic well- being," Brown said. PHOTOGRAPHS courtesy of Ralph Leone, Visuals Unlimited, Amarillo, Texas, and the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce.
JOBS WERE listed for applicants to deter- mine which ones were best for them.
Texas Governor's Job Matching Campaign.Texas First, Volume 1, Number 4, December 1976,
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December 1976;
Austin, Texas.
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