Texas First, Volume 1, Number 8, April 1977 Page: FRONT COVER
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TEXAS
FIRST
P. 0. BOX 12924/CAPITOL STATION
(512) 327-3514
AUSTIN, TEXAS
78711Vol. I, No. 8 GOVERNOR'S JOB MATCHING CAMPAIGN April 1977
MIDLAND/ODESSA JOB MATCHING FAIR BRINGS THEM IN
Nearly 1,500 job-seekers from Texas and at
to apply for approximately 900 openings at the
them are known to be on the job today.
Ed Miller of the Texas Employment Com-
mission in Midland said many more people have
probably been hired, but the statistics are
just not in yet.
"We still have some openings for highly
skilled machinists, legal secretaries, lathe
operators, sales people, sheet metal workers
and auto mechanics," he said.
There were 150 different types of jobs
offered at the job fair, enough variety for
every member of a family to find employment,
according to Jim Harwell, executive director
of the Texas Industrial Commission, the pri-
mary state agency involved in TEXAS FIRST.
"We are still encouraging families to
contact the TEC and to consider moving to
the Midland/Odessa area," Harwell said. "They
have housing, good schools and certainly a
growing economy."
Job-seekers began lining up for the
interviews as early as 7:30 that morning,
with the line wrapping around the building
and people standing in the rain.
Odessa has a new zoning coordinator
who read about the job fair in the Fort Worth
newspaper while visiting his grandmother. He
is a recent graduate of the University of Cal-
ifornia in Davis.least four other states turned out March 26
Midland/Odessa Job Matching Fair, and 185 of
Texas Instruments was the single largest
employer, and has filled 150 of its approxi-
mately 400 openings.
The Midland and Odessa chambers of com-
merce jointly sponsored the job fair, along
with the Permian Basin Regional Planning
Commission. Other state agencies involved
are the Texas Department of Community Affairs,
Texas Education Agency and Governor's Office.
RAINS NO DETERRENT
TO SAN ANGELO JOB FAIR
Employers participating in the San
Angelo Job Matching Fair April 16 report
nearly 700 applications were filled out by
job-seekers braving pouring rains to apply
for 400 area jobs.
Bill Warner of the San Angelo Chamber
of Commerce, the local sponsor of the job
fair and the second annual Industrial Expo,
said it will take several weeks to determine
how many persons were hired. Ninety companies
displayed their products during the two-day
expo, and also interviewed potential employes
during the second day.
Other local sponsors were the TEC, Texas
Association of Business and Concho Valley
Regional Planning Commission.The El Paso job fair has been canceled for at least four months, and the Fort Worth fair post-
poned to allow the city's new mayor an opportunity to review the program.
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