Employers Say OESC Job Fair A Crucial Event To Find Applicants
The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission hosted a career fair Wednesday as many industries struggle to hire workers and federal unemployment benefits end this week.
Some employers came to Tulsa s Expo center hoping to hire hungry, excited job seekers as soon as possible.
Richelle Stephens with PepsiCo said she missed talking to people face-to-face because she said it s one of the best parts of the job. There s just something different about a human face-to-face connection, Stephens said. I think we all just share in that excitement.
The return-to-work incentive is available to the first 20,000 people who filed for unemployment between May 2nd and May 15th. You also must be working one full-time job or two part-time jobs with at least 32 hours a week for six straight weeks.