More than 50 Madera County companies will have booths at an upcoming job fair Wednesday to help the unemployed secure a job.
Among the businesses that will open booths are Lowes, Madera Unified School District, Madera Irrigation District, Midland Tractor, Valley Children’s Hospital and California High Speed Rail Authority.
The Madera County Job Fair, hosted by the county’s Workforce Assistance Center will run from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. inside the Madera District Fairground’s Hatfield Hall, 1850 Cleveland Ave.
Since the shutdown of the Chukchansi Gold Resort and Casino, and the two Citibanks in Madera and Chowchilla, there has been a rise in unemployed people seeking help from the Workforce Assistance Center, said the center’s business and career specialist Jorge Espinosa...
