The Chamber in the News
Employers and job seekers set their sights on Shawville
Nancy Hunt – Pontiac Journal – March 9, 2011
Shawville – This Friday, March 11, is Pontiac’s largest job fair, the annual Salon Accès Emploi. For the first time ever it will be held at the Pontiac High School on Maple Street, off of the 303 north. Businesses, job training organizations and educational institutions from all points in the Outaouais and beyond, will be represented in over 20 kiosks. Exhibitors will also include the CCQ, Patro, Trebio Inc, the Canadian Armed Forces, the RCMP and CSSS du Pontiac.
Also for the first time, the Pontiac Chamber of Commerce has joined with Emploi-Québec in organizing the daylong event. Nancy Pirie, Business Development Director of the Chamber commented, “The Salon is a well-established venue. It will give our members a chance to recruit summer students and it’s a one-stop-shop for job training information.” Kiosks are still available by calling 819-647-5563 or emailing bizdev@pontiacchamberofcommerce.ca.
Doors are open from 10am to 4pm and admission is free. Visitors are reminded to bring their résumés, hard copy and on a USB stick, for entry in the Emploi-Québec database (include permanent Ministry of Education code). The average attendance in previous years has been about 400 people.
Not to be missed by people in business is the 7:30am breakfast in the School library. Guest speakers are Ginette Mercier, “Making customers my business” at 8am, and Marjolaine Hébert, “How to keep your best employees and improve morale” at 9am. Both are experts in their consulting fields and are aware of the local economic challenges.
“It’s a day of networking,” said Gail Sullivan, Emploi-Québec Director. “The Salon is a key forum to promote a business and we’re confident there will be many jobs on offer.”
NH