Job Fair

Twenty-eight companies at the Port of Baltimore will be taking part in a job fair on May 18 at Canton Pier 13 as part of National Maritime Day observances. The free event will showcase the companies and careers at the public and private terminals and at the surrounding maritime industries. The fair will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sen. Barbara Mikulski will lead a wreath laying ceremony aboard the NS Savannah at 11 a.m. The pier is at 4601 Newgate St.

An educational testing firm is planning a job fair Friday for positions at its new facility in Baltimore County. Prometric says the event is scheduled for 3 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., at the Hampton Inn Baltimore/White Marsh, located at 8225 Town Center Drive. The company is hiring customer-service employees for its new location in White Marsh. Job seekers should bring copies of their resume and be prepared to meet recruiters and hiring managers, the firm said. The company has corporate headquarters in Canton, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of ETS. People also can search for Prometric jobs at prometric.submit4jobs.com . alisonk@baltsun.com twitter.com/aliknez Text NEWS to 70701 to get Baltimore Sun local news text alerts

The Maryland Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation/DLLR is holding a Fort Meade Community Job Fair, Wednesday, Sept. 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Club Meade, 6600 Mapes Road, on Fort Meade. All job seekers, veterans and nonveterans, can meet prospective employers. Bring résumés and dress for success. Participants should arrive early, and anticipate lines at the installation's gate and at the job fair. Other sponsors of the job fair include Fort Meade Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation; DLLR/Anne Arundel One Stop Career Centers; Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp.; Army Community Service; Navy Fleet and Family Support Center; and Army Career and Alumni Program.

Twenty-eight companies at the Port of Baltimore will be taking part in a job fair on May 18 at Canton Pier 13 as part of National Maritime Day observances. The free event will showcase the companies and careers at the public and private terminals and at the surrounding maritime industries. The fair will run from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sen. Barbara Mikulski will lead a wreath laying ceremony aboard the NS Savannah at 11 a.m. The pier is at 4601 Newgate St.

Dundalk Community College, the Maryland Job Service at Eastpoint and the Eastern Baltimore Area Chamber of Commerce will sponsor a "Blue Collar Job Fair" from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Oct. 22 at the college, 7200 Sollers Point Road.Further information may be obtained by calling Wayne Ching at 285-9806.

The Carroll County Chamber of Commerce has canceled its first Job Fair, originally scheduled for March 6 at the Western Maryland Collegeforum.Intended to attract applicants for positions with area companies, the Job Fair hoped to bring in people from a five-county area.But a weakened economy and lack of applicants for the event led the chamber to cancel it."We sent a letter out to our entire membership, about 900," said Jill Kartalia, Chamber of Commerce administrative assistant. "Initially, we got zero response -- not one back."

Dorothy Bass fills out a survey at the Senior Expo job fair in Timonium. At the fair yesterday, 2,000 senior citizens sought jobs from representatives of 80 Baltimore-area businesses seeking to tap into a growing workforce. (Article, Page 9B).

The New Community College of Baltimore will host the Senior Power Job Fair on Friday, May 29. The fair is designed to help older adults explore job market prospects and to secure employment. The Job Fair will be held at New CCB's Harbor Campus, Bard Building, 600 E. Lombard St., 9 a.m.-1 p.m.The fair provides employers with opportunities to hire experienced job candidates.Fifty employers representing banks, hotels, fast-food outlets, retail stores, security agencies, janitorial services and temporary employment agencies will participate.

More than 45 employers are expected to attend a job fair being held tomorrow at Harford Community College.The fair is open to Harford County residents, military personnel and their spouses and dependents, and civil service workers at Aberdeen Proving Ground who are nearing retirement.Local and regional employers from private companies and government agencies are to meet with prospective employees from 3 to 7 p.m. in the college's Susquehanna Center.The Harford County Job Fair Council is the sponsor.

A job fair for prospective Baltimore schoolteachers will be held today from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Polytechnic-Western High School complex at 1400 W. Cold Spring Lane.Candidates with teacher certification credentials may interview for specific vacancies and receive conditional contracts to teach. More than 600 certified candidates are expected to attend.

A free career expo will be held Thursday in Linthicum for veterans and transitioning servicemen and servicewomen. The job fair, hosted by Military.com and the Non-Commissioned Officers Association, will be held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Four Points by Sheraton, 1001 Scott Drive. Defense contractors and local businesses looking to hire former military personnel will be present, according to the hosts. For more information, go to military.com/career-expo. ywenger@baltsun.com

To work for Fireworks Extravaganza, a job applicant needs a clean record and the ability to pass a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives background check. That's one reason Wells Berni, a local representative of the New Jersey-based company and "lead shooter" for fireworks displays, likes to hear from people with military backgrounds when recruiting potential employees. "I've got to be very careful," Berni said. "The military, they do a lot of drug screenings and they have a lot of security checks.

The Susquehanna Workforce Network will be hosting a defense, technology and intelligence job fair at Ripken Stadium in Aberdeen Feb. 28, from 2 to 6 p.m. This is a major workforce recruitment activity for more than 30 companies looking to fill positions. A sample listing of the position openings include acquisition professionals, software and systems engineer, program analyst, product manager, bio-medical scientist, liaison officer, configuration managers, system integrator, software developer, multi-media assistants, project manager, proposal manager, acquisition analyst, electrical and mechanical engineers, business development, SharePoint developer, signal support, air traffic controller, Java developer, scientists and technical writer.

Rocky Gap Lodge & Golf Resort, which will become the state's fourth operating casino when it opens later this year, will hold a job fair Saturday, Feb. 23 to fill about 250 full- and part-time jobs. The fair will be held at Allegany College of Maryland's Cumberland Campus in the Continuing Education Building and runs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Human resources representatives from the hotel will be looking for candidates in many areas of the operation, including food service and casino gaming.

The Maryland Department of Labor Licensing and Regulation/DLLR is holding a Fort Meade Community Job Fair, Wednesday, Sept. 12, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Club Meade, 6600 Mapes Road, on Fort Meade. All job seekers, veterans and nonveterans, can meet prospective employers. Bring résumés and dress for success. Participants should arrive early, and anticipate lines at the installation's gate and at the job fair. Other sponsors of the job fair include Fort Meade Family, Morale, Welfare and Recreation; DLLR/Anne Arundel One Stop Career Centers; Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp.; Army Community Service; Navy Fleet and Family Support Center; and Army Career and Alumni Program.

Registration is open for businesses planning to participate in the 2012 Harford County Job Fair scheduled for Oct. 4, 2 to 6 p.m. at the Richlin Ballroom, 1700 Van Bibber Road in Edgewood. The Job Fair is coordinated by the region's Workforce Investment Board, Susquehanna Workforce Network Inc., in collaboration with the Harford County Office of Economic Development, Harford County Chamber of Commerce, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Chesapeake Science & Security Corridor, DLLR and Harford Community College.

The 15th annual Harford County Job Fair will be held Thursday at the Richlin Ballroom, off Route 24 in Edgewood. More than 50 area businesses will be represented in fields such as financial services, construction, law enforcement, technology, hospitality, manufacturing, education and government. The fair, which is free of charge, runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those attending are asked to bring a resume and to wear business attire. An interpreter will be available for the hearing impaired.

Hundreds of college students traded bulky sweaters and hiking boots for silk blouses and wingtips yesterday, heading to the Central Maryland College Job Fair at Towson State University for a glimpse of the real world.At the university's Towson Center, the fresh-faced students and recent graduates clutched resumes and wandered around a labyrinth of booths representing 135 companies, including Lockheed-Martin, American Express Financial Services, Macy's, Catholic Charities and even the FBI.Some students said they were eager to start earning a living, while others said they were unsure where they were headed, taking little solace in the economy's improvement in the past few years.

Hundreds of people lined up on sun-drenched asphalt Saturday to see if they could get regular payouts, in the form of paychecks, from the new Maryland Live! Casino, a slots casino scheduled to open at Arundel Mills mall in about three months. "I hope I get lucky enough to get a position," said Mark Ellison, who's from West Baltimore. "They want people who are willing to go the extra mile so customers come in and enjoy spending their money. " The operators of what will be the state's largest casino hosted a job fair Saturday with the Anne Arundel Workforce Development Corp.

This seems to be the time of year that employers with exclamation points in their names hold job fairs! Good news for job seekers! Maryland Live! Casino is holding its meet-and-greet with candidates on Saturday, March 17 - or St. Pat's - from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Maryland Live! Employment Center, 7270 Park Circle in Hanover. Or, you can go to the casino's Facebook page and apply online ahead of time . Maryland Live! Casino says applicants should apply via its job site . Then on Wednesday, March 21, Power Plant Live!