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Jobs fair Saturday

DeKalb County hosting fair with employers, job-skills workshops

The economy is on the upswing, according to many forecasters, with unemployment levels reaching the lowest levels they’ve been in four years.

But there are still plenty of people out there still looking for work.

A jobs fair in DeKalb County is scheduled from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday at the Mauel Maloof Auditorium at 1300 Commerce Dr. in Decatur.

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The event will give job seekers access to employers such as Comcast, Fed Ex, Manpower Staffing, Fidelity Bank, Hormel Foods, Hogan Construction Company and other private-sector employees.

Applications can be submitted at the job fair.

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The job fair will also host workshops on networking, interviewing, financial literacy, rebuilding credit, homeownership and more.

ONE DeKalb Works will also be on hand. The initiative is to help employ people and grow small businesses in DeKalb around a $1.4 billion program for water and sewer infrastructure projects in the county.

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