Businesses use job fair seeking employees in challenging market
Cole Dykhuizen, left, a Student Recruitment Coordinator with Flathead Valley Community College, speaks with Bigfork High School sophomores Evelyn Vigil, center, and Zoë Sellers at the Northwest Montana Job and Opportunity Fair at the Flathead County Fairgrounds Trade Center building on Thursday, April 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
Lou Bartlett, left, a senior at Glacier High School, speaks with Darren Lobbestael, center, a flight nurse with A.L.E.R.T. and Matthew Weller, an A.L.E.R.T. pilot at the Northwest Montana Job and Opportunity Fair at the Flathead County Fairgrounds Trade Center building on Thursday, April 14. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
More than 100 employers gathered at Northwest Montana Job and Opportunity Fair Thursday looking to reach potential employees in a competitive job market.
Although needs and vacant positions varied across different industries and sectors, employers voiced many of the same concerns: a small hiring pool and difficulties bringing in or retaining employees due to rising housing costs...
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