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The Portland Job Fair
The eleventh annual Portland Job Fair will take place on Friday, April 10, and Saturday, April 11. This year’s fair promises to be bigger and better than ever. The event will be held in the Portland Civic Center and will begin at 8 in the morning and conclude at 7 in the evening on each day. Representatives from 450 local, national, and international businesses have pledged to attend. These companies represent some of the biggest names in the aerospace, financial, manufacturing, robotics, and shipping industries. In addition, local airplane manufacturer Plautus will be in attendance and hopes to hire 100 individuals at the fair. Attendees are advised to wear formal clothes as some of them will be given interviews on the spot. They should also arrive with resumes, portfolios, and other documents. Attendance is free, and there is no need to make reservations.
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Portland Job Fair Ends in Success
Portland (April 12) - The Portland Job Fair ended yesterday, and organizers are calling it the most successful event in the history of the fair. More than 15,000 jobseekers are estimated to have visited the Portland Civic Center in an attempt to land jobs. The most popular booth by far was the Plautus one as the company had publicly announced its intentions to hire attendees at the fair. Plautus did not disappoint. Company spokesman Rod Merchant said, “The high quality of the attendees convinced us to hire double the number of individuals that we had initially planned. We’re very pleased with the results of this year’s fair.” other multinational firms, such as Orion, Walker Research, and PT Systems, claim to have hired several individuals at the fair as well. Orion’s representative Wilma O’Neil stated, “This is one of the best job fairs in the country. We know we’ll be getting attendees who are well educated and ambitious when we come here.”
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TO: All Employees, R&D Department
FROM: David Murphy, HR SUBJECT: New Employees
DATE: April 21
Please be aware that there will be 38 new workers starting in the R&D Department here at Plautus. The individuals will all begin on Monday, May 1. All of them were hired at the Portland Job Fair, where many of you also found employment here. Since we’ve never hired this many new workers at the same time, we need to be sure that the orientation process goes smoothly. After consulting with Samir Punjab, the head of your department, I decided to set up a mentoring program. Some of you will be assigned to act as mentors to new employees. You will be responsible for teaching your mentee everything he or she needs to know about his or her new position. I’d prefer that everyone involved be a volunteer. So if you think you’d be a good mentor, please contact either me (extension 549) or Mr. Punjab no later than April 25.