A job and resource fair for people experiencing homelessness or who have unstable housing will be held June 4 at the Greater Cleveland Food Bank in Cleveland’s Collinwood neighborhood.
The event, called From Survival to Sustainability: Reimagining the Hiring Journey, will take place from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the food bank’s Community Resource Center, 15500 S. Waterloo Road. The City of Cleveland is sponsoring the event with the food bank and several other partners.
Our goal is to shift perceptions from one of survival to one of stability and growth,”
Darrick McDaniel, recruitment and development manager with Cleveland and an organizer of the job and resource fair.
Attendees are encouraged to register in advance by clicking on this link.
“Everyone deserves an opportunity, and this job and resource fair is exactly that, a chance to move from simply surviving to building a sustainable future,” Darrick McDaniel, recruitment and development manager with the city, who helped organize the job and resource fair, wrote in an email to Signal Cleveland.
During the job fair, employers will accept applications and conduct interviews with candidates. Attendees also will be able to receive help with writing resumes and coaching to improve interviewing skills. Representatives from job training and certificate programs will answer attendees’ questions.
The resource component of the fair will include a giveaway in which work attire, hygiene kits and other items will be distributed. Other resources will include information about:
- Housing support
- Medical and mental health services
- Transportation assistance
- Legal assistance, including expungement and record sealing
- Social services and case management
These employers and providers with job and housing help will be at the event at the Cleveland food bank
These are among the employers, social service organizations and other providers that will be at the job and resource fair:
- Anderson Biro Staffing
- B. Riley House
- Benjamin Rose
- Care Alliance Health Center
- Center for Employment Opportunities
- Central Outreach Wellness Center
- City of Cleveland
- Cuyahoga Community College
- Cuyahoga County Health and Human Services
- DeHart Works
- Dollar Bank
- Educational Opportunity Center at Cuyahoga Community College
- Fatherhood Initiative
- Free Cell Phones (Lifeline)
- FrontLine Service
- Goodwill
- Goodwill Industries of Greater Cleveland and East Central Ohio
- Jewish Family Service Association of Cleveland
- Just In Time Staffing
- MAGNET
- Magnolia Clubhouse, Inc.
- Morrison Healthcare
- Northeast Ohio Neighborhood Health Services
- OhioGuidestone Workforce 360
- Revenue Group
- Seeds of Literacy
- The Centers
- Tri-C
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- West Side Catholic Center
The fair will include a fireside chat about jobs and self-discovery, which will be a conversation with employers, mental health professionals, career coaches and community members “to offer honest insight, encouragement, and real hope,” McDaniel said.
“Our goal is to shift perceptions from one of survival to one of stability and growth,” he wrote.
Other partners for the job and resource fair include: The Centers, Towards Employment, the Ohio Department of Job and Family Services, Anderson-Biro, Cleveland Neighborhood Progress, and the Cuyahoga County Office of Reentry.
