Newspaper to hold job seminar
In an attempt to help workers who lost their jobs last month at the Anchor Glass Corp., the Herald-Standard will be holding a Job Search seminar at its Connellsville office Tuesday, Dec. 14. The seminar will focus on the new Job Search site at the Herald-Standard’s Web site, which is located at www.heraldstandard.com.
Workers from the Herald-Standard’s Interactive Media and Data Processing will be on hand to help those attending the seminar search the site for jobs and go through its other features, such as creating resumes and posting them on the site. The seminar is free and open to the general public.
Herald-Standard Publisher Val Laub said he thinks the seminar will be very helpful to anyone looking for a job, especially to those workers who recently lost their jobs at Anchor Glass.
“The Herald-Standard was very saddened by announcement last month regarding the closing of Anchor Hocking. We take serious the needs in the communities we serve and wanted to do something that may help our friends that lost their jobs,’ said Laub.
“We recently launched this new product on our Web site. It is one of the best job resume builders I’ve seen on the Web. We are very hopeful that the folks who previously worked at the South Connellsville plant will find new careers. We hope to help in any way we can.”
The seminar will be divided into two sessions, one from 10 a.m. until 11 a.m. and the other from 11 a.m. until noon. The Herald-Standard’s office in Connellsville is located at 160 W. Crawford Ave. While the seminar is open to the public, those interested in attending are asked to register in advance by calling the Connellsville office at 724-626-6400.
John Voytek, director of Interactive Media, said the Herald-Standard added the Job Search site to its Web site in October.
He said the site currently lists 87 local jobs openings and numerous others throughout the country.
“This will all be useful to get them into the (job) pool,” said Voytek.
Voytek noted the local jobs listed on the Web site are the same as those that appear in the classified section of the Herald-Standard.
Several jobs available in the Greene County are also posted on the Web site since the Herald-Standard owns the Greene County Messenger.
For the most part, Voytek said the Web site is user friendly. “It’s very self-explanatory and asks for basic information,” he added.
Voytek pointed out one benefit of the Web site is that people can search for national jobs by state and radius.
“There’s a lot of value here,” he said.
Locally, Voytek said the Web site is a work in progress but coming along nicely. “It’s going to take some time that’s all,” he said.
The bottom line, said Voytek, is that the job search seminar is sure to help those who attend.