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EMPLOYMENT HELP: NAACP Holding Job Fair
NBC 13 ^ | July 31, 2013 | Staff Writer

Posted on 07/31/2013 5:28:31 PM PDT by kevcol

Folks looking for work in the Des Moines metro will have a chance to meet up with potential employers Wednesday.

The Des Moines NAACP is holding a job fair from 10:00 a.m. until 3:00 p.m. at Wellmark at 1331 Grand Avenue.

Forty employers will be represented at the fair including Wellmark, Wells Fargo, Iowa DOT, Mercy, DART and many others.

Help will also be on hand for job seekers to write cover letters and resumes, to set up mock interviews and more.


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Iowa
KEYWORDS: desmoines; jobs; naacp; racebaiters
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No resume needed (NAACP will write it for you), no uncomfortable interviews (NAACP will coach you prior and probably sit in on the interviews to ensure there is no racial biases). Just remember not to tie one on too hard and show up before 3:00.
1 posted on 07/31/2013 5:28:31 PM PDT by kevcol
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To: kevcol

and remember not to be white....


2 posted on 07/31/2013 5:31:04 PM PDT by cherry
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To: kevcol

Could I get a job if I showed up in blackface with a hoodie?


3 posted on 07/31/2013 5:31:09 PM PDT by American in Israel (A wise man's heart directs him to the right, but the foolish mans heart directs him toward the left.)
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To: kevcol

As someone who worked as a veteran’s rep. and job skills instructor at the Des Moines and West Des Moines unemployment offices for 15 years, I’ve never heard of the NAACP chapter doing anything for anybody in all my years there. OTOH, I coordinated numerous job fairs at Veteran’s Memorial Auditorium, resulting in thousands of hires, including many people of color.


4 posted on 07/31/2013 5:34:11 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: kevcol

Wait. This is the “Summer of Recovery” x 5, and the “economic genius” [sic] from kenya says we need to allow the mexicans in to fill jobs, so WHY does the NAACP need to hold a job fair?


5 posted on 07/31/2013 5:35:20 PM PDT by 21st Century Crusader (August 26, 1191)
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To: kevcol

The National Association for the Advancement of the Communist Party is holding a job fair?


6 posted on 07/31/2013 5:39:19 PM PDT by Ben Mugged (The number one enemy of liberalism is reality.)
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To: 21st Century Crusader

most likely, these companies were contacted and informed that their workforce was not diverse enough. The NAACP kindly provided a job fair so that said employers would have the opportunity to bring their diversity up to par.


7 posted on 07/31/2013 5:44:31 PM PDT by kevcol
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I believe you’ve hit the nail squarely on the head!


8 posted on 07/31/2013 5:50:08 PM PDT by 21st Century Crusader (August 26, 1191)
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To: 21st Century Crusader

Thousands of whites should show up


9 posted on 07/31/2013 5:50:39 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

Since anthropologists claim humans originated in Africa, then EVERYONE who is American, is African American and should claim to be so.


10 posted on 07/31/2013 5:55:35 PM PDT by 21st Century Crusader (August 26, 1191)
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To: 21st Century Crusader

right!


11 posted on 07/31/2013 6:01:03 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

You were a LVER?


12 posted on 07/31/2013 6:19:00 PM PDT by DirtyPigpen (Semper Fi)
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Yes, the lead LVER for the Des Moines district. And a DVOR at different times. One year I was a TVOR (Transitional Veterans Outreach Representative) for homeless veterans under Title IV-C.


13 posted on 07/31/2013 6:24:22 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Sweet. My DVOP does the TVOR duties since our area is not that big. How long has it been since you were the LVER?


14 posted on 07/31/2013 6:30:10 PM PDT by DirtyPigpen (Semper Fi)
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To: DirtyPigpen

I left in January 2000.


15 posted on 07/31/2013 6:32:15 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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Well, Vaughn Shelburn is still at nvti and she is stop pretty good looking after all these years. If you don’t know her, I am sorry .


16 posted on 07/31/2013 6:38:01 PM PDT by DirtyPigpen (Semper Fi)
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To: DirtyPigpen

I used to go to Denver for training a lot, but I can’t recall any names after all these years.


17 posted on 07/31/2013 6:44:20 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

She was the attractive blonde instructor. I know how memories can fade though.


18 posted on 07/31/2013 6:49:28 PM PDT by DirtyPigpen (Semper Fi)
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To: DirtyPigpen

If you showed me a photo I’d probably remember, but names after almost 20 years? Nope. Although I remember some of my instructors from both of my AIT’s which were much further back. Weird.


19 posted on 07/31/2013 6:54:44 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (I aim to raise a million plus for Gov. Palin. What'll you do?.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Yeah, your brain starts playing tricks on you after a while.


20 posted on 07/31/2013 6:57:56 PM PDT by DirtyPigpen (Semper Fi)
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