EmployAbility Job Fair - Greenwood

“I’m trying to keep all of my options open,” says Greenwoodian Trenton Hobbs, who was visiting with folks at 28 booths during the EmployAbility Jobs Fair held by the Mississippi Department of Rehabilitation Services Friday at the Leflore County Civic Center. Hobbs, who holds a bachelor’s degree in mass communications from Mississippi Valley State University, already has a part-time job but is looking for full-time employment. So, he brought his resume and picked up applications from potential employers. These included the Itta Bena-based Delta Lodging Group. From the left are two of Delta Lodging’s Greenwood hotel managers, Van Young of the Holiday Inn Express and Johnna Metz of the Hampton Inn, as well as Hobbs, who said he has been diagnosed with autism. Catherine Alderman of MDRS said, “The goal is job placement. We try to help people go to work and stay at work by providing the accommodations needed to assist them." 

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