The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Drive-thru job fair is offering hundreds of positions

How to find work without leaving safety of your car.

- By Tyler Wilkins tyler.wilkins@ajc.com

More than 20 employers are looking to fill hundreds of jobs and are making the interview process as safe and easy as possible.

Jobseekers will have the opportunit­y to meet employers from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Thursday at the

Infinite Energy Center Parking Deck during a Better Work Gwinnett drive-thru job fair. The jobs are available in various industries and levels, and pay could range anywhere from $10 to $35 an hour depending on the position.

Participan­ts will drive through the parking deck in their cars, interactin­g from their windows with employers at booths. The employers and jobseek- ers will use QR codes to share informatio­n about one another.

Better Work Gwinnett is a project born during the pandemic by the Gwinnett Workforce Initiative. The initiative is a collaborat­ion between the nonprofit Geor- gia Center for Opportunit­y and several other organizati­ons with a goal of placing people in jobs.

With about 30,000 jobless people in Gwinnett County, the initiative hopes to lower this number and fill 6,000 positions over the next three years by connecting jobseekers with employers, said Jace Brooks, director of the initiative.

“We actually have a number of employers that are having a difficult time finding employees, so making sure they have the opportunit­y to meet face-to-face with people that are looking for jobs is absolutely critical,” Brooks said.

Interested j obseekers can sign up for the event at georgiaopp­ortunity.org/ better-work-gwinnett-jobfair.

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