{"id":7396,"date":"2021-12-02T12:19:10","date_gmt":"2021-12-02T20:19:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rtcsnv.com\/news\/?p=7396"},"modified":"2021-12-02T14:13:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-02T22:13:45","slug":"looking-for-a-job-or-want-to-learn-new-skills-to-pay-the-bills","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/looking-for-a-job-or-want-to-learn-new-skills-to-pay-the-bills\/","title":{"rendered":"Looking for a job or want to learn new skills to pay the bills?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By: <\/em><em>Heidi Saucedo, Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation<\/em><\/p>\r\n<p>Don\u2019t miss\u00a0<strong>Governor Sisolak\u2019s JobFest on December 7, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.<\/strong>\u00a0at the Las Vegas Convention Center North Hall, 3150 Paradise Rd, Las Vegas, 89109.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>More than 150 employers are expected to hire for 15,000+ job openings. Dust off your resume and dress to impress, as many will be hiring on the spot.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cEvery day, more employers are signing up to join our JobFest \u2013 they are ready to help us put Nevadans to work. There is no priority more important for me than Nevada\u2019s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic,\u201d\u00a0said Governor Steve Sisolak.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Nevada leads the nation in hiring, and there are thousands of open jobs in Southern Nevada, according to federal statistics analyzed by the Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation (DETR).\u00a0<\/p>\r\n<p>Because some job sectors are slower to return to full staff than others, now is the time for Nevadans to \u201cSkill Up\u201d to a new career. With partners across the state, there will be many ways to learn about financial assistance.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cClark County has the highest unemployment rate in the state, and we\u2019re ensuring that job seekers can find employment that works for their family and lifestyle<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>according to DETR Director Elisa Cafferata.<\/p>\r\n<p>Nevada JobConnect staff and other agencies will be on hand to assist job seekers with resumes, their job searches, and access to additional no-cost employment help.\u00a0 COVID-19 vaccines and flu shots will also be available.<\/p>\r\n<p>\u201cThe availability of jobs is a true indication that Nevada\u2019s economy is rebounding,\u201d\u00a0said the Governor<strong>\u2019<\/strong>s Office of Economic Development Executive Director Michael Brown.<\/p>\r\n<p><strong>Pre-register for the December 7 JobFest at\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nvcareercenter.org\/jobfest-2021\/\"><strong>https:\/\/www.nvcareercenter.org\/jobfest-2021\/<\/strong><\/a><strong>.\u00a0<\/strong>\u00a0Walk-ins are welcome. Admission and parking are free.\u00a0<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Heidi Saucedo, Nevada Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation Don\u2019t miss\u00a0Governor Sisolak\u2019s JobFest on December 7, 2021, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.\u00a0at the Las Vegas Convention Center North  [&#8230;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":7397,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-7396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-careers"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7396\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rtc.staging.snvhost.net\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}