(Union City, Tenn.)  – If your full-time job at the moment is looking for work, Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee is bringing together employers from throughout Obion County to help with your search.  The West Tennessee Job Fair is scheduled for Wednesday, August 12 at the National Guard Armory in Union City. 

More than one dozen employers will be onsite including Job World in Union City, Road Runner Driving Academy, located in Sharon, and the Office on Aging in Dresden. Candidates will meet with potential employers to discuss positions within each company.  Job applications will be available at the event and candidates are encouraged to bring a current resume.

The West Tennessee Job Fair will take place between 9:00 a.m. and noon on August 12.  There is no cost for job applicants and everyone is invited to attend.

Goodwill’s Career Solutions team in Union City is hosting the job fair in partnership with the Career Center, the Obion County Chamber of Commerce and the National Guard Armory.  For more information about the job fair, please contact Jackie McKinney, Goodwill Career Counselor in Union City at 731-884-4324.  For information about Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, please contact Suzanne Kay-Pittman at
615-346-1232.


About Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee, Inc.
For more than 50 years Goodwill Industries of Middle Tennessee has provided job training and job placement free of charge to people with disabilities or other barriers to employment through the sale of donated items.  Goodwill has served 6,403 people through June 2009 in middle and west Tennessee and placed 1,219 clients in jobs.  For more information about Goodwill’s Career Solutions, retail stores, and donation centers, please visit www.giveit2goodwill.org or call 1-800-545-9231.