“One of the hardest things to teach our students, especially students with disabilities, is how to be part of a community, and this program is getting them into the community.”
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L&C to host Targeted Job Fair June 16
L&C job fair will seek restaurant applicants
Dylan Suttles, dylan.suttles@thetelegraph.com
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GODFREY A Targeted Job Fair is planned June 16 at Lewis and Clark Community College to match students and community residents with Riverbend employers searching for servers, dishwashers, bartenders and other hospitality industry workers.
On Friday, Illinois will fully reopen from COVID-19, with occupancy limitations removed for restaurants, bars and other public venues. According to Indeed.com, job postings nationwide at food-services businesses were 25% above pre-pandemic levels at the end of May.
The L&C Career and Veteran Services has joined forces with Madison County Employment and Training and the RiverBend Growth Association to bring employers and job seekers together 1-3 p.m. Wednesday, June 16, in The Commons on the college’s Godfrey Campus.
Missouri jobless change will impact Riverbend
County officials say now is time to seek training, job help
Scott Cousins, scousins@thetelegraph.com
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WOOD RIVER Riverbend residents are expected to be impacted by Missouri’s plans to drop pandemic-related supplements to unemployment benefits.
Madison County Employment and Training Administrator Tony Fuhrmann said that, unless the federal government takes action, Illinois unemployment benefits will be reduced by the end of September.
He stressed that there is still time for people interested in a career change, wanting to improve their skills, update their resumes or just find new jobs.
“The state of Missouri, as of June 12, is eliminating the extra $300 per week (pandemic) unemployment benefit,” Fuhrmann said. “That will affect Madison County residents working in Missouri, because they’re collecting Missouri unemployment.”