Sumter County Job Fair Continues to be Huge Success

Santee Lynches Regional Council of Governments
2525 Corporate Way, Suite 200
Sumter SC 29154

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT
Areatha Clark (803-774-1405)

June 10, 2019
Sumter, SC – For Immediate Release

SUMTER – The organizers and participating businesses at the Sumter County Job Fair held at the Civic Center on May 22 were more than pleased with the results. The Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments, SC Works and partners said the job fair drew over 500 job seekers to the four-hour event. Feedback from the over 60 businesses attending was how impressed they were with the quality of the job seekers and how prepared they were.

As a group, the businesses indicated they received 1,103 applications/resumes and believed 590 of those were good prospects. Some of the comments from participating businesses were “This job fair was the best. By noon we met over 60 applicants.” (South East Express) and “Everything about the job fair was great.” (Tender care Home Health)

Businesses attending represented eight South Carolina counties. They included Continental Tire, Prisma Health Tuomey Hospital, Oak-Mitsui, Palmetto Corp., Coca-Cola, SC Dept. of Public Safety, McLeod Health, Eaton Corporation, Cardinal Health, Thompson Industrial, Georgia Pacific, International Paper and the Lexington County Sheriff’s Dept.

Join us for our next event, the Lee County Job Fair in Bishopville, SC on August 8, 2019.

Registration emails will be sent in the coming weeks and there is no cost to participate.

For more information, please contact Steve Berger at Santee-Lynches RCOG at sberger@slcog.org

Santee-Lynches Regional Council of Governments is a premier organization committed to optimizing our region’s unique strengths. We are YOUR regional partener to faciliate a better tomorrow. Our mission is to deliberately enhance the quality of life and provide opportunities for the advancement of our region. Santee-Lynches serves the counties and cities of Clarendon, Kershaw, Lee and Sumter.

We are also a member of the SC COG network (SCCOGS.org). Collectively, the SC COGS are also solution providers, conveners, and consultants to the 10 regions of South Carolina. We provide a standard of excellence in the delivery of federal, state and regional services for our member communities to benefit all of South Carolina.