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There will be a career fair and a job fair downtown next week to combat worker shortages in four industries.
MiCareerQuest will be held Tuesday at DeVos Place in Grand Rapids, which will feature an educational career fair, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m., for students in college, high school and middle school.
The MiCareerFair job fair will also be held later in the day, from 4-7 p.m., for all workers.
The second-annual MiCareerQuest has expanded beyond the construction industry and will also feature employers in the health care, advanced manufacturing and information technology industries.
More than 100 employers will be on hand to host interactive and experiential activities meant to help attract the more than 9,000 expected students to their fields.
More than 70 employers will also be accepting applications at the MiCareerFair for entry-level, technical and professional positions.
The career fair was started by West Michigan Works!, to help attract young talent to the various construction trades. The inaugural event last year hosted more than 6,000 students.
This year, ABC/WMC worked with its partner hosts West Michigan Works! and Kent ISD to expand the event's offerings.
MiCareerQuest/MiCareerFair employers
Allied Mechanical
Architectural Glass & Metals
AT&T
The Bouma Corporation
Buist Electric
Burgess Concrete
Butterball Farms
CD Barnes Construction
City of Grand Rapids
CSM Group
Dan Vos Construction
Dematic
DeWys Manufacturing
Driesenga & Associates
Enterprise Tool & Die
Erhardt Construction
Feyen Zylstra
Forest View
Fox Brothers Company
Grand Rapids Community College
Grand Rapids Fire Department
Home Builders Association
ITS Partners
Kent Companies
Kent County Health Department
LIFE EMS
Lumbermen's
MacAllister Rentals
Mercy Health
Metro Health
Metron
MFP Automation Engineering
Parkway Electric
Pioneer Construction
Pleune Service Company
Plummer's Environmental
Porter Hills
Precision Aerospace Corp.
Ranir
Rohde Construction
Sobie Company
Swoboda
Triangle Associates
U.S. Army
Van Dam Iron Works
Vanguard Fire & Security
Vos Glass
Welch Tile
Windemuller
Wolverine Building Group
Wolverine Coil Spring
Zeeland Lumber