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Travis County sponsors in-jail job fair

I'm particularly pleased to see this story about an in-jail job fair sponsored by a religious nonprofit in cooperation with Travis County Sheriff Greg Hamilton. What an excellent idea! Reported the Statesman ("In the county jail, inmates look for a job," Sept. 10):About 150 men and women out of the facility's 2,300 made their way around tables staffed by prospective employers, including the City of Austin, the Travis County Human Resources Management Department , Goodwill, Easter Seals, Titus Electric Co. and Iron Lion. The job fair is one of a variety of job preparation programs launched by Lucy Borrego, the social services program coordinator for the sheriff's department, Hamilton said. Inmates can take classes to learn to prepare a resume and to interview for a job, he said...continue to full post

Full post as published by Grits for Breakfast on September 10, 2009 (boomark / email).