NAACP Diversity & High-Tech Job Fair Featuring Top Philadelphia Employers
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire/ -- For several thousand minority
professionals and more than 50 hiring companies, opportunity comes in the form
of the NAACP Diversity & High-Tech Job Fair which will take place from 12:30
until 5:30 pm on Wednesday, February 24, 1999 at the Pennsylvania Convention
Center.
Compliments of Shomex Productions, the official producer of NAACP job fairs,
this Diversity & High-Tech Job Fair provides minorities with opportunities in
hardware/software engineering, IS/IT, network, data and telecommunications,
accounting, administration, finance, management, marketing and sales. This
event is presented by the NAACP Region II and the Pennsylvania State
Conference of NAACP Branches and sponsored by InfoWorld Enterprise Careers.
Companies expect to fill these positions with qualified professionals from the
following groups: African-Americans, Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans,
Pacific Islanders, women, veterans, persons over forty and the physically-
challenged.
A longtime leader in promoting equal employment opportunities, the NAACP is on
the cutting edge of efforts to expand diversity throughout corporate America.
According to Shomex Productions President Lewis Shomer, "Diversity is no
longer a concept without definition in today's society. Diversity is a
pragmatic reality and an economic way of life." And the success of the NAACP
Diversity & High-Tech Job Fair, the largest diversity-oriented career fair in
America, is living proof!
Taking advantage of the local talent will be exhibitors from Adelphia,
AEROTEK, Aetna US Healthcare, AMTRAK/National Railroad Passenger Corporation,
ARAMARK, AT&T, Bell Atlantic, Blockbuster Entertainment, Brown and Williamson,
CDNow, CITIGROUP, Clement Communications, CMP Media, Comcast Cellular
Communications, Commerce Bank, Computer Sciences Corporation, CoreTech
Consulting Group, Deloitte & Touche, DMR Consulting Group, EDS, EMC
Corporation, Ernst & Young LLP, First USA, Fleet Credit Card Services, Genesis
Health Ventures, L-3 Communication Systems, Lockheed Martin, Merck & Co., NASD
Regulation, Norrell Corporation, Novo Nordisk Pharmaceuticals, PECO Energy,
Philip Morris USA, Princeton University, Raytheon Systems Company, Sanofi
Pharmaceuticals, SAP America, Showboat/Harrahs Casino Hotel, SMS (Shared
Medical Systems), Smithkline Beecham, Sovereign Bank, Subaru of America, The
Vanguard Group, The Vanguard Group of Investment Companies, Wyeth-Ayerst
Global Pharmaceuticals, Yellow Book USA and many more.
The event will kick off at 11:30 am with a free seminar entitled, "How to Make
the Most of a Career Fair," presented by Derek Jackson, Business Consultant,
College & Diversity Recruiting for Merck & Co., Inc. Another seminar on the
same topic will be presented at 2:00 pm by Daryl Fitzgerald, Experienced Hire
Recruiter for Ernst & Young LLP. Admission is free to qualified candidates,
who will have from 12:30 until 5:30 pm to meet with prospective employers.
To participate in this event as an employer, or for additional information,
contact Shomex Productions at 1-800-JOB-SHOW.
SOURCE Shomex Productions
CO: Shomex Productions; NAACP
ST: Pennsylvania
IN: CPR
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