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County officials are planning the 21st Annual Sevier County Job Fair later this month.
The event has grown every year, offering many job opportunities for the people of Sevier County while assisting businesses in fulfilling their staffing needs, according the Sevier County Economic Development Council. The council hosts the event in conjunction with Sevier County and cities of Sevierville, Pigeon Forge and Gatlinburg.
The Sevier County Job Fair will be held Tuesday, March 27, 2018, at the Holiday Inn Convention Center located at 3230 Parkway in Pigeon Forge (Just past traffic light #6). The doors will open at 10 a.m. and company representatives will be available to speak with and interview job seekers on site until 4 p.m.
Job seekers are encouraged to bring copies of their resume. A Career Coach sponsored by the Tennessee Department of Workforce Development will be on site all day and features a mobile computer lab with internet access, as well as workshops for resume writing and interviewing skills. Jobseekers that need help with their resume are encouraged to take advantage of services offered by the Career Coach.
Many job seekers that attended the job fair last year were hired on the spot.
Businesses participating in the Sevier County Job Fair:
- Anakeesta
- AtWork Personnel Services
- Baskin Robbins
- Black Fox Lodge
- BrightStar Care
- Cherokee Group, LLC/Citadel Construction
- Ciy of Sevierville
- Claiborne Hauling
- Collier Restaurant Group
- Cracker Barrel
- Dolly’s Stampede & Dolly Parton’s Smoky Mountain Adventures
- Dollywood
- Federal Mogul
- Funderburk Electrical Services
- Gatlinburg Mountain Coaster
- Gatlinburg Sky Lift
- Greystone Lodge on the River
- Holiday Inn Pigeon Forge
- Hollywood Wax Museum
- Hospitality Solutions, Inc.
- Inn on the River
- Inspirations Home
- The Island
- Johnson Family of Restaurants
- Lid’l Dolly’s Factory Store
- Lisega, Inc.
- Lowe’s
- Margaritaville Resort Gatlinburg
- Mountain Edge Grill
- Ober Gatlinburg
- Ole Smoky Distillery
- Otics, USA
- Park Vista a Doubletree by Hilton
- Rafting in the Smokies
- Ripley Entertainment
- Rocky Top Wine Trail
- Silver Angels
- The Track
- Three Bears General Store
- TN American Job Center (Douglas Cherokee)
- Westgate Smoky Mountain Resort & Spa
- Westgate Resorts
- Wilderness at the Smokies
Over seventy businesses are expected to participate this year. In addition to tourism related businesses such as hotels/motels, attractions, restaurants, fast food, and retail, there will be industry, construction, health care and education also represented. A complete list of businesses can be found by visiting seviercountyjobs.org.
The job fair comes at a time when many local businesses are staffing for the upcoming tourism season. According to the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, unemployment in Sevier County jumped from 2.9% in December 2017 to 6.1% in January 2018 as the last tourism season ended. The agency says 3,150 people out of the county’s 51,250-person labor force were unemployed in January. That placed Sevier County in the top ten counties for highest unemployment statewide.
