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Immediate Openings Greet CNY Job Seekers at Opportunity Fair

Kaitlyn Richards
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WAER News

A packed room of job seekers had the chance to make the right connection in Liverpool Wednesday.  That’s just what Congressmember Dan Maffei hoped for when he arranged the Job and Opportunity Fair.  
  Inficon was among many companies that have immediate openings.  Human Resources director Sue Magary has 10 to 12 openings because business is doing well. "We won the President's award for export this year because our company mainly exports.  So it's great we're able to produce something here in the Central New York area that goes other places.  So, it's wide- reaching...we're an international company." Companies had plenty of people to choose from, with long lines at many of the tables.  Rapid Response Monitoring is now seeking date entry and operations people.  Spokesperson Amanda Murphy says even more openings are on the horizon.

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Inficon of East Syracuse was one of about 50 companies offering jobs at the job fair.

"We're also looking to expand our business, in our location in Franklin Square by 22,000 square feet and adding about 6o to 70 new positions all across the company."
 
Unemployment in the Syracuse area was report at 6.7% this past month…the lowest in more than four years.  Nevertheless, The crowds that flocked to the nearly 50 companies at the event show that the need for jobs is still high.  
 

Scott Willis covers politics, local government, transportation, and arts and culture for WAER. He came to Syracuse from Detroit in 2001, where he began his career in radio as an intern and freelance reporter. Scott is honored and privileged to bring the day’s news and in-depth feature reporting to WAER’s dedicated and generous listeners. You can find him on twitter @swillisWAER and email him at srwillis@syr.edu.