Recommended Hotels for guests attending MPACT JobFair

Best Western - Windsor Suites
MPACT Rate- $79/night2006 Veasley St.Phone: 336-294-9100Fax: 336-294-9100
http://www.bestwestern.com/prop_34111

Drury Inn & Suites3220 High Point Rd.Phone: 336-856-9696Fax: 336-856-9696
http://www.druryhotels.com/
» 143 Rooms» 16 Suites» Meeting rooms available
MPACT Rate $80 /night

Park Lane Hotel at Four Seasons3005 High Point Rd.Phone: 336-294-4565Fax: 336-294-0572
http://www.park-lane-hotel.com/
» 161 Rooms» 4 Suites» Meeting rooms available
MPACT Rate $60/night

Sheraton Greensboro Hotel/Joseph S. Koury Convention Center3121 High Point Rd.Phone: 336-292-9161Fax: 336-292-1407
http://www.sheratongreensboro.com/
» 1016 Rooms» 54 Suites» Meeting rooms available
MPACT Rate $120/night

Getta Job!

MPACT JobFair Registered Employers for July 19th 4-7pm

• Thomas Built Buses
• Polo Ralph Lauren
• Cox Target Media Publishing
• Procter and Gamble — Greensboro Manufacturing
• KAY Chemical
• Purolator
• Degussa Stockhausen
• Progress Energy
• bioMerieux — Durham
• Glaxo SmithKline
• Quaker/Gatorade/Tropicana
• REXAM
• KAO Specialties
• Southern Technical Recruiters
• Georgia Pacific Corp
• Hanes Brand
• Team Emergent
• Temporary Resources
• Jowat Corp
• Adecco
• Electrical South
• Goodyear Tire & Rubber (hiring locally & nationally)
• Oliver Rubber
• Technimark
• Metaldyne
• AXIOM AMERICA
• GKN
• Miller Brewing
• Tyco
• TIMCO
• Weyerhauser (hiring locally & nationally)
• ATS- (contractor for Caterpillar Illinois)
• KF GROUP INDUSTRIAL ELECTRONICS
• DENSO (Tenn)
• LUXFER
• KOBE WIELAND COPPER
• Michelin (SC needs 40+ techs)
• Key Resources
• Unicco (hiring nationally)
• Becton Dickinson
• UNILIN
• VIKING POLYMERS
• Dougherty Equipment
• Aerotek

Only 9 Days until MPACT JOBFAIR, yet still time to spruce up resume

To gather more details of the MPACT JobFair, scroll down.

In order to facilitate for large employers to participate in this unique event, the MPACT JobFair only lasts 3 hours. Not enough time for candidates to fill out applications. However, plenty of time to meet with dozens of employers and to give them your resume. If you need a resume or need help updating it, you may want to contact your local NC Joblink Center.

To locate the closest location to you, check http://www.ncjoblink.com/centers/

Top 5 Mistakes Candidates Make at the MPACT JOBFAIR

To help candidates succeed at the upcoming July 19th MPACT JobFair below are some common mistakes for MPACT JobFair candidates to avoid:

1-Did not bring enough resumes. Recommended to bring at least 20-40 resumes.

2-Arrive in too casual attire. Being too casual can be construed as lack of interest or ambition to attain the job. Suit and tie recommended.

3-Only meet with employers who market to consumers. While lines form for Miller, Goodyear, many times candidates will walk past Degussa Stockhausen and other companies whose names are not commonly known. Recommended to talk to all exhibitors at the MPACT JobFair.

4- Arrive too late to spend quality time with employers. The MPACT JobFair starts at 4pm and goes until 7pm. Recommended to arrive at 3:30 pm to meet with employers while fresh.

5-Expect employers to call them. Over 800 candidates are anticipated to attend this event. Each candidate should take it upon themselves to pursue opportunities by persistently following up with desired employers.

Tips for employers for upcoming MPACT Skilled Maintenance JobFair

MPACT JOBFAIR is Thursday July 19th 4-7pm in Greensboro, NC.

Employers are asked to arrive by 3pm to set up their table.

Also encouraged to bring one or 2 employees. By having one staff member to serve as a greeter to collect resumes allows others to serve as talent evaluators and or schedulers to set up follow up interviews.

Final Countdown: Less than 2 weeks for MPACT JOBFAIR

Tips to succeed at the MPACT jobfair:

A real fear many employers have is: if a candidate won't take the effort to prepare and strive to impress at a jobfair, that the candidate may be perhaps be a slack employee once hired.

Candidates are asked to finalize preparations on their resume. Please bring 20-40 resumes with you and be dressed to impress at the MPACT JobFair. MPACT reserves the right not to allow candidates in the jobfair who wear inappropiate attire.

Warning: all wearing shorts will be asked to leave.

Arrive early and please be patient. If lines form, to help connect more employers with candidates, MPACT will send employers out to the lines to collect resumes. At previous jobfair, some candidates have met with 5 employers before they even got inside the jobfair.

The MPACT JOBFAIR is like a treasure hunt. Over 40 employers are located throughout the Pinehurst building. Candidates need to strive to meet with every employer and provide them their resume and not just limit their visits with employers they are familiar or have commercially marketed products.

MPACT Skilled Maintenance Jobfair opens at 4pm July 19th goes until 7pm. So 3 solid hours of gold mining!

Detailed directions can be found at http://www.mpactlearning.com/

Get Ready- MPACT JOBFAIR July 19th 4-7pm

Next MPACT JOBFAIR July 19th 4-7pm

July 19th, 20074pm-7pm
MPACT Learning Center, LLC
2 Centerview Drive Ste 301Greensboro, NC
27407
(336) 379- 1444, ext 102

Detailed Directions can be found at

http://www.mpactlearning.com/

Why is the maintenance field so much in demand?

Think you’re smarter than a maintenance technician?
By Joel Leonard

Skilled maintenance technicians are a rare and desired group, and their average compensation package is rising. These "grease monkeys" are smarter than you think.
Looking for a job? Have you decided on a career path?

Want to pursue a career that:

Has large growth potential
Is vital to the economy
Has significant compensation potential
Is challenging and satisfying
Involves new technology
Has high corporate visibility
Will be experiencing high demand

Have you considered becoming a maintenance technician?
Future generations will quickly learn that our overabundant supplies of accountants, computer programmers and lawyers are driving down the wages of these professions, meanwhile, skilled labor compensation continues to rise.

Despite exportation of U.S. jobs, maintenance technicians have numerous options available here. Many employers complain of a severe shortage of skilled talent. Mechanics and technicians rank No. 3 and No. 4 on the list of hardest to fill jobs, according to a 2007 manpower survey. That demand is driving up maintenance salaries. Nationwide, the average maintenance technician’s salary has grown to more than $56,000 per year. With overtime, many technicians earn close to six figures.

Companies that would love to expand are frustrated by an education system that doesn’t produce the necessary number of students with appropriate skill sets or the attitude necessary to attain needed skill sets. Many complain that our society’s view of the maintenance of yesterday hasn’t caught up with the realities of today, and as a result, business growth is stalled. With the pending retirement of so many baby boomers, that’s particularly troubling.
Despite negative perceptions, maintenance technicians are no longer just “grease monkeys” performing menial tasks. Companies now not only need technicians to perform maintenance on mechanical systems, but also electrical and electronic systems and microprocessor-based PLCs while tracking their activities using a computerized maintenance management system. Also, companies need technicians who are savvy with predictive maintenance technologies like vibration analysis, ultrasonic leak detection and infrared thermography.
As companies continue to cut back on operators by purchasing highly sophisticated automation, these systems require more care and attention. Even if plants enjoy a net reduction in labor, they need to grow the maintenance staff to keep equipment operating at optimal levels.

Poor maintenance contributed to many of the nation’s recent disasters including the BP pipeline leaks in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, the loss of 15 BP workers’ lives, the mass power outage of the Northeast, the Walter Reed black mold and, most recently, the salmonella outbreak in peanut butter that was determined to be caused by a leaky roof and faulty water sprinkler system. The ConAgra production facility will be closed until August to perform maintenance repairs.
With the importance of proper maintenance now hitting the headlines, to avoid bad publicity and potential lawsuits, more companies are beginning to work down chronic deferred maintenance backlogs and invest more in maintenance development. Therefore, these jobs will continue to grow in importance, stature, wages and volume.

Business and government leaders need to remember as they strive to fund bleeding-edge ideas to get cutting-edge results and competitive advantages in a global marketplace, that we also must polish the rusty edge of business. In other words, we can’t forget to perform proper maintenance of the hydraulic, electronic and electrical systems that sustain us today, as we strive to develop biotech and nanotech solutions for tomorrow.
Nowadays, just to keep up with the advances and changes in the economy, you have to be pretty smart to be smarter than a professional maintenance technician.
Contact Joel Leonard at leonard.joel@mpactlearning.com.

Need Talent?

The MPACT Jobfair focuses on attracting skilled technicians and engineering resources.

We still have room for 20 more employers

Just call Joel Leonard at 336 379 1444 ext 102 to reserve your table.

Next MPACT JOBFAIR

July 19th, 2007
4pm-7pm
MPACT Learning Center, LLC
2 Centerview Drive Ste 301
Greensboro, NC 27407
(336) 379- 1444, ext 102

Detailed Directions can be found at

http://www.mpactlearning.com/

Ta Da! MPACT JobFair- 44 Employers, 300+ Jobs, Over 700 Candidates

We are still getting feedback from the July 20th JobFair and reports that several new hires have already occured.

Next MPACT JobFair scheduled for January 11th, 2007.

EMPLOYER FEEDBACK FROM MPACT JOBFAIR

Hi Joel ~ The event went above and beyond my expectations! I thought everything was really well organized and was very pleased with the number of people we had the chance to speak to -- we were definitely busy from the time the doors opened all the way up to the end. I look forward to participating in your next event ~~
Thanks!
~ Holly
GKN Driveline

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Joel,

Thank you so much for inviting Key Resources to exhibit at the MPACT Job Fair on July 20th. The accommodations were gracious, the organization was tight, and the turnout was fantastic. We received 100’s of resumes from candidates in a wide variety of fields. Those were copied and given to our recruiting team in both our Winston-Salem and Greensboro offices the next morning. Those candidates whose resumes matched open job orders are being contacted for interviews.

Thanks again and best wishes to the mighty MPACT team!

Randy

Randy Furches
Director of Sales
336-855-5209 ext. 23
336-659-4957 fax
336-209-3476 cell
rfurches@keyresourcesinc.com



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Good Morning, Joel.

All I can say is WOW !

What an incredible Job Fair last night. I have been an HR professional for over 20 years, and I was really impressed with the quality, preparedness and professionalism of the candidates you provided. I came home with more (suitable) resumes than I ever have before.



You have done an incredible job and I really appreciate all the work you, and your team, must have put in, in order to produce such a wonderfully professional outcome.
As you well know, the Triad is in dire need of skilled labor, both mechanical and electronical. My manufacturing facility of over 700 people struggle to find people with the skills to keep us running, 24/7.



Tyco Electronics is the worlds largest producer of electrical and electronic connectors and we have a large presence in the Triad area. We are a wonderful company with good salaries and outstanding benefits. You have done my company, and more importantly, the folks in the Triad area, a huge service.


Count me in on all your future Job Fairs!


Gratefully,

Deb
Deborah A. Miller,
SPHR tyco / Electronics 8010 Piedmont Triad Parkway Greensboro, NC 27409-9407
Phone: 336 664-7578 Fax: 336 664-7729
E-mail: damiller@tycoelectronics.com
A tyco INTERNATIONAL LTD. COMPANY

MPACT JOB FAIR January 11th 2007 4-7pm

MPACT Learning Center, LLC
2 Centerview Drive Ste 301
Greensboro, NC 27407(336) 379- 1444, ext 102
Detailed direction can be found at
http://www.mpactlearning.com/

Employers are you:
· Looking for skilled maintenance talent?
· Looking for electronic technicians?
· Looking for multi-craft technicians?
· Looking for maintenance managers?
· Looking for facilities and plant engineers?Any company that has interest in having a table top display, posting engineering and maintenance job orders, or that just wants to review resumes from attendees, contact Joel Leonard at (336) 379-1444, ext 102.

Candidates are you:
* Looking for opportunities in facilities engineering?
* Looking to work for growing companies?
* Looking for skilled maintenance positions?
* Looking for jobs with secure futures?
* Looking to make money?

Job candidates are asked to come dressed to impress, bring hard copies of at least 10-20 resumes and feel free to send a soft copy to joel@mpactlearning.com.

More Tips for MPACT JobFair attendees

BETTER ARRIVE EARLY!

Looking for Mr. Goodjob
Article from PlantServices.com
By Joel Leonard


A job fair is a terrific tool to help companies that are struggling to find qualified talent for skilled positions. Recently, I organized the MPACT Skilled Maintenance and Facilities Engineering Job Fair, held January 5 in a 20,000-sq.ft. facility in Greensboro, N.C. The turnout exceeded the expectations of the employers as well as the potential employees.

Several employers were asked to visit the line of candidates that snaked through the parking lot for the three-hour job fair. The employers collected their resumes. Many candidates met with three to five employers before even getting to our door.

“We have never participated in a job fair with so many qualified candidates,” says Roger Tee of UNICCO Corp.

“I am not easily impressed with job fairs in general but, MPACT’s job fair was well organized and well attended with a diverse crowd of people. Even our personnel representative, Ann Lupton, had not seen a job fair turnout like MPACT’s for many years,” says Tony Fisher, facilities director of Boddie Noell.
More than three dozen companies participated, including Miller Brewing, Merck, UNIFI, Metzler Automotive, Reagan, Dulles and BWI Airports, Loxcreen, National Textiles, EPES Transportation, ITT, GKN Driveline, Boddie Noell, Dart Container, AFG Wipes, Degussa Stockhausen, Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools, UNICCO and Bridgestone Firestone. These companies were seeking to fill more than 350 positions in skilled maintenance and facilities engineering. Hourly positions averaged from $17 to $25 per hour.

“The great attendance from both employers and potential employees highlights the need for both groups to place greater emphasis on maintenance and reliability training,” says Rob Bencini, director, Guilford County Community and Economic Development.

The outpouring of support was phenomenal. This area of the country has been hit hard by factory closings. I’ve received reports that several follow-up interviews have been conducted and that several job offers have been extended.

The event also received extensive support from local and statewide media via television, radio and newsprint coverage. Also the North Carolina Department of Labor, North Carolina Workforce Development, Job Link Centers, VFW Posts, Chamber of Commerce Centers, and the Governor’s Rapid Response team notified employers, displaced workers, veterans, Katrina victims, and even laid off Northwest Airlines workers of the event.

Most importantly, the feedback from the job seekers was gratifying. Michael Holliman, who drove 10 hours from Detroit to attend the event, says, “I have been contacted by several of the companies that were there and one has offered me employment in the Greensboro area.”
The successful job fair inspired me to develop a list of the top 13 lucky qualities to land a job in skilled maintenance and facilities engineering:

Be poor: Set high goals for yourself. Don't be satisfied with what you have. Strive for more.
Be hungry: Be willing to do what ever it takes to get the job ethically.
Be internally driven: Employers love to hire poor, hungry, and driven (PHD) talent because they’re internally motivated, self-correcting and strive for high standards. They can see the energy and enthusiasm in the interview.
Be knowledgeable: Research the employers in advance by visiting their Web sites. Find out what types of equipment the employers use. Learn what type of manufacturing processes they employ. Determine what challenges the employers face.
Be the answer: Think about what transferable skills you have to offer. Begin thinking about how you can help solve their problems. Invest in yourself. Take classes at technical schools and pursue certifications.
Be confident: All they can do is to tell you no – so go for it. Be willing to talk to the employers and to listen to what they say and don't say.
Be service-driven: Focus on what you can do for them and not what they can do for you.
Be enthusiastic: Believe in your product. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. Be able to talk in depth about your credentials, training, work experiences and other information that demonstrates your value to help them advance their business.
Be charming: Explain to the employer why you would like to work for them.
Be flexible: Be willing to consider multiple shifts, commuting or relocating for the right opportunity. Be willing to start at the bottom and work your way up.
Be positive: Dress for success and focus on positive outcomes. Know your stuff and don't whine about “wouldas, shouldas, couldas.”
Be connected: Attend job fairs and join professional organizations. The Web sites of the three largest engineering/management organizations are: www.afe.org, www.boma.org and www.ifma.org. Work to become an officer of an organization.
Be persistent: Many times, the job goes to the one who wants it the most, so never give up.
There will be another job fair from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m., Thursday, July 20, MPACT Learning Center, LLC, 2 Centerview Drive, Greensboro, N.C. Advance registration is not necessary and there will be 25-40 employers represented. Employers wanting a booth at the event should contact me at the address below.

Contact Joel Leonard at Leonard.joel@mpactlearning.com.

Current Employers Registered for July 20th MPACT JobFair

Owens Illinois

Miller Brewing

Lorillard Tobacco

Old Dominion Freight

Pepsi Bottling

Georgia Pacific

UNILIN

TIMCO

Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools

Oliver Rubber

Tyco Electronics

Insteel Wire Products

Loxcreen

Denso Manufacturing

Jones Lang LaSalle

Talecris Biotherapeutics

Merck & Co. — Durham Vaccine Manufacturing Facility

Technimark Asheboro, NC

Stockhausen, Greensboro, NC

Unicco Corporate

Michelin North America

Gold Toe Hosiery

North State Packaging

Sherwin Williams

GKN Driveline

Leiner Health Services

Boddie Noell

Timken Bearing

Pepsi Bottling

AC Corporation

Pactiv

Hubbell

Aerotek

USA Staffing

Key Resources

Hayward Industries

Metzler Automotive

Golding Farm Foods

Kao Specialities

Goodyear

Truliant Credit Union

Tyco Electronics

Organizations Supporting this Event

• Greensboro VFW- Preddy Post- provided extra tables
• NC Community College System
• NC Department of Labor Apprenticeship Division
• NC Department of Commerce
• Guilford County JobLink
• Greensboro United Way
• Full Circle Foundation
• Association for Facilities Engineering
• Plant Services Magazine
• Society for Maintenance & Reliability Professionals (SMRP)
• Reliabilityweb.com
• Parthenon Realty

What makes the MPACT JobFair Different?

Origin of MPACT JobFair

The MPACT JobFair was created because of a July 4th, 2005 news report stating that the Triad area lost over 5,600 jobs from January to July of that year. At MPACT, we encountered numerous companies that stated that they were frustrated with the quality of applicants for their high paying Skilled Maintenance jobs. Many stated they needed to begin restocking their workforce to be ready for pending retirements of the baby boomer generation.

We realized that we could no longer sit on the sideline and watch. Therefore on July 20th, 2005 MPACT hosted the first ever Skilled Maintenance/Facilities Engineering Job Fair. In just 3 weeks we uncovered 22 participating companies looking to fill more than 110 jobs paying from $15-$25/hour.

Then on January 5th, 2006, MPACT hosted another job fair that 36 employers attended. They were looking to fill over 340 jobs in the Skilled Maintenance/Facilities Engineering profession. For example, Washington/Dulles and Reagan National Airports offered $2500 signing bonuses for qualified applicants willing to relocate.

Many attendees and employers stated that the MPACT JobFair is not your normal job fair.

Below are some of the reasons why the MPACT JOBFAIR is different:

• MPACT JobFairs are held at a technical training center in a variety of small rooms with sample technical equipment on display.
• MPACT JobFairs are easy for employers to participate. Tabletops are FREE and the event runs from 4 -7 p.m. Employers can still address needs at work and then attend the Jobfair.
• MPACT JobFairs focus only on skilled maintenance and facilities engineering positions.
• The Jobfair sets up a "Treasure Hunt" environment for attendees. You have to wander through our facility to find all the employers you want to meet. MPACT does not publish a directory or map of employers. Why? We realize there is may be concern over applicants prejudging employers and only visiting employers that they knew their business names-meanwhile industrial or regional based companies who compensate equal if not better wages are overlooked.
• Only a few temporary agencies are invited to participate at MPACT JobFairs. At most public job fairs, candidates only have a few real employers to speak to while the majority of exhibitors represent temporary agencies. At the MPACT JobFair, the majority of exhibitors are actual employers.
• MPACT serves as a Job Clearinghouse. During the MPACT Jobfair, candidates are asked to provide a resume to MPACT. After the event, MPACT shares the resumes with employers who could not attend. Over 40 companies have received the MPACT JobFair resumes and numerous positions have been filled.
• MPACT JobFairs generate results. Employers have been escatic about the quality of attendees of the MPACT JobFair. Conservative estimates over 200 jobs have been filled as a result of the MPACT JobFair
• MPACT Offers the MPACT JobFairs as a community service. MPACT does not generate any revenues from employers or candidates.

MPACT JOB FAIR JULY 20th 4-7pm

MPACT Learning Center, LLC
2 Centerview Drive Ste 301
Greensboro, NC 27407
(336) 379- 1444, ext 102
http://www.mpactlearning.com/



Employers are you:
· Looking for skilled maintenance talent?
· Looking for electronic technicians?
· Looking for multi-craft technicians?
· Looking for maintenance managers?
· Looking for facilities and plant engineers?
Any company that has interest in having a table top display, posting engineering and maintenance job orders, or that just wants to review resumes from attendees, contact Joel Leonard at (336) 379-1444, ext 102.


Candidates are you:
* Looking for opportunities in facilities engineering?
* Looking to work for growing companies?
* Looking for skilled maintenance positions?

* Looking for jobs with secure futures?
* Looking to make money?
Job candidates are asked to bring hard copies of resumes and to send a soft copy to joel@mpactlearning.com