Cherry Street Mission, Leadership Toledo to host second chance job fair
WTVG 13abc Action News | Toledo, OH
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And that will'}, {'start': '25.519', 'end': '31.359', 'text': 'include free haircuts, a trip to the'}, {'start': '28.720', 'end': '33.320', 'text': 'clothing closet here at the mission, as'}, {'start': '31.359', 'end': '36.800', 'text': 'well as mock'}, {'start': '33.320', 'end': '39.600', 'text': 'interviews. Sometimes all someone needs'}, {'start': '36.800', 'end': '41.920', 'text': "is a fresh start. And that's the focus"}, {'start': '39.600', 'end': '44.000', 'text': 'of the second chance job fair here at'}, {'start': '41.920', 'end': '45.600', 'text': 'the Cherry Street Mission. Any kind of a'}, {'start': '44.000', 'end': '47.520', 'text': 'blemish, so it might be a misdemeanor,'}, {'start': '45.600', 'end': '49.200', 'text': "it might be a felony, it doesn't matter,"}, {'start': '47.520', 'end': '50.960', 'text': 'but something is preventing you from'}, {'start': '49.200', 'end': '53.039', 'text': 'getting that job that you want. Carrie'}, {'start': '50.960', 'end': '55.199', 'text': 'Arnold is the vice president of the'}, {'start': '53.039', 'end': '56.960', 'text': 'workforce development program at the'}, {'start': '55.199', 'end': '58.160', 'text': "mission. That's what motivates me."}, {'start': '56.960', 'end': '60.640', 'text': "That's why I get up in the morning."}, {'start': '58.160', 'end': '62.480', 'text': "That's why I love doing what I do. Um I"}, {'start': '60.640', 'end': '64.479', 'text': 'get to see people who come to us'}, {'start': '62.480', 'end': '66.799', 'text': 'basically living in instability in'}, {'start': '64.479', 'end': '68.400', 'text': 'poverty and go through either one of our'}, {'start': '66.799', 'end': '70.880', 'text': 'training programs or get connected to'}, {'start': '68.400', 'end': '73.600', 'text': 'employment and come out of that making,'}, {'start': '70.880', 'end': '74.960', 'text': 'you know, 25 $30 an hour. Talk about'}, {'start': '73.600', 'end': '77.439', 'text': 'transforming their lives and their famil'}, {'start': '74.960', 'end': '79.680', 'text': "family's lives and that transforms the"}, {'start': '77.439', 'end': '82.159', 'text': 'community. A wide range of employers'}, {'start': '79.680', 'end': '84.400', 'text': 'will be at the job fair. And to get'}, {'start': '82.159', 'end': '87.520', 'text': 'ready for it, the mission hosted a'}, {'start': '84.400', 'end': '89.840', 'text': 'so-called prep day. The career closet'}, {'start': '87.520', 'end': '92.880', 'text': 'was open. There were also mock'}, {'start': '89.840', 'end': '94.560', 'text': 'interviews and free haircuts. A little'}, {'start': '92.880', 'end': '96.079', 'text': 'thing like a haircut is not a little'}, {'start': '94.560', 'end': '98.320', 'text': "thing when you haven't had one for a"}, {'start': '96.079', 'end': '100.320', 'text': 'long time. They may not have the income'}, {'start': '98.320', 'end': '102.240', 'text': 'for a suit or for a dress shirt or'}, {'start': '100.320', 'end': '104.479', 'text': 'things like that, but we have the have'}, {'start': '102.240', 'end': '107.360', 'text': "it here and we'd love to share. We like"}, {'start': '104.479', 'end': '109.119', 'text': 'to give our our guests and our students'}, {'start': '107.360', 'end': '111.200', 'text': 'every avenue to get the job that they'}, {'start': '109.119', 'end': '112.960', 'text': "want. Sometimes that's one-on-one"}, {'start': '111.200', 'end': '114.640', 'text': "support um that we're connecting them"}, {'start': '112.960', 'end': '117.360', 'text': "with, but sometimes it's things like a"}, {'start': '114.640', 'end': '120.320', 'text': 'job fair. Devin Christian has his resume'}, {'start': '117.360', 'end': '122.399', 'text': 'ready for the job fair. He also got'}, {'start': '120.320', 'end': '125.040', 'text': 'closed for his interviews in the'}, {'start': '122.399', 'end': '127.520', 'text': "mission's career closet. After being"}, {'start': '125.040', 'end': '129.599', 'text': 'homeless on and off for a couple years,'}, {'start': '127.520', 'end': '132.160', 'text': "he took part in the mission's workforce"}, {'start': '129.599', 'end': '135.280', 'text': "development program. He's looking to"}, {'start': '132.160', 'end': '137.760', 'text': 'find an auto tech or welding job and'}, {'start': '135.280', 'end': '140.560', 'text': "he's taken advantage of everything that"}, {'start': '137.760', 'end': '142.959', 'text': 'can help him land that dream job. They'}, {'start': '140.560', 'end': '145.840', 'text': 'do the mark reviews and they also help'}, {'start': '142.959', 'end': '147.920', 'text': 'with resumes and uh questions that they'}, {'start': '145.840', 'end': '149.360', 'text': 'may may ask on the interview so you can'}, {'start': '147.920', 'end': '150.879', 'text': 'feel more comfortable when you get an'}, {'start': '149.360', 'end': '153.920', 'text': 'interview. You know, you just got to put'}, {'start': '150.879', 'end': '155.920', 'text': 'one foot forward in front of the other'}, {'start': '153.920', 'end': '157.680', 'text': 'foot and you know and believe in'}, {'start': '155.920', 'end': '159.519', 'text': 'yourself for one. You got to believe in'}, {'start': '157.680', 'end': '162.640', 'text': 'yourself and you can basically make it'}, {'start': '159.519', 'end': '166.080', 'text': 'anywhere. The job fair is designed to'}, {'start': '162.640', 'end': '168.080', 'text': 'help people get one step closer to a new'}, {'start': '166.080', 'end': '169.760', 'text': 'life. A community is stronger when the'}, {'start': '168.080', 'end': '171.040', 'text': 'people within it are stronger. And'}, {'start': '169.760', 'end': '175.239', 'text': "that's what we're doing here at Cherry"}, {'start': '171.040', 'end': '175.239', 'text': "Street is we're making folks stronger."}, {'start': '176.319', 'end': '180.480', 'text': 'The Second Chance Job Fair is next'}, {'start': '178.239', 'end': '183.280', 'text': 'Tuesday here at the Mission. It starts'}, {'start': '180.480', 'end': '186.319', 'text': 'off with a networking event at 12:30'}, {'start': '183.280', 'end': '188.319', 'text': 'followed by the job fair from 1 to 3. It'}, {'start': '186.319', 'end': '190.879', 'text': "is open to everyone and if you'd like to"}, {'start': '188.319', 'end': '194.080', 'text': "learn more, we'll post a link on our web"}, {'start': '190.879', 'end': '194.080', 'text': 'page. Lee.'}]