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Manchin Website Lists Job Openings for West Virginians

West Virginia’s U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin has launched a website with job listings for residents.

The website currently lists 22 postings, ranging from coal miner to bartender to procurement specialist at West Virginia’s Supreme Court of Appeals.

It also lists job fairs and guidance on resumes and cover letters for applicants.

Manchin says he has co-hosted 25 job fairs throughout the state since October 2015.

The Democrat, who faces-re-election next year, says the website at https://www.manchin.senate.gov/help-from-joe/jobs/job-postings is an extension of that effort.

Job Fair Set for Wednesday at Bluefield State College

Nearly 100 government and private sector employers have signed up for a job fair this week in Bluefield.

The fair runs from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Wednesday at Bluefield State College. The event is free.

The Office of Personnel Management, a federal agency that oversees the hiring process for federal jobs, will be on site to give a one-hour seminar on finding and applying for federal jobs.

U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin’s office said he is co-hosting the event with WVVA and Bluefield State College and will give remarks during the fair Wednesday morning. It is one of 12 hiring or resource fairs Manchin is co-hosting across the state this year.

Manchin to Co-Host Job Fairs Starting This Week

A series of job and resource fairs co-hosted by U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin kicks off this week in Wheeling.

The West Virginia Democrat says in a news release that his staff will attend an event Tuesday at Wheeling Jesuit University’s McDonough Hall Gym. More than 25 service organizations looking for volunteers also will participate.

Manchin says the fairs in every region of the state are intended to help West Virginia residents get back to work. West Virginia’s unemployment rate in December was 6.3 percent. Unemployment rates increased in 49 of the state’s 55 counties that month.

Job fairs also are scheduled March 4 at the Interstate 79 Technology Park in Fairmont, April 7 in Whitesville and May 6 at Chief Logan State Park. Additional job fairs are planned around the state.