Georgia Department of Labor - Press Release 
Georgia Department of 
Labor 
Suite 642  148 International Boulevard N.E. 
Atlanta, Georgia 30303-1751 (404)656-3032 
 
October 19, 1999 
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE 
 
LABOR DEPARTMENT TO HOLD CAREER EXPO IN WOODSTOCK SATURDAY 
 
ATLANTA -- State Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond said today that the Georgia Department of Labor's Cobb-Cherokee office will sponsor a career expo Saturday, Oct. 23, at a local church in Woodstock. 
 
The one-day event will be held from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the First Baptist Church of Woodstock at 777 Neese Road. The expo is part of the church's career counseling program, which includes networking between job seekers and employers. 
 
Employers expected to participate include: Georgia Pacific, New York Life Insurance Co., Herman Miller, First North American National Bank, Mony, Waddell and Company, Ronald Blue and Company, Skills Unlimited, Kroger, Church's Chicken, Edward Jones, IKON Management, Columbia Life, Randstad, Office Team, Robert Half International, and Georgia Temps, a division of Georgia Pacific. 
 
Labor department staff members will be available to provide career counseling to participants of the expo. 
 
For more information about the career expo or directions to the church, contact Donald Van Meter at the church at (770) 591-2646, or Cari Horsey at the labor department's Cobb-Cherokee office at (770) 528-6137. 
 
NEWS MEDIA NEEDING MORE INFORMATION MAY CALL (404) 656-3032. 
 
E-mail: communications@dol.state.ga.us. 
 
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