For recent graduate Kelle-Shae Bryson, 22, it was a way to “get my foot in the door” of a potential future employer. And after she made the rounds of the companies lined up at the health-care jobs fair at Willingboro’s Kennedy Center on Tuesday, the biology major concluded: “It’s not as intimidating as I thought it would be.”
There were job openings for nurses, nurse’s aides, technicians, and other health-care and related professionals.
The increase in new lease and renewals executed accounted for approximately 359,155 square feet in Burlington, Camden and Gloucester counties, and represented a 58 percent increase from 2016’s second quarter, the firm said.
For Jenna Jordan, a talent acquisition consultant at Virtua, the fair was an opportunity to meet “people we think would be a great fit for our company.” Virtua, she said, expected to hire at least a few people from the fair. The company had job openings for a number of positions, including nurses, patient care technicians, medical assistants, and food service workers. Virtua was among 19 health-care companies, most of them local, whose tables and representatives lined a room at the Kennedy Center.