Port Arthur ISD Career and Technology Department administrators and teachers worked diligently with Workforce Center career specialists to prepare current 11th and 12th grade Career and Technology (CTE) students to meet with employers at the Spring Hiring Event Job Fair. Shannon Galvan, workforce career specialist, provided job-readiness sessions at Memorial High School for Business Management CTE students during the spring. These workforce sessions complimented class curriculum and included interviewing skills, resume preparation, and completing job applications.

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Workforce Solutions Southeast Texas encourages our employers and job seekers to be aware of the newest job scam which take advantage of unsuspecting users: delivering pay checks by direct deposit. This current scam appears as a job offer from a legitimate employer which requests the job seeker’s personal information. Other scams have included fake job postings which ask the job seeker to pay for the job or other items through their bank accounts.

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1. Reminder: The deadline for Disaster Unemployment Assistance (DUA) for individuals in Orange, Newton, and several other counties in Texas is quickly approaching.

2. Employers - be sure your Workplace Policy covers how inclement weather and worker's attendance may affect pay.

3. Top Occupations for Southeast Texas

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