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Students with career aspirations in a green industry-related
field are invited to learn about and explore various seasonal
employment opportunities available throughout the region as
Owens Community College serves as host to a Green
Industry Career and Job Fair on
Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2013.
The Green Industry Career and Job Fair will take place from
3-4:30 p.m. in the College’s Audio/Visual Classroom Center Rooms
125-127 on the Toledo-area Campus. Owens is located on Oregon
Road in Perrysburg Township. Admission to the event is free and
the public is encouraged to attend.
Throughout the event, individuals can meet with local green
industry representatives and ask them questions about their
professions or how to go about choosing a career path in the
green industry field. In addition, attendees will be able to
fill out applications for various seasonal employment
opportunities.
Owens students and area residents attending the event are
encouraged to bring several copies of their resume and to dress
professionally in preparation for any impromptu interviews.
Approximately 20 area employers within such areas as landscape,
golf course and small scale farm will be in attendance. Area
employers will include Envirocare Lawn and Landscape, Schedel
Arboretum and Gardens, Premier Gardening Services,
Toledo Country Club and Smith
Road Farm, among others.
Owens will have information available for those individuals
interested in pursuing a college education. Owens offers a wide
variety of academic programs through the College’s Department of
Science specific to the natural sciences areas of Landscape and
Turfgrass Management, Golf Course/Athletic Field Management and
Urban Agriculture and Sustainability.
For more information about the Green Industry Career and Job
Fair, call (567) 661-7623 or 1-800-GO-OWENS, Ext. 7623.
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