\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRAIN AND THEY PACKED THE SACRAMENTO CONVENTION CENTER LOOKING FOR A JOB. A LOT MORE PEOPLE TURNED OUT THAN THEY THOUGHT. PRIDE INDUSTRIES HELD THEIR THIRD IM ABLE JOB FAIR. MORE THAN 40 EMPLOYERS SET UP TABLES LOOKING TO HIRE WORKERS. PRIDE INDUSTRIES HAD MORE THAN 900 PEOPLE PRE-REGISTER. THEY EXPECT A CLOSE TO 2000 PEOPLE TO ATTEND TODAY\u2019S JOB FAIR. I\u2019M INTERESTED TO GET A JOB SO I CAN HELP OUT MY FAMILY OUT SO THEY CAN HAVE EVERYTHING WHAT THEY NEED. ALL PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES REALLY WANT IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET IN FRONT OF AN EMPLOYER AND LET THAT EMPLOYER KNOW WHAT THEY CAN DO. YOU KNOW, IF SOMEONE DOESN\u2019T LOOK YOU IN THE EYE OR SHAKE YOUR HAND, IF THAT\u2019S NOT PART OF THE JOB DESCRIPTION, IT SHOULDN\u2019T MATTER. SO THESE ARE EMPLOYERS READY, WILLING AND ABLE TO INTERVIEW. WONDERFUL JOB SEEKERS WITH DIFFERENT ABILITIES. MORE INFORMATION ABOUT FUTURE JOB FA\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThousands of people braved the rain to attend the “I AM ABLE” job fair at the Sacramento Convention Center.More than 40 employers set up tables to hire workers at the event organized by PRIDE Industries.PRIDE Industries had more than 900 people pre-register for the event and expected close to 2,000 attendees. “All people with disabilities really want is an opportunity to get in front of an employer and let that employer know what they can do,” said Kat Maudru from PRIDE Industries. “If somebody doesn’t look you in the eye or shake your hand, if that’s not part of the job description, that shouldn’t matter. These are wonderful employers ready, willing and able to interview wonderful job seekers with different abilities.”Learn more about future events on the PRIDE Industries website. See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
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Thousands of people braved the rain to attend the “I AM ABLE” job fair at the Sacramento Convention Center.<\/p>\n
More than 40 employers set up tables to hire workers at the event organized by PRIDE Industries.<\/p>\n
PRIDE Industries had more than 900 people pre-register for the event and expected close to 2,000 attendees. <\/p>\n
“All people with disabilities really want is an opportunity to get in front of an employer and let that employer know what they can do,” said Kat Maudru from PRIDE Industries. “If somebody doesn’t look you in the eye or shake your hand, if that’s not part of the job description, that shouldn’t matter. These are wonderful employers ready, willing and able to interview wonderful job seekers with different abilities.”<\/p>\n
Learn more about future events on the PRIDE Industries website<\/a>. <\/p>\n See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"RAIN AND THEY PACKED THE SACRAMENTO CONVENTION CENTER LOOKING FOR A JOB. A LOT MORE PEOPLE TURNED OUT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5046,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[5608,2820,5609,5615,5613,1043,5610,4194,5611,671,592,5612,121,123,122,669,5614,3293,2734,5616,4455],"class_list":["post-5045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-accessibility","tag-app","tag-disabilities","tag-disability","tag-employer","tag-event","tag-inclusive-job-fair","tag-job","tag-job-fair","tag-more-coverage","tag-people","tag-pride-industries","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-subscribe","tag-table","tag-thousand","tag-top-california-story","tag-wonderful-job-seeker","tag-worker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5045\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5046"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}