Cobb career expo called off due to economy

The Marietta/Cobb Career Expo has been canceled because few of the companies attending had any jobs to offer, said Marietta City Council member Anthony Coleman.

Coleman said he talked to the state Labor Department and learned the firms that might attend the expo were not hiring.

“I didn’t want to give people false hope there were jobs out there when there were not,” Coleman said Thursday.

He hopes to revive the career expo next year.

The expo is normally held each year in the fall. Last October, recruiters from more than 70 employers, colleges and universities, and service organizations met with 1,500 prospective employees at the Cobb County Civic Center.