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Fulton County Schools to hold ‘quick-track’ job fair on Saturday

Fulton County Schools is hiring bus drivers and food service workers. Photo courtesy of Fulton County Schools

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Fulton County Schools is hiring bus drivers and food service workers. Photo courtesy of Fulton County Schools
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Sept 16, 2021

Fulton County Schools will hold a job fair Saturday to hire food service workers, bus drivers and transportation assistants.

The “quick-track” hiring event runs from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the district’s North Transportation Center at 410 South Main St. in Alpharetta. Prospective employees are asked to register online before the job fair and bring their driver’s license to complete a required background check.

ExploreMetro Atlanta schools face bus driver shortage

Fulton, like other districts around the metro Atlanta region and nation, is trying to fill vacancies in transportation and nutrition departments.

The district said it is offering a $1,000 signing bonus to food service workers hired this month.

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