Metro Atlanta job fair Friday looks to fill 9.5K positions

U.S. Rep. David Scott, seen here in 2009, has been hosting the job fair since he took the office in 2003.

Credit: Bob Andres/AJC

Credit: Bob Andres/AJC

U.S. Rep. David Scott, seen here in 2009, has been hosting the job fair since he took the office in 2003.

Whether you want to bottle Coca-Cola or help Lockheed Martin make airplanes, there’s an upcoming metro Atlanta job fair that has something for you.

Democratic U.S. Rep. David Scott has held the job fair since he started representing Georgia's 13th District in 2003. His staff said there would be about 150 employers trying to fill more than 9,500 positions of mixed pay ranges on Friday.

list on Scott's website shows the variety of organizations hiring, which has local biggies like Delta and out-of-towners like the South Carolina Department of Corrections.

Georgia's 13th District encompasses a sweeping southwest swath of the metro area from Mableton to Stockbridge (see a map here) that includes portions of the following counties: Clayton, Cobb, Douglas, Fayette, Fulton and Henry.

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Scott’s website says there will be special opportunities there for veterans provided by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Atlanta Regional Benefits Office and Atlanta VA Health Care System.

HomeSafe Georgia will also be available to counsel and review the paperwork of delinquent homeowners to help them with mortgage catch-up or principal reduction assistance up to $50,000.

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The job fair will be from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Georgia International Convention Center, 2000 Convention Center Concourse, in College Park.

Parking is free, but attendees are "strongly encouraged" to take MARTA to the Airport station and board the free ATL SkyTrain to the Convention Center, or people can take MARTA to the College Park station and board a special MARTA bus shuttle to the event.

Those interested can register for the fair online.

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