Kindersley career fair aims to recruit new residents, employees

KINDERSLEY — Kindersley businesses are preparing to meet their newest potential employees when the town hosts a mini-career fair Aug. 13 at the local Elks Hall.

The event is a partnership between the town and the Conseil Economique et Cooperatif de la Saskatchewan (CECS), and will bring a group of job-seekers from Saskatoon to Kindersley for the afternoon to meet with local employers, town communications officer Anna Polsfut wrote in a recent email to SaskToday.

The CECS will provide round-trip transportation for attendees and the Kindersley and District Chamber of Commerce will also be on hand to speak with individuals about entrepreneurship as well as the Chamber’s mission.

“The event was created to help job seekers from Saskatoon who are wishing to make a change to a more rural lifestyle find work and living in the Kindersley area,” said Polsfut. “We have many job opportunities in town and new housing options are either arriving or are already here."

Polsfut added that job seekers will be greeted by Mayor Ken Francis and chief administrative officer Audrey Hebert upon arrival and will also receive a tour of the community.

The career fair is not open to the general public.

“The community will benefit from a successful event if we are successful in recruiting new residents,” Polsfut said. “New residents will fill empty jobs, fill empty living accommodations and contribute to our local economy.”

Eight businesses and capacity crowd of 25 potential newcomers to town had signed up for the career fair as of Tuesday. Beyond work opportunities, Polsfut also pointed to recent developments like new apartments on Railway Avenue, groundbreaking for a new daycare on Thomson Drive and a new beach area at the Motherwell Reservoir as other attractions for anyone considering a move to Kindersley.

“It will be the cherry on top of it all to have this opportunity to recruit new residents to the biggest small town in Saskatchewan,” she said. “Going forward we hope to schedule more visits from Saskatoon and hopefully other cities as well as more people realize that the hustle bustle of the city life isn’t for them.”