“You can see how much employers are looking for workers in the number of jobs available here,” he said.

He said the state has about 114,000 job openings. Schmidt said it’s no surprise that employers in Vegas want to take advantage of Friday’s job fair. That fast pace of job growth - about 6 percent in January - leads the nation, followed by Texas and Florida with 5 percent and 4.9 percent employment growth, respectively. Statewide unemployment rates in February remained at 5.5 percent, while the state added about 7,000 jobs compared with January, with 6,100 of those in the Vegas area. The job fair comes at a time when data shows four job openings for every three workers in Nevada, said David Schmidt, chief economist at the Department of Employment, Training and Rehabilitation. So they have every interest in making sure you know you’re wanted.” “And by the way, the bulk of the 20,000 jobs that are opened are coming from Las Vegas Boulevard. “It takes something to get up on those marquees,” Gibson said.

Job seekers will be able to find more than 20,000 positions from 130 employers at the Las Vegas Convention Center’s West Hall, as the region’s businesses look to fill their ranks during a tight labor market.Ĭlark County Commission Chairman Jim Gibson said it’s “a big deal,” during a Thursday news conference previewing the event, noting that marquees on Las Vegas Boulevard are also advertising the job fair. (Bizuayehu Tesfaye Las Vegas Review-Journal) attending Clark County’s Spring Job Fair on Friday will have enough openings for every resident of Boulder City - and then some. Clark County Commissioners, local employers and event partners gathered to preview the Spring Job Fair to be held on Friday at the facility. Clark County Commission Chairman Jim Gibson speaks about the upcoming Job Fair during a press conference at the Las Vegas Convention Center, on Thursday, March 23, 2023, in Las Vegas.

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