LYNN — More than six dozens employers got a glimpse of Lynn Vocational Technical Institute’s best and brightest at the school’s Career Fair on Thursday.
Among the companies who filled the school’s lobby included Raytheon Co., North Shore Medical Center, Eastern Bank, General Electric Co., and Kettle Cuisine.
“It was an opportunity for the region’s top companies to meet our 300 juniors and seniors,” said Bonnie Carr, the school’s cooperative education coordinator. “The juniors attend because they are looking to connect with employers to become co-ops and for summer jobs.”
Of the 180 seniors, about half have co-op assignments and most have a promise of a full-time job when they graduate in June. The rest are seeking employment or plan to attend a two- or four-year college, she said.
The event was a collaboration of the Massachusetts Workforce Development Board whose members develop strategies to ensure workers have the skills they need to fill jobs, and the North Shore Youth Career Center, which helps teens find jobs.
“Vocational technical education provides an opportunity that can be life changing,” Carr said. “We give students the training they need to get hired in skilled jobs and have a viable career path.”
