LAS VEGAS (KLAS) – An occasion that’s turn out to be a cornerstone of profession growth is Nevada’s largest and longest-running job honest, The Authentic Spring Job Truthful.
The job honest was held on the Las Vegas Conference Heart, drawing in hundreds of job seekers on the lookout for new alternatives.
“We came here looking for some opportunities and were looking for companies to hire some electricians,” Angel Echemendia job seeker, mentioned.
This yr’s job honest attracted probably the most job seekers within the occasion’s eight-year historical past. 6,400 individuals attended, together with about 300 CCSD highschool seniors.
Round 130 employers attended this yr’s job honest with practically 15,000 out there jobs starting from entry-level to skilled jobs.
“When I was previously looking, I was having difficulty finding something. It took a few tries even getting a regular retail job I got a lot of refusals,” job seeker Kailee Barrun mentioned.
A handful of industries have been holding on web site interviews together with hospitality, authorities, healthcare, schooling, retail, regulation enforcement, manufacturing and extra.
Nonetheless, Nevada’s unemployment price remains to be the very best within the nation.
“I have had interviews being held here and there, and it will seem promising until you know they don’t call you back,” job seeker Jaheime Taylor mentioned.
In response to the Nevada Division of Employment, Coaching, and Rehabilitation, the variety of unemployed people decreased by 635 from February to a present stage of 95,259 individuals, which elevated by 7,678 unemployed individuals since 2024.
The state’s seasonally adjusted unemployment price was 5.7 % in March 2025 which decreased by 0.1 proportion factors from February 2025.
Final yr, practically 4,000 job seekers attended, and one out of 5 attendees have been provided a job on the spot in line with Clark County.
