Job fair in Cecil County May 14

The Susquehanna Workforce Network is hosting a job fair in Cecil County May 14. Here are the details from its website:

 Cecil County Job Fair Participants

Thursday, May 14, 2009: 2-6 p.m.
Singerly Fire Company Banquet Hall

300 Newark Avenue (Route 279) - Elkton, Maryland
(across from Cecil County Public Library: Elkton Branch)
Map   Return to Main CCJF Page
SAVE TIME! Click here to Register in Advance!

Participating employers scheduled to include:

Terumo Cardiovascular ● R4, Inc. ● Log.Sec ● Army Team C4ISR ● IKEA
Burris Logistics ● Independent Can Co. ● APGFCU ● Cecil College ● AFLAC
McCormick & Co. ● PNC Bank ● APG-NAF ● Bank of America ● Cecil County Gov’t
  ● Enterprise Rent-A-Car ● Cecil County Public Schools ● CSSC ●
Harford Community College ● DORS ● MD Air National Guard ● Pepsi-Cola
MD Army National Guard ● University of Delaware ● WXCY ● Shorehaven, Inc.
AND MORE!

Another BRAC Job Fair is coming up March 19

There's another BRAC job fair coming up March 19. The Susquehanna Workforce Center is sponsoring the event at Ripken Stadium. Here are the details:

The Defense-Technology-Intelligence Job Fair is 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 19 at Ripken Stadium, 873 Long Drive in Aberdeen, Md. More than 25 employers are expected to be on hand. Click here to see a list of participating companies: www.swnetwork.org. There is no admission or registration required. Here are some tips for making it a success:

Dress professionally
Research the companies involved
Bring extra resumes
Prepare to complete applications
Refresh your interview skills
Network

Click here to see the event flier: http://www.swnetwork.org/2009%20DTI%20Career%20Fair%20Flyer.pdf
For more info call 410-939-4240

CECOM plans to hire 2,000 new employees by the time it moves to APG

Yesterday's Baltimore Sun had a good story on the massive hiring that will be happening in Maryland as the military moves its Fort Monmouth NJ operations to Aberdeen Proving Ground during the next three years. The story says :

The Communications-Electronics command (CECOM) is planning to hire 2,000 new employees by the time it moves to Aberdeen, the story said, with starting salaries ranging from $30,000 to $60,000, along with generous federal government fringe benefits.

If you're interested, it looks like you can apply for a job at CECOM here:
http://www.monmouth.army.mil/cecom/pandt/jobopport/apply.htm

BRAC job fair today at Harford Community College

The Department of Defense will be using today's BRAC job fair at Harford Community College to find candidates for the federal jobs coming to Aberdeen Proving Ground as a part of the military's Base Realignment and Closure process. The job fair runs from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the college's Susquehanna Center, 401 Thomas Run Road, Bel Air. (Click here to see a map.) According to the City of Aberdeen's website:

The Department of Defense is recruiting experienced Engineers, Contract Specialists, Contract Officers, Management Analysts, Program Analysts, Logisticians, and Program Managers. Meet with DOD Recruiters. Apply for federal jobs located at Aberdeen Proving Ground. For more information contact Stacey Lambert at the Susquehanna Workforce Network 410-939-4240 or slambert@swnetwork.org

The BRAC jobs are coming

A commenter (thank you!) just posted some information on upcoming BRAC job opportunities.

There's a BRAC job fair scheduled at Harford Community College on June 4. The fair is scheduled 2:00 pm—7:00 pm at the college's Susquehanna Center, 401 Thomas Run Road, Bel Air, MD 21014. According to the City of Aberdeen's website:

The Department of Defense is recruiting experienced Engineers, Contract Specialists, Contract Officers, Management Analysts, Program Analysts, Logisticians, and Program Managers. Meet with DOD Recruiters. Apply for federal jobs located at Aberdeen Proving Ground. For more information contact Stacey Lambert at 410-939-4240 or slambert@swnetwork.org

(The college is also hosting a Showcase of Aberdeen Proving Ground Technology and R&D Contract Opportunities on June 18 & 19 at the Amoss Center. Click here for more info.)

In other BRAC job news:

The master list of government jobs from Ft. Monmouth to APG is due to arrive at APG sometime before the end of June.

The majority of the Ordnance School move will start in April 09 and will continue to 2011, but the big push will be during 2010 fiscal year to Ft. Lee, VA.

The Government based jobs that are coming from nj ARE slowly starting to show up on USAJobs.com and will increase towards the end of this year.

CACI is the first contractor that will occupy the new OPUS complex.

Officials to break ground Monday on $477 million complex at APG to house Fort Monmouth's communications jobs

Army officials are scheduled to break ground Monday on a $477 million complex at Aberdeen Proving Ground that will house communications jobs that are relocating from Fort Meade. While the Asbury Park Press newspaper continues to report on efforts to prove the closing of the Fort Meade base is costing the government money instead of saving it, it appears APG will be getting ready for the 8,000 jobs expected to come nonetheless. The building will be for C4ISR: mission in command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, according to a Baltimore Sun story.

"The 1.5-million-square-foot facility, built by Whiting-Turner Contractors, should be ready for occupancy in the fall of 2010, a year ahead of the deadline for the completion of BRAC."

More construction at the 73,000-acre base will start this summer on a test and evaluation center as well as a comprehensive medical research unit, the story said.

Construction began three months ago on a 200-acre business and technology park known as GATE (Government and Technology Enterprise) that will include a 60,000-square-foot laboratory and an 80,000-square- foot office building, according to the Sun.

"The GATE project is part of an 'enhanced-use program,' a nationwide push by the Department of Defense to find new ways of financing maintenance and improvements on military installations during a time when the defense budget is being stretched to support combat operations overseas. Leasing the land helps pay for many of the other base upgrades.

"'One of the reasons we won BRAC is because APG has these lands available for lease,' said James C. Richardson, Harford's economic development director."

BRAC has already brought 500 new residents to Harford County

Harford County Executive David Craig told a crowd of 300 who attended last night's BRAC Town Hall meeting at the Aberdeen High School auditorium that 500 new residents have already come to Harford County as a result of BRAC, according to a report on abc2news.com. In addition, the story said:

"County officials told them that eight intersections near the Proving Ground will have to be improved, most of them along Rt. 40. Other roads that lead to the base, including Rt. 22, will have to be widened."

Officials said 8,000 new jobs would be moved from Fort Monmouth N.J. to Aberdeen Proving Ground. And, if the people who currently hold those jobs don't make the move, then there would be a lot of job openings at APG. They also said the sheriff's department staff would need to increase and the jail would need to be expanded. The county's water capacity would have to more than double by 2020.

"But Craig said Harford County residents will not be asked to pay for it all with an increase in their property taxes. 'We’re not anticipating an increase in taxes because of the capital improvements we need to make, or because of the operational improvements,' he said"

The story did not mention where the rest of the money would come from.