Annual job fair
The Urban League of Greater Chattanooga will host its Annual job fair on Thursday, Nov. 12 from 10 a.m.–2 p.m. at its headquarters at 730 E. Martin Luther King Blvd. Area residents seeking employment or a career change are invited to attend to connect with 30 employers seeking to fill over 400 job openings within the greater Chattanooga and northwest Georgia area.The companies who are planning to attend this year’s job fair are:Beaulieu AmericaBlueCross BlueShield of TennesseeChattanooga CollegeChattanooga Police DepartmentChattanooga Supportive ServicesCHP InternationalCoca Cola BottlingEPBERMCErlangerGoodwill IndustriesInvista StaffingITT Tech InstituteLowesMcKee FoodsNewsChannel 9OfficeTeamPrologistix StaffingRegions BankSodexho Restaurant ServicesShaw IndustriesSiskin HospitalTennessee Career CenterTennessee Valley AuthorityTennessee Valley Federal Credit UnionVerizon WirelessWilkins Research
When it comes time once again to file income taxes, it’s expected 5,000 Chattanoogans will get help to file electronically through Volunteer Income Tax Assistance.
That’s not a for-profit business – it’s a free service of the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga staffed by volunteers who are being trained now.
“We don’t charge [tax filers] anything,” said Warren E. Logan Jr., president and CEO of the Urban League of Greater Chattanooga.” They get the full benefit of whatever refunds they’re going to get.”
The tax-assistance service is one of things that Logan said the local Urban League is “doing right,” which garnered it a perfect score of five out of a possible five from the National Urban League in a recent five-year review.