If You Go
* What: Chattanooga Chamber of Commerce Spring Job Fair* Where: Brainerd Crossroads (BX), 4011 Austin St., in Chattanooga* When: May 3 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m.* Who: Jobseekers and companies such as CHI Memorial, McKee Foods, HomeServe and others.No registration required for job seekers; interested employers may contact mmoran@chattanoogachamber.com
Carol McCutcheon craved a new challenge when she attended the Chattanooga Chamber’s annual Spring Job Fair last year. Now Accounting and Wire Specialist at Tennessee Valley Federal Credit Union (TVFCU), she says she’s happy to be a job fair success story.
“I took 13 years off to focus on being a mom, and it’s hard applying cold to positions online when your most recent experience is from years ago,” McCutcheon says. “Connecting face to face with companies at the job fair helped me tell my story more broadly than my resume, and I could interview companies to get a feel for what I wanted.”
McCutcheon wanted to “get her feet wet” with working in an office again, a perfect fit for TVFCU, who needed a full-time temp to fill in for a maternity leave in their accounting and payroll department.
After several months, McCutcheon eagerly accepted a permanent full-time position at TVFCU.