By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — The first Hutchinson Soar Hire event hosted by Eagle Communications at Uptown Hutch Tuesday appeared to be good for all concerned, according to the event's organizer.
"I'm very pleased with how it went altogether," said Rick Kraus, account executive at Eagle in charge of Tuesday's event. "Businesses I talked to were happy. Everybody got to talk to ten or twelve applicants. Some had applications completed, some had interviews set. A couple of people walked out with job offers in hand, so I think, for a first time effort, it went really, really well.
The crowd was fairly well spread throughout the day.
"We had about 100 applicants, which was kind of the minimum I was hoping for," Kraus said. "It was just kind of a steady trickle from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. There wasn't really any rush, there was really no time it was completely dead. I just think in the future we will find more ways to reach people in this area and let them know of this great opportunity."
It is a job seeker's market right now, based on what Kraus saw Tuesday.
"I think it takes opportunities like this one to bring people together," Kraus said. "It puts the applicants in the driver's seat, because they can kind of pick and choose, I want these hours, I want this pay, I want to work this shift, I want to work at this location and then have an opportunity to figure out, of the opportunities they saw today, which one best fits their needs."
The August unemployment rate in Reno County was 4.5%.