By NICK GOSNELL
Hutch Post
HUTCHINSON, Kan. — Longtime area HR professional Rick Kraus is helping Eagle Communications with its Soar Hire event at Uptown Hutch as part of his duties with the company.
"There's two goals, I think," Kraus said. "One goal is to fill a need in our county. You can just drive around town and see a number of help wanted signs. In the Eagle family, two other markets had already done hiring fairs that were successful. It was a good fit for Eagle in Hutchinson, with my prior experience, for us to take on the same opportunity. Number two is to try to bring everybody together in one location, use the power of our stations and our digital exposure to inform as many people as we could about this opportunity, which is unique."
Kraus is pleased with the number of individual inquiries he's already seeing at the dedicated website for the event at soarhire.careers and with the breadth of the employers enrolled.
"There's something for everybody, from Haven to Sterling to McPherson and Wichita," Kraus said. "Certainly here in Reno County and Hutchinson, as well. There are jobs everywhere. I am very pleased with the wide variety of businesses and how far some of them are coming to be a part of this opportunity."
The hope is also to catch some of those passive job seekers who are already working, but looking for something better. The Soar Hire event is from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tuesday, October 5 at Uptown Hutch.