Pearl Harbor job fair draws 4,000 job seekers
From the Honolulu Star-Advertiser
About 4,000 people turned out on Saturday, March 26 for the annual Pearl Harbor Apprenticeship and Engineering Career Fair at Honolulu Community College in search of opportunities or to chase their dreams. That number was down from the 6,000-plus who attended last year, but some people might be planning to apply online, said event spokeswoman Lianne Nakahara.
Ramsey and Denby Pasatiempo of Ewa Beach attended the event with their two children, Seyden, 3, and Ramden, 2, to get information about joining the Federal Police Department, which was also recruiting. Ramsey Pasatiempo, who works as a security officer at Pearl Harbor, said being a federal police officer was “something I always saw myself doing.”
The shipyard held the career fair to recruit replacements for an exodus of baby-boomer employees who will retire over the next five to 10 years. The shipyard will hire about 150 people by the end of this year. Apprentices will receive training and get paid $19 an hour with full benefits. After four years, graduates will earn $28 or more an hour.
