A career change can be a stressful proposition, but also extremely rewarding when presented with the right opportunities.

Finding those opportunities could be as simple as attending the Black Press Extreme Education and Career Fair on April 11 at Rutland Centennial Hall in Kelowna.

Founded in Kelowna and now the city91裸聊视频檚 largest private-sector employer, KF Aerospace will be attending the fair, seeking those keen for a career change or looking to get a foot into the workforce.

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Stevens said KF has a wide range of what they call direct-entry jobs, for people who don91裸聊视频檛 necessarily have specific skills or training in aviation. These can be administrative jobs supporting hangar operations, or more hands-on types of positions such as aircraft service technicians, who look after tasks such as assembling or disassembling interiors of planes.

And then there are jobs for those who have a relevant diploma or degree.

91裸聊视频淭hey91裸聊视频檒l have gone to Okanagan College or Northern Lights College or BCIT and places like that to get a diploma in aerospace maintenance so they can become an AME (aircraft maintenance engineer),91裸聊视频� said Stevens, noting KF has a training partnership with Okanagan College, which will also be represented at the fair.

91裸聊视频淭here are two things I think somebody going to the career fair is going to find. There are jobs currently available, certainly for us in the community,91裸聊视频� said Stevens. 91裸聊视频淭he other thing is there are future training opportunities. People may be in a job that they91裸聊视频檙e not that interested in, or they don91裸聊视频檛 think it has potential long term. You get a chance to meet people from places like Okanagan College, and I suspect other training institutions, so you can take a look at other training opportunities.91裸聊视频�

The Centre For Arts and Technology is another of those training opportunities that will be on hand, on the lookout for high school graduates and those seeking a career change.

91裸聊视频淲e do have a couple of initiatives that we run internally here. For a little bit older demographic that are looking for more of a retraining situation,91裸聊视频� said Megan Reid, the centre91裸聊视频檚 community relations manager.

Reid said the Centre, a repeat attendee of Black Press91裸聊视频� Extreme Education and Career Fairs, values the opportunity the event provides to connect with possible future students, and vice versa.

91裸聊视频淲e go more for a marketing and recruitment type of boot. For us that91裸聊视频檚 the draw, is it91裸聊视频檚 still a local, public fair where we get a lot of traffic come through,91裸聊视频� said Reid.

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The April 11 event will be the third Black Press Extreme Education and Career Fair for KF Aerospace, which Stevens views as an opportunity to help the company grow.

91裸聊视频淲e had some good quality people we had a chance to meet and talk to about potential careers here with the company, so that91裸聊视频檚 why we91裸聊视频檙e back again,91裸聊视频� said Stevens. 91裸聊视频淩eally for us, we are continuing to grow our business here in Kelowna and across Canada, so it91裸聊视频檚 important for us to be out talking with the community about the career opportunities we have here in Kelowna and other places like Manitoba and Hamilton and Vancouver.91裸聊视频�

The Black Press Extreme Education and Career Fair runs from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Rutland Centennial Hall, in Centennial Park at 215 Shepherd Rd.

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