SOS to hold job fair tomorrow

This job fair is set to take place Monday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Best Western on Sparta Street. It’s being held for Store Opening Solutions, the warehouse company which is occupying the old Carrier building.

Business has slowly been picking up for Store Opening Solutions, which is called SOS for short. Increased tractor trailer traffic in and out of the facility is the reason why the light at the Carrier Drive and Manchester Highway intersection now changes from green to red instead of just flashing.

This is some refreshing job-related news for a change. We have before us ladies and gentlemen a company that is hiring.

What I don’t know is how many positions SOS plans to add with this job fair. I understand the company now has around 50 employees at its local facility and I’d love to get a ballpark figure about how many more jobs are on the way.

However, the best answer I could get is ‘quite a few’ and that came from the staffing agency overseeing the job fair. According to the staffing representative I talked to Friday, those who attend the job fair will be required to fill out an application and take a written forklift test since these are warehouse jobs.

Applicants will not find out if they are hired Monday. Instead, applicants will be entered into a database and called as needed, the staffing representative said. Good luck.