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Roane State health care job fair matches employers with students

Posted at 9:15 am March 31, 2017
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Covenant Health employees Nelson Leiser and Liz Floyd talk with Roane State students on the verge of graduating in healthcare fields during the annual Healthcare Job Fair, held March 29 at the college’s Oak Ridge campus. (Photo by Roane State)

Covenant Health employees Nelson Leiser and Liz Floyd talk with Roane State students on the verge of graduating in health care fields during the annual Healthcare Job Fair, held March 29 at the college’s Oak Ridge campus. (Photo by Roane State)

 

By Bob Fowler, Roane State staff writer

When it comes to the burgeoning health care field, there are plenty of jobs out there.

That became obvious to some 200 Roane State students on the verge of graduating who took advantage of the college’s annual Healthcare Job Fair, held March 29 at the Roane State campus in Oak Ridge.

“There are a lot of potential job openings,” said Trista Murrell, set to graduate from the college’s physical therapist assistant program in August. She was handing out resumes to prospective employers and, she said, “everyone has been very helpful.”

Some 50 companies and institutions set up displays in the atrium and hallways of the college’s Coffey-McNally Building.

Employers included hospitals, medical clinics, nursing homes, health care recruiting firms, and companies involved in medical record-keeping. Even representatives of the Army and the state’s prison system had displays. Prison nurses start out at $26.50 an hour, a spokeswoman said. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, College, Education, Front Page News, Health, Top Stories Tagged With: Cassidy Harvey, Covenant Health, Cynthia Plemens, health care, health care job fair, Healthcare Job Fair, job fair, Kim Harris, Liz Floyd, Michael Dunn Center, Nelson Leiser, Roane State, Trista Murrell, Workforce Training and Placement

Roane Alliance names new president, CEO

Posted at 6:26 pm January 30, 2014
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Wade Creswell

Wade Creswell

KINGSTON—The Roane Alliance board on Thursday unanimously agreed to hire Roane County native Wade Creswell as their next president and chief executive officer.

Creswell, 39, was recommended to the board by its officers and the selection committee after a nationwide search that began several weeks ago, shortly after current President and CEO Leslie Henderson announced she would retire on March 28.

Creswell will come to the Alliance from his position as vice president of development and public relations for health services at Michael Dunn Center, one of Roane County’s largest employers. The Michael Dunn Center is a nonprofit agency that serves children and adults with developmental disabilities. [Read more…]

Filed Under: Business, Roane County, Top Stories Tagged With: chief executive officer, Juanita Hembree Creswell, Kingston City Council, Leslie Henderson, Michael Dunn Center, president, Roane Alliance, Roane Chamber, Roane County Chamber of Commerce, Roane County Industrial Development Board, Roane County Visitors Bureau, Sharon Templeton, Wade Creswell

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