Fort Knox employment information session Nov. 10

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Wednesday - October 28, 2009
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HIGHLAND HEIGHTS, Ky. - As many as 1,400 new jobs will soon be coming to Fort Knox, Ky. - well paying, white collar civilian jobs with great benefits - and a team of experts from Fort Knox will soon be visiting Northern Kentucky University conducting one-hour information sessions to let NKU students and others know about these opportunities.

The sessions, to be held in the University Center Otto Budig Theater, will be at 12:15 p.m., 3:30 p.m., 5 p.m. and 7 p.m. on Nov. 10.

"Army representatives want to make sure NKU students understand that for applicants with college degrees, their degree can qualify them for many of these jobs," said Sherry Johnson, Lincoln Trail Area Development District associate director for employment and training. "What's going on at Fort Knox is the equivalent of having a Fortune 500 company move their headquarters to Kentucky."

It is anticipated that there will be as many as 1,400 openings for civilian workers, out of a total of more than 5,000 total civilian jobs on Fort Knox. These are well-paying jobs with great benefits. Most of these job openings will be in human resource management, information technology and administrative fields. But there will also be openings in a wide variety of other disciplines, from business, finance, marketing, research analyst and many more.

"This informational event will be a great opportunity for NKU students and alumni as well as the Northern Kentucky/Greater Cincinnati community to find out about careers with the federal government in Ft. Knox, Ky.," said Dr. Keley Smith-Keller, director of the NKU Career Development Center.

"We would like to see many of these jobs filled by our local workforce," said Brad Richardson, executive director of One Knox. "Almost all require significant experience for the mid and higher levels, but at the entry levels a college degree can be used as a substitute for experience."

The Fort Knox information sessions are sponsored and coordinated by the NKU Career Development Center, the NKU Veteran's Advocacy Committee and the NKU student veteran's organization, V.E.T.S. (Veterans for Education and Transition Support). Call the Career Development Center for more information at (859) 572-5680.

About One Knox
Established by community leaders in 2006, One Knox serves as the central coordinating agency to help the region respond in the most positive way to growth opportunities associated with BRAC and Fort Knox. It represents a nine-county region that mirrors that of the Lincoln Trail Area Development District, plus Bullitt County. For more information about One Knox visit http://www.oneknox.com

About LTADD
The Lincoln Trail Area Development District (LTADD) was formally organized in March 23, 1968 under Kentucky law for the purposes of planning, promoting and sustaining a program of economic, social and natural and human resources development. The LTADD serves eight central Kentucky counties - Breckinridge, Grayson, Hardin, Larue, Marion, Meade, Nelson and Washington. For more information about the LTADD visit http://www.ltadd.org.

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