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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
May 6, 2013
  CONTACT: Melanie Mowry Etters
Communication Director
850-414-7551

Job Fair for People with Disabilities

ORLANDO—The Agency for Persons with Disabilities (APD) and the Employment Network of Central Florida are having the Third Annual Disability Employment Expo tomorrow, May 7, from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the Fashion Square Mall in Orlando.

The expo will include presentations with important information for job seekers with disabilities. Employers will host tables dealing with job opportunities, critiquing resumes, and providing mock job interviews.

Some of the employers scheduled to participate in this year’s job fair are Walgreens, Waldorf Astoria and Bonnet Creek hotels, and Cole Engineering.

For more information, contact Maryjane Wysocki at maryjane_wysocki@apd.state.fl.us or Jennifer Monje at jennifer_monje@apd.state.fl.us.

APD annually serves more than 50,000 Floridians with the developmental disabilities of autism, cerebral palsy, Down syndrome, intellectual disabilities, spina bifida, and Prader-Willi syndrome. To learn more about the agency, call 1-866-APD-CARES (1-866-273-2273) or visit APDcares.org.