(Radio Iowa) – Iowa Workforce Development is hosting a job fair in Newton on Thursday and Friday for the more than 700 employees of T-P-I Composites who will be out of work at the end of this year. Spokesperson, Lacie Westendorf, says the 130 employers looking to hire are coming to Newton from all over the state. “All the way out from Dubuque, over up to Clear Lake, Waterloo, Ankeny, so some of the positions can even be done remotely, can be done anywhere around the state. So some of these businesses have locations anywhere, so they have openings everywhere,” Westendorf says.

So many employers are looking for workers that IowaWORKS is dividing the job fair into three sections. The first session will be Thursday morning from 7:00 until Noon, Thursday afternoon from 1:00 to 6:00, and Friday morning from 7:00 to noon. She says it will all be organized so you know where to go. “When people get to the job fair, we will actually have a booklet for them that will show which employers will be there at the different times,” Westendorf days.”They can also find that information out by going to our iowaworks.gov website.”

Anyone looking for a job may attend this job fair — not just employees of T-P-I Composites. The blade manufacturer announced earlier this year it was shutting down production.