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Securitas Job Fair Reaches SoCal: 10,000 Jobs Opening Across USA
The national security company looks to hire 1,200 people in California. Five job fairs and virtual hiring opportunities were announced.
ORANGE COUNTY, CA — Job seekers, be advised. Securitas is aiming to hire 1,200 new security officers in California. It is part of a push to bring on 10,000 more employees nationwide through a virtual career fair and drive-thru hiring fairs, five of which will be held in Southern California, the company announced Monday.
A drive-thru career fair will be held May 26 from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the following Southern California locations (each of which will be hiring for jobs in nearby cities)
- 2099 S. State College Blvd, Anaheim
- 1500 W. Carson Street, Ste. 109, Long Beach
- 3850 S. Figueroa Street, Los Angeles
- 430 N. Vineyard Ave. Suite 335, Ontario
- 1550 Hotel Circle North, Suite 440, San Diego
"Securitas is seeing growth in the request for its services, and to help fulfill that need, we are looking for individuals who work hard, care about their community, and who find fulfillment in making a positive impact," said Kimberly Carson, Securitas' vice president of human resources.
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Carson also stressed the opportunities for promotion.
"Securitas is a place where you can build a lifelong career," she said. "Wherever possible, we promote from within --in California, most of our area vice presidents and a large portion of our district managers started out as security officers."
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The California search will focus on:
- Anaheim
- Bakersfield
- Carlsbad
- Chino
- Commerce
- Concord
- El Centro
- Fresno
- Long Beach
- Los Angeles
- Monterey
- Mountain View
- Northridge
- Oakland
- Ontario
- Orange County
- Palm Desert
- Pasadena
- Petaluma
- Redding
- Sacramento
- San Diego
- San Francisco
- San Jose
- Santa Maria
- San Mateo
- Stockton
- Temecula
- Torrance
- Victorville
- Ventura
- West Covina
The company's virtual career fair will be held Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Anyone interested in scheduling an interview should text "attend" to 844-980-3282
Opportunities include immediately temporary, full-time and part-time positions
Anyone who cannot attend either type of career fair may apply online at www.securitasinc.com/join-us
The company employs 370,000 individuals worldwide and offers on-site, mobile and remote security services, including electronic surveillance, fire and safety solutions and corporate risk management.
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