Tell City job fair connects local employers with job seekers
Public job seekers met Tell City employers Wednesday at Ivy Tech, where a 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. fair put local openings under one roof on 31st Street.
Anyone in Perry County looking for work, a second job or a new career path had a place to go Wednesday morning: the public job fair at the Ivy Tech Tell City Career and Technology Center, 1034 31st Street, ran from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. CDT. Local employers were on site and ready to meet job seekers, giving residents a chance to talk face to face about openings across a range of industries without leaving town.
The event was promoted by the Southwest Indiana Workforce Board, which says it develops and promotes strategies that provide a skilled workforce for employers in Southwest Indiana while supporting and training job seekers for careers with competitive wages that lead to self-sufficiency. On its job-seeker page, the board says WorkOne Career Center hiring events and job fairs are designed to connect job seekers with employers and current openings, a simple format that can shorten a job search for anyone ready to move quickly.
The location mattered as much as the date. Ivy Tech Community College lists the Tell City site as a satellite location in its Evansville service area, and its building hours are Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. That makes the campus a familiar place for residents already looking for training, credentials or a first step into a new field. For employers, it offered a direct way to meet candidates in person; for job seekers, it put hiring conversations and training pathways under one roof in the middle of Tell City.
The June fair also fit a pattern that has made Tell City a recurring stop for workforce events. Perry County Jobapalooza brought Southwest Indiana Workforce, WorkOne and the Perry County Development Corporation together at the Schergens Center on Nov. 13, 2025, and state listings at the time said the event was free to the public, with free food for the first 50 attendees and gas card giveaways. Another Tell City job fair was listed for Jan. 15, 2026, at the Ivy Tech Career and Technology Center, showing that local hiring outreach has stayed active month after month.
That steady schedule comes against a tight labor market. Perry County’s unemployment rate was 2.5% in April 2026, while Indiana’s statewide rate was 3.2% that same month. In that setting, a few hours at Ivy Tech can matter: employers get immediate contact with applicants, and residents get a faster route to compare openings, ask questions and decide whether a nearby job is the right fit.
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