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Employers, agencies line up for job fair

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Nearly four dozen employers will be looking for workers at the job fair in Belvidere on Wednesday. Another nine employment agencies and 12 education and training organizations will also be on site at the Belvidere Community Center, 111 W. First St.

Employers

Cargill Meat Solutions (Beardstown)
Leading Edge Hydraulics
Bi-State Point of Sale Solutions
Ford Tool and Machine
Gwen Brooks State Farm (Belvidere)
Belvidere Dental Designs
Aflac
Home Depot
Franklin Wire and Display
Servicom
Bourn and Koch
NCO Group
West Corporation
Ingersoll Machine Tool
K & M Machine-Fabricating
Belvidere Police Department
YTB Travel
DialAmerica Marketing
Abrasive-Form Inc.
Benefit Solutions
DHL Express
Consortium Group
Haldex Hydraulics
Allstate Insurance
Rockford Health System
Winnebago County Sheriff
Excel Gear
Advanced Technology Services
Cintas Corporation
Nationwide Insurance
Relive International
Woodward
Printpack Inc.
MetLife
United States Steel Corp.
Ambit Energy
Primerica
Hintzsche Fertilizer
OSF St. Anthony Medical Center
Lutheran Social Services of Illinois
Material Testing Laboratories
Averitt Express
Forte Automation Systems
Sure Care Home Health
Wahl Clipper Corporation
Bioadvantage Fuels

Employment agencies

Global Staffing Services
Furst Staffing
Workplace
Stateline Staffing Services
QPS Companies
SRI Systems Research Inc.
Working World Staffing Services
Staff on Site
Assured Staffing

Education and training

TechWorks
Upper Iowa University
Fabricators and Manufacturers Association (FMA)
Rockford Real Estate Academy
Rasmussen College
Rock Valley College
Kishwaukee College
Colorado Technical University
Kaplan University
Building & Fire Code Academy

Healthy companies

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The founder of CHIP, the Coronary Health Improvement Project, will give a two-day seminar about using the plan to reduce health care costs at corporations.

Dr. Hans Diehl will direct the Executive FastTrack to Better Health from 7:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 28, and Friday, Feb. 29, at the new visitors center at Anderson Japanese Gardens.

The seminar is limited to the firstĀ  55 executives who sign up. Among the local companies already participating in the healthy lifestyle program are SwedishAmerican Health Systems, Chrysler and Woodward Governor.

For more information or to register, call 815-316-6361 or visit chiphealth.com.