Workforce Wednesdays: Virtual Hiring Events Offered Every Week in the Rural Capital Area

Join us online every Wednesday, from 10 a.m. to  4 p.m., for our Workforce Wednesdays Virtual Career Expo. Register to virtually connect with hiring recruiters from multiple local companies. Learn about their exciting career, apprenticeship and internship opportunities in the Rural Capital Area, and take part in free virtual career-enhancement workshops right from your own computer, or mobile device. All job seekers welcome.

Job Seekers, register today: bit.ly/wsrcavirtualcareerexpo

Employers, Free Recruiting Booths Are Available: https://ruralcapitalarea.getyourbooth.com/

Be our Guest – Tribute to Brushy Creek Trail  --  Available at https://www.facebook.com/wilcogov and select “videos”  OR by YouTube https://youtu.be/GF7udIbyrTs

Ladies & Gentlemen, it is with deepest pride

And great pleasure that we welcome you today

And now we invite to  join in, hike on this new trail

As Wilco Parks now proudly presents

The newest!

Be our guest be our guest

Put this new trail to the test

Pull your hat on; tie your shoes, my dear

And we’ll provide the rest

Sun or shade, quite the view

Chasco built it, yes its new

RVI planned it with much talk

Don’t believe me, hit the boardwalk

Birds will sing, and they feed

After all, this stream is free

And the fishing here is never second best

Go on down there’s a bridge

Just one stroll and then you’ll

Be our guest, yes our guest

Be our guest

Water flows, under foot

Dapple shade, poison ivy,

Turtles, snakes and stream mighty

Biological cabaret

Until now you never cared

The bridge and rails, all prepared

It’s so roomy for the hikers,

Strollers, wheelchairs and the bikers

Moving fast, or slow behinders

Choose a pace, there’s no timers

And it’s all in perfect weather you can bet

Come on get off the grass

You have your own free pass

To be our guest if you’re stressed

It’s slow walking we suggest

Be our guest, be our guest, be our guest

Life has been no sweet dream

For those of us in quarantine

Our souls are drained without our normal routines

Ah, those good old days when we had choices

Suddenly those good old days are gone

The Texas Department of Transportation announced July 6 that the virtual public hearing to review proposed improvements on US 79 from I-35 to east of FM 1460 in Williamson County starting on Thursday, July 9 has been postponed. They will provide further notice when the meeting has been rescheduled.

If you need additional information on this project or concerns regarding the public hearing, please visit www.txdot.gov, keyword search “US 79.”

Williamson County and Family Emergency Room announced an improved contract to provide better COVID-19 testing services for all. The charges for COVID-19 tests are currently covered by most inurance companies, and Family Emergency Room will bill the patient's insurance company at no cost to the patient. Tests for any Williamson County resident without insurance will be paid for by the county. The renewed partnership is a continuation of hard work between the two entities to make testing more accessible.  

Under the improved contract, Family Emergency Room will provide a seamless scheduling process to ensure that residents no longer need to wait for a call back to schedule an appointment. The agreement also allows for additional Family Emergency Room sites to be utilized. Residents can count on drive-thru style testing at the two Family Emergency Room locations in Cedar Park, one located on Whitestone Boulevard and the other on Lakeline Boulevard, and at their Round Rock facility on A.W. Grimes Boulevard. In the near future, Family Emergency Room is planning to provide testing at additional Williamson County facilities.  

Due to high demand, testing is being prioritized for symptomatic individuals; however, asymptomatic and antibody testing is also available for a fee and is being scheduled within a five to eight day period. 

For more information please visit https://www.wilco.org/williamson-county-and-family-emergency-room-offer-covid-19-testing.   

Kalahari Resorts, one of the largest resort, convention and theme parks in the world, is coming to Central Texas, and they're hosting a virtual hiring fair. Kalahari is offering paid summer internships at their resort facility in the fabulous Wisconsin Dells.

Selected candidates will be flown to the Dells, receive free lodging at the resort (includes breakfast and huge discounts) and work to learn the leading edge techniques employed in Housekeeping and Lifeguard positions. You will be paid $11.50 per hour and on completion of your three-month training, return to Texas to open their newest year-round property in Round Rock.

Workforce Solutions Rural Capital Area will be holding informational seminars and interviews on Tuesday, June 30th at 10 a.m., Noon and 2 p.m. via Zoom. Interviews will follow after the video and presentation. Zoom is available online or on mobile devices.

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