February 8, 2011 - Bimbo Bakeries, Topeka, Kansas

February 8, 2011
From: Doug Kinsinger, President/CEO, Greater Topeka Chamber of Commerce
To: Kristine Kitchen, Executive Director, Heartland Works, Inc.
Subject: FW: Job Fair and Hiring Process Update

February 7, 2011
From: Janice Wallace, HR Manager, Bimbo Bakeries USA
To: Steve Jenkins; Doug Kinsinger; Cheryl Bozarth
Subject: Job Fair and Hiring Process Update

I want to give you an update on the Career Fair that we hosted and our hiring process.  The Topeka Chamber of Commerce and Workforce Center did a great job of telling the community about the Topeka Bakery.  The interest level at the Topeka Career Fair was outstanding.  We had a total of 489 people who attended the two day event.  Special Note goes to the Topeka Workforce Center for all of their efforts.  As you can tell in their numbers, Cheryl Bozarth and her group did an outstanding job of supporting the career fair and letting people know that we were hosting an event.  We also conducted Career Fairs in other cities.  Below you will see a summary of the results.

Topeka Workforce Center – 489
Lawrence Workforce Center – 36
Manhattan Workforce Center - 6
Wyandotte Workforce Center - 3

Total:  534

Currently, our applicant pool is 400+ for Production Technicians and Maintenance Technicians.  This is great.  We should see quality candidates in this applicant pool.  We are recruiting by using several methods.  I have attached a summary in the applicant tracker.  We will keep you up to date with our  process.  Again, we appreciate all the support that the Topeka Community has shown us.

Thank you for all your efforts,

Janice Wallace
HR Manager
Bimbo Bakeries USA