{"id":13095,"date":"2026-05-11T23:56:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/13095\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T23:56:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T23:56:09","slug":"inaugural-k-fair-connects-korean-community-with-snohomish-county-employers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/13095\/","title":{"rendered":"Inaugural K-Fair connects Korean Community with Snohomish County employers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>LYNNWOOD\u2014Nearly 300 people attended the first K-Fair Job Fair on Saturday, May 2, at the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center, that connected the Korean American community and other job seekers with employment opportunities in Snohomish County.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"538\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/kfair-1024x538.jpg\" alt=\"k-fair\" class=\"wp-image-52367\"  \/>K-Fair Job Fair on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center. Source: Greater Seattle Korean Association.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs the first ever job fair hosted by GSKA and the broader Korean community, not only equity achieved for both employers and prospective employees alike but also access trust,\u201d Chairman Sam Sim told the Lynnwood Times. \u201cCommunication was more or so developed by our AANHPI community and other communities of color to build trust with their future employers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"741\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000031493-1024x741.jpg\" alt=\"k-fair\" class=\"wp-image-52368\"  \/>K-Fair Job Fair on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center. Source: Greater Seattle Korean Association.<\/p>\n<p>The K-Fair was hosted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/lynnwoodtimes.com\/2026\/02\/07\/korean-association\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Greater Seattle Korean Association<\/a> (GSKA) and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.edmonds.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Edmonds College<\/a> in partnership with the City of Lynnwood and Lynnwood Core. Sponsors included the Lynnwood Chamber of Commerce, Sound Transit, Washington State Department of Labor &amp; Industries and WaFed Bank.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"684\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000031550-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"goerge hurst\" class=\"wp-image-52369\"  \/>Lynnwood Mayor George Hurst with GSKA Chairman Sam Sim (left) and President Won Jun Kim\u00a0at the K-Fair Job Fair on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center. Source: Greater Seattle Korean Association.<\/p>\n<p>Opening remarks featured six local leaders: Won Jun Kim, president of the Greater Seattle Korean Association; Nate Nehring, Snohomish County Council Vice President; Grace Yoo, Executive Director of Snohomish Economic Development; George Hurst, Mayor of Lynnwood; Jason Moon, Mukilteo City Council President; and Cheol Kang, Chief of Community Programs and Services for the King County Sheriff\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000031549-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"nate nehring\" class=\"wp-image-52370\"  \/>Snohomish County Vice President Nate Nehring with GSKA Chairman Sam Sim (left) at the K-Fair Job Fair on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center. Source: Greater Seattle Korean Association<\/p>\n<p>A featured panel discussion explored the theme \u201cConnecting Community Through New Opportunities.\u201d The panel addressed workforce trends in the region, the role of AANHPI and communities of color in leadership, barriers to employment, the impact of AI and automation on future jobs, and practical advice for job seekers and youth entering the workforce.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000031487-1024x770.jpg\" alt=\"k-fair\" class=\"wp-image-52371\"  \/>K-Fair Job Fair panelists on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center. Source: Greater Seattle Korean Association.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists included Frank Percival, President and CEO of the Lynnwood Chamber of Commerce; Anne Penny, Business Outreach Coordinator at Edmonds College; Bryce Owings, union Carpenter, pre-apprenticeship instructor with Carpenters Local 425 and Lynnwood City Councilman, and Edmonds College; James Werth, Marketing Manager for Edmonds College\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/lynnwoodtimes.com\/?s=Advanced+Manufacturing+Skills+Center\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Advanced Manufacturing Skills Center<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/watrcenter.edmonds.edu\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Washington Aerospace Training &amp; Research Center<\/a>; and Sam Samano, Rapid Response Manager and Business Engagement Specialist with Workforce Snohomish.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"775\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1000031484-1024x775.jpg\" alt=\"cheol kang\" class=\"wp-image-52372\"  \/>Cheol Kang, Chief of Community Programs and Services for the King County Sheriff\u2019s Office and former Mukilteo Police Chief, speaking at the K-Fair Job Fair on Saturday, May 2, 2026, at the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center. Source: Greater Seattle Korean Association.<\/p>\n<p>The fair also included a separate information session by the Washington State Department of Labor &amp; Industries offered guidance on worker rights in both Korean and English.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LYNNWOOD\u2014Nearly 300 people attended the first K-Fair Job Fair on Saturday, May 2, at the Lynnwood Neighborhood Center,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13096,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[9764,9765,9766,9767,9768,9769,9770,9771,9772,9773,9774,9775,9776,9777,9778,171,9779,1175,9780,9781,9782,9783,9784,9785,9786,9787,9788,9789,9790,9791,9792,9793,9794,9795,6216,9796,9797,9798,4263],"class_list":["post-13095","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-korea","tag-aanhpi","tag-ai-automation","tag-anne-penny","tag-bryce-owings","tag-cheol-kang","tag-edmonds-college","tag-frank-percival","tag-george-hurst","tag-grace-yoo","tag-greater-seattle-korean-association","tag-james-werth","tag-jason-moon","tag-job-fair","tag-k-fair","tag-k-fair-job-fair","tag-korean","tag-korean-american","tag-local-news","tag-lynnwood","tag-lynnwood-job-fair","tag-lynnwood-neighborhood-center","tag-lynnwood-news","tag-lynnwood-times","tag-lynnwood-today","tag-lynnwood-wa","tag-my-lynnwood","tag-my-lynnwood-news","tag-nate-nehring","tag-news-near-me","tag-pacific-northwest","tag-pacific-northwest-newspapers","tag-puget-sound-news","tag-sam-samano","tag-snohomish-county","tag-washington-state","tag-western-washington","tag-won-jun-kim","tag-worker-rights","tag-workforce-development"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13095","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13095"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13095\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13096"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13095"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13095"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13095"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}