CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Employers in cyber security, law enforcement and intelligence fields were well represented at the West Virginia Intelligence Fusion Center’s 2nd annual job fair Wednesday.
Tables set up included the FBI, Kanawha County Sheriff’s Office, National Guard and Division of Corrections.
“This is the second year we’ve done it. We’re bigger than what we were last year,” said state Intelligence Fusion Center Director Thom Kirk. “I’m hoping next year to maybe have twice as many vendors and twice as many students in here looking around to see what’s out there.”
Sgt. LS Dietz with the Kanawha County Sheriff described some of the characteristics the office was looking for.
“We just want somebody that has a good moral compass, someone that likes to help their community, that’s willing to work and that’s physically fit,” Dietz said.
The Division of Corrections is always looking for new blood, said Officer Christopher Jones. Jones said there was no shortage of work for those interested in the field.
“Corrections is a booming business,” Jones said. “You’ll always have work, and if you’re looking for overtime there’s plenty of it, not only with just DJS but also with Regional Jail Authority and DOC.”
The job expo provides interns with the Intelligence Fusion Center with an opportunity to find a field that interests them, Kirk said.
“At the Homeland Security Intelligence Fusion Center we bring in student interns. Once they graduate they want to know, ‘OK, where do we go to work at,” Kirk said.
The Fusion Center marked its eighth anniversary last month.