IMPACT YOUR COMMUNITY WITH CHURCHES AROUND THE COUNTRY
Host a Nationwide Day of Second Chances Job Fair | April 30, 2025
Our job fairs make a real difference, and you can be a part of it. In a free webinar, we’ll share how these impactful events can help your church:
- Connect with neighbors
- Engage your congregation
- Inspire hope
This is more than just an event—it’s a chance to live on mission and bring your community closer together.
The Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to work it and take care of it.
Connects you to those without a church
60% of people who attend a Better Together job fair are not affiliated with a local church
Appeals to the next generation
76% who attend are millennials and Gen Z (age 39 and younger)
Brings hope to your community
98% indicate they leave the job fair with more hope than they had when they arrived
Putting love into action
The church has the power to serve an impactful role in strengthening families, reducing poverty, and lifting up neighbors by providing meaningful work opportunities through the Better Together workforce ministry.
Studies show unemployment can lead to:
- Poverty
- Strained relationships
- Poor health
- Housing stress
- Disparities for children
Nationwide Day of Second Chances job fairs put the Gospel into action. They are like no other job fair. In addition to including employers who see the value in second chances, they also provide free job coaching, resources and a celebratory atmosphere.
What other churches are saying
Meet the Organization Behind the Event
Nationwide Day of Second Chances is run by Better Together, a volunteer-driven, privately funded nonprofit that builds strong families and communities by providing meaningful relationships, short-term care for children, mentoring, and work opportunities.
When a parent needs support, due to homelessness, a medical emergency, or other crisis, Better Together volunteer host families provide a safe, loving home for the children short term, while staff and mentors empower the parents to secure employment, housing and other needs.
Key to helping families is meaningful work. Better Together’s workforce program provides opportunity for all job seekers through relational job fairs and volunteer job coaches. The ministry has served more than 38,000 job seekers in 24 states.
We're With You Every Step of the Way
When you host a Better Together job fair, our staff walks alongside you and supports you throughout the process with step-by-step guidance. You receive:
BY THE NUMBERS
Our 2024 Nationwide Day of Second Chances job fairs averaged:
- 165 job seekers
- 8 employers
- 20 hires on the spot
- 77 interviews scheduled/conducted
- 35 job coaching connections
Is Nationwide Day of Second Chances right for your church?
Find out!
Attend a free online meet-and-greet with our staff to learn more. There is no cost, and no commitment required. Our team will share how our jobs ministry works and answer your questions.
Frequently Asked Questions
A first-time job fair takes about 12 weeks to plan and an estimated 5-10 hours of work per week. We recommend having 4-6 core volunteers helping with the planning process. These core volunteers will handle the following tasks: project lead, employer recruitment, marketing support, resource and community partner outreach, and volunteer coordinator. We recommend a minimum of 20 day-of volunteers (this number will increase based on the anticipated number of job seekers).
While it’s always hard to predict results, we can say that 2024’s statistics show the average church welcomed 165 job seekers and 8 employers, had 20 hires on the spot, 77 interviews scheduled/conducted, and 35 job coaching connections.
The training happens over 2 days in a city where we are hosting a traditional community job fair in one of the local churches. This allows the first day to be more “classroom” and high-level training, with the second day being more hands-on and personal, as you’ll get to see a live job fair in action for yourself.
Alternatively, we do have options for remote-only training, but you wouldn’t be able to see a job fair in-person with this path. But it is available.
Of course! The easiest way is to sign up for one of our upcoming virtual information sessions to see if this is right for your church.
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