For the fifth year in a row, the Greater Lima Region brought its world-class employer to the region’s young talent and adult job seekers. On Friday, eight skilled trades competitions, “Brain Games” STEM competitions, breakout sessions and Exhibit Hall Career Expo with 100 employers exhibiting and demonstrating their opportunities for local talent. Saturday opened the Fairgrounds up to more the 700 job seekers for the MAKERFEST Job Fair hosted by OhioMeansJobs-Allen County. The job seekers spent several hours discussing possibilities, applying for jobs, and in many cases, getting considered for employment or getting hired right there on the spot! The overarching mission of MAKERFEST is to connect local employers with local talent and to inspire hiring. There was much applying and hiring at this year’s MAKERFEST Job Fair, as summarized by Kurt Oates, Training Manager at Bob Evans Farms: We interviewed over 60 applicants and made job offers to over 35 candidates. 30 have accepted and most have already started working in entry level, machine operators, warehouse and team lead positions. I want to thank everyone that was involved in putting MAKERFEST together. For us it was a huge success. The potential of the candidates that we have interviewed and hired are people we were not seeing apply before. This is a great start in upgrading our talent pool in our factory, so that we can help support the growth of Lima.

AEP OhioAllen County, OhioAllen Economic Development GroupAllen Oakwood CorrectionalAlloway LaboratoriesALPLAAlvadaAmerican TrimAmerican Trucking AssociationApollo Career CenterArbys Ashland ISPBluffton UniversityBob Evans FarmsBobcat of LimaBoomerangBRP ManufacturingCharles Construction ServicesCity of LimaColeman Crown Lift TrucksDanaDevry University

Diamond Manufacturing of BlufftonFedExFord Motor CompanyGeneral DynamicsGreater Lima Region, Inc GROBHancock Structural SteelHonda of America Mfg.Husky Energy/Lima RefineryKewpeeLakeview FarmsLima Construction TradesLima Memorial Health SystemLima Pallet CompanyLima/Allen County Chamber of CommerceManpowerMercy Health/St Rita'sMid America Cleaning ContractorsMiller Precision ManufacturingModoMediaNickles BakeryNutrienODOT

Ohio Greenhouse CompanyOhio Northern UniversityOhio State LimaOhio Women in TradesOhioMeansJobs-Allen CountyP & GPanera BreadPeople ReadyPerry PROtechPlumbers & Pipefitters Pro-TecQuality Welding & Fabrication, LLCRadio HospitalRandall BearingsRhodes State CollegeRudolph FoodsSara's SweetsSchwan’s SecuritasService MasterService MasterSpalling MillwrightSparta Electric Inc.

Spartan NashSpeedwaySpherion/RMSSRK- OhioStaffmarkSuperior Credit UnionSuperior Forge & SteelSwartz ContractingThe Acres of WapakonetaThe Lima NewsTradesmen InternationalTrilogy Health ServicesTrinity IndustriesTrisco Systems U.S. Army & U.S Army ReserveU.S. Plastic Corp.University of Northwestern OhioUnverferth IndustriesVan Wert HealthWhirlpoolWorleyYMCA

Greater Lima Region, Inc, 144 S. Main St., Suite 200 Lima OH 45801 419-222-7706

A MAKERFEST 2019 RETROSPECTIVE October 18-19, 2019REFLECTING ON THE GREATER LIMA REGION’S BIGGEST WORKFORCE CELEBRATIONLocation – Allen County Fair Grounds, Apollo Career Center, UA#776

WHO JOINED THE CELEBRATION? Close to 2,600 participants, including:• 1500 Students from 37 regional career tech and high schools• 196 teacher/coaches from the high schools• 96 sponsoring companies plus their representatives• 766 local job seekers a 53% increase from 2018• 123 volunteers from different organizations• 6 regional colleges and universities

2019 REGIONAL SPONSORS THAT MAKE MAKERFEST HAPPEN!

MAKERFEST BY THE NUMBERS

6 UNIVERSITIESBluffton UniversityDevry UniversityOhio Northern UniversityOhio State University – LimaRhodes StateUniversity of Northwestern Ohio

8 SKILLED TRADES COMPETITIONSAdvanced Carpentry, Automotive Repair, CNC Programming, Construction Team Work, Electrical Contest, Excavator Rodeo, Mig Welding, Pipe Welding

14 BRAIN GAMES COMPETITIONSBusiness Simulation Challenge, Cake Craziness, Crane Design Challenge, Design a Catapult Competition, Engineering in a Box Competition 2.0, Hammer Down, IT, Network Assembly Showdown, Mind-Numbing Escape, Challenge, Operation Game Challenge, Perfection, Rescue, Mission, Robot Coding Challenge, Robotic Roundup, T-shirt Design Competition

19 BREAKOUT SESSIONSAcuMax Index Assessment - How Are You REALLY Wired?Amazing M1 Abram Tank TechnologyApprenticeships: The Other 4-Year DegreeBecoming an Electrician! See What It Really Takes!Cracking the Code: Cryptography TechniquesDo You Have What It Takes To Be a Project Manager?Extreme Interview MakeoversFright & Flight OR Calm & Confident: Emergency ResponseHow to Know If You’re Cut Out to be an EngineerHow to Launch a Tech StartupLearn the A-B-C’s and X-Y-Z’s in CNC MachiningLeveraging Social Media to Land Your Dream JobPre-Apprenticeships: An Option During High SchoolProfessional Truck Driving, Can You Handle It?So You Want To Make It In The NewsThe Down and Dirty of Soil CareersA Robot’s Guide to the GalaxyThis is Women’s Work, Too!How to Market YOUR (Generation Z) Resume to the Top in a World Full of Baby Boomers!

37 PARTICIPATING HIGH SCHOOLSAda High SchoolAllen East High SchoolApollo Career Center Bath High SchoolColumbus Grove High SchoolContinental High SchoolCory-Rawson High SchoolCrestview High SchoolDelphos Jefferson High SchoolDelphos-St Johns High SchoolElida High School Ft. Jennings High SchoolHardin Northern High SchoolKalida High SchoolKenton High SchoolLiberty Benton High SchoolLima Central CatholicLima Senior High SchoolLima South AlternativeLincolnview High SchoolMillstream Career CenterOhio Hi-Point Career CenterOttawa Glandorf High SchoolOttoville High SchoolPandora-Gilboa High SchoolPerry High SchoolShawnee High SchoolSpencerville High SchoolTemple Christian SchoolTolles Career CenterTri Star Career CompactUpper Valley Career CenterVan Wert City SchoolsVantage Career CenterWapakoneta High SchoolWayne Trace High SchoolWaynesfield-Goshen High SchoolWest Central Learning AcademyTHE WINNERS

2019 Maker Cup1st PlaceApollo Career Center(for the 5th year in a row!)

2nd PlaceTri Star Career Compact3rd PlaceVantage Career Center4th PlaceMillstream Career Center5th Place

THE WINNERS2019 “Brain Games:Maker Cup1st PlaceVan Wert High School

2nd PlaceApollo Career Center3rd PlaceAda High School4th PlaceAllen East High School5th Place