Workers who either lost or face losing their jobs as DHL prepares to close its Wilmington hub have a second chance to get those jobs back on Tuesday.
International package shipper DHL, which at one point looked like it was leaving the Tri-State for good, will start offering new jobs as it relocates back to the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky International Airport in Hebron.
The company is offering as many as 850 overnight package sorting jobs at its old CVG hub.
Tuesday afternoon from Noon until 5:30 p.m., DHL will hold a job fair for the new CVG openings at the Cincinnati Airport Marriott Hotel.
It's been a long road for DHL employees and the Wilmington community as the DHL saga continues to unfold. As many as 8,000 jobs were lost in Clinton County and Wilmington when DHL announced it was getting out of the North American package shipping business and concentrating only on international deliveries. At the time, DHL said it was going to give what was left of the North American business to UPS, but deal didn't go through.
Now DHL is looking to staff a much smaller American sorting operation at the Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky Airport.
The shipper is using Tuesday's job fair to fill 180 full time and 650 part time positions. Former and current ABX and Astar workers in Wilmington are invited to apply for the new CVG positions.
The DHL Job Fair and interviews will be limited to the first 100 people for the Noon session, with another 100 applicants set to be seen starting at 5:30 p.m.
Hotel workers tell 9News that at previous DHL Job Fairs, people started showing up as early as 7 a.m. to get a number and a place at one of the sessions.
Potential applicants should be able to continuously lift 50 pound packages, and occasionally handle up to 70 pound parcels, without assistance.
Also, DHL says applicants must be able to pass a 10 year background check and a drug screen. Potential employees are asked to bring a driver's license or state ID card and be prepared to show 10 years of work history to take part in the fair.
The Cincinnati Airport Marriott Hotel is at 2395 Progress Drive in Hebron, just off the KY 20 exit from Interstate 275.
