Century Aluminum of Kentucky is on the hunt for new employees and it has plenty to choose from.
More than 800 people showed up for the job fair. People were waiting outside the gate at 5 a.m.
When they economy tanked, the plant shut down one of its potlines in February 2009. But now things are starting to bounce back as the company is looking to fill 85-100 jobs.
"A lot of people out here. I said it kind of reminds you of in pictures of the Great Depression, people standing in line for different things. So that's what it kind of reminds me of when I walked up here," Martha Wooldridge said.
"It is a good feeling that that many folks know and believe that this is a good place to work and would like to work here. I think it's also concerning though this time of year and just in general that maybe that many people are out of work or have taken on jobs that are different than what they use to have," Matt Powell said.
Matt Powell is the Vice President of Operations at Century Aluminum. He says they hope to bring the plant back to full capacity. Powell says these production jobs are family wage jobs. They're looking for general labor, maintenance workers, electricians, and mechanics, and the people are looking for the jobs.
"Going to different job fairs and applications and it's just been kind of desperate right now," Charles Williams said.
"I want this job really bad. It's going to actually help me and my daughter. It's also going to help with bills that I'm late on so I'd just do about anything to work 12 hours a day, 7 days a week if they want me to," Clinton Allen said.
Some people drove several hours to get here, hoping things will soon warm up.
We just learned officials saw around 800 people Thursday. Century Aluminum hopes to fill the jobs by the first part of next year.
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