Community Bank to Host Job Fair with 25 Open Positions on Tuesday, July 19th at the Coliseum in St. Petersburg, FL from Noon to 8:00 P.M.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla., June 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Community Bank & Company today announced that it will host a job fair on Tuesday, July 19th from Noon to 8:00 P.M. at the Coliseum in St. Petersburg, FL at 535 Fourth Avenue North.  The job fair will be conducted in a "speed interviewing" format so that job offers can be made to qualified candidates on the spot.  Candidates are asked to have a resume available for review and have a healthy mix of IQ and EQ.

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St. Petersburg Mayor Bill Foster said, "We are excited that Community Bank continues to invest in our community.  This job fair and the addition of so many jobs in St. Petersburg and the Tampa Bay area is an excellent example of economic recovery."

Katie Pemble, the Bank's President said, "Community Bank has the best banking team in the Tampa Bay area, and we are looking for a number of highly qualified professionals across functional areas to help foster our growth and to serve our clients in a first class way."

Positions available include:

• Residential Lenders – Experienced mortgage lenders with an entrepreneurial spirit to service the Hillsborough, Pinellas, Pasco, Manatee, Sarasota and Charlotte counties are encouraged to apply.
• Branch Tellers, Personal Bankers and Managers – Candidates who are consumer bank product & services oriented and experienced in providing first class customer service will be great additions to our team.
• Commercial Relationship Managers – If you are the best in your field and own the market – but want a better platform – then come talk to us.
• SBA Lenders – If you have extensive 7a and 504 knowledge and experience - then please apply.
• Credit Underwriters – Experienced commercial and residential underwriters with spreadsheet analysis and residential compliance experience and who have a "can-do" productivity oriented philosophy are encouraged to apply.
• Information Technology Experts – Experienced network engineers and hands-on help-desk professionals are encouraged to apply.
• Accounting Professionals – Looking for a Jr. CPA candidate (CPA certification required).  Banking experience a plus!  
• Facilities Management Technicians – One position available in this department for an experienced, trades person. Electrical and A/C skills desired.  

Community Bank will recruit, hire, train, and promote employees in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, handicap, genetic information, marital or familial status, military or veteran status, ancestry or any other category protected by federal, state or local law.  Community Bank operates a drug free workplace and employs only non-smokers.

Community Bank is a full service bank and leader in five exciting areas:

• Full Service Checking, Savings and Money Market depository products for consumers and businesses
• Residential mortgages, from "30 years fixed" to "jumbo" products all with fast local decision making
• Business and commercial real estate loans of up to $15 million to help local businesses grow
• Small Business Administration loans of up to $5 million – Community Bank is a Preferred Lender and is consistently ranked as one of the region's top SBA lenders
• Association and Treasury Services – providing lock-box services to condominiums, doctors and other businesses who need to carefully track their account receivables

Community Bank Chairman and CEO, Bill Sedgeman said, "We are thrilled to be hiring in this economy.  We believe that by investing in our community everyone – from our clients to our employees to our shareholders – will benefit."

About Community Bank:

Community Bank is a local, independent bank that serves thousands of sophisticated savers and borrowers from 17 locations across Pinellas, Hillsborough, Manatee, Charlotte and Pasco counties and online at www.communitybanknow.com.  Community Bank is a leader in checking, savings and money markets, residential mortgages, business loans, SBA loan programs, and association and treasury services.

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