The Labour Department and the Federation of Trade Unions Vocational Retraining Centre will hold a large-scale job fair at the MacPherson Stadium in Mong Kok today (20th) and tomorrow (21st).
About 40 organizations participated in the two-day job fair, which provided a total of more than 1,800 vacancies.
The epidemic has eased and the unemployment rate has stabilized slightly, but there are still job-seekers present who say they have been laid off due to the epidemic and do not have much requirements for the type of work, and there will be suitable jobs in the hope.
The Labour Department and the Federation of Trade Unions Vocational Retraining Centre held a large-scale job fair at the MacPherson venue in Mong Kok.
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There is no shortage of unemployed Mr. Hu: Unemployed from the beginning of the year to IKEA
Mr. Hu who was present said that "from the beginning of the year (unemployed) to IKEA, IKEA will tighten a short-term contract (job), and it will all be over." So he hoped to find new jobs.
Mr. Hu said that during his unemployment period, he sent a total of more than a dozen resumes. After applying for the job, he had been working for a period of time, but he always believed that those jobs were not suitable for him. On average, he only worked for one week before applying for resignation.
Originally engaged in the design industry, Mr. Hu, who was responsible for designing large-scale digital inkjet prints, said, "The same types of jobs have found that there are fewer choices, so they will try to think about different jobs in the same industry."
In addition, Connie, who has been in the agricultural industry for a year and works part-time in planting, picking and packing herbs on an organic farm, said that due to extreme weather changes, he wants to change his working environment. They are all sweat."
She said that she had sent more than 20 resumes, but because her original job required long hours of work, she was unable to make time to attend the interview.
Connie believes that the most important thing is to know how to take advantage of opportunities, such as learning more musical instruments, enrolling in additional courses to add value to yourself, which can increase the chance of finding new jobs.
She pointed out that she is most interested in pet shop clerk, packaging work and factory packaging work.
The job seeker, Ms. Qiu, said that "I have a security card, so I will check whether I will check the parttime of the security."
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The job seeker, Ms. Qiu, is engaged in outsourced clerical work in government departments. As the contract expired, she came to learn about clerical work.
She said, "I have a security card, so I will check whether I will use the security part time (part-time)."
High turnover rate in the security service industry, hope the job fair can absorb manpower
Mr. Ma of the recruitment team of Grace Security Service Company pointed out that after a large number of employees were laid off in other industries, such as aviation and catering, due to the impact of the epidemic last year, they would all enroll in security courses. The company hired about 100 people last year.
However, due to the easing of the epidemic, the turnover rate of the security industry has increased, and there is a shortage of manpower. "Many people will go back to do their own thing after a month or two."
He hopes to attract more interested candidates at the job fair.
More than 80% of the vacancies are full-time monthly salary of 10,000 to 20,000 yuan
In this job fair, about 81% were full-time vacancies, and most of them had monthly salaries ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 yuan.
Job seekers can submit job applications on the spot and have the opportunity to accept interviews on the spot. They can also check the employment services provided by the Labour Department at the counters on the premises.
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