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The Labour Department will launch the Youth Employment Recruitment Month from Monday (July 31).
Co-organised with the training bodies of the Youth Work Experience and Training Scheme (YWETS), a series of job fairs and recruitment seminars will be held to provide vacancies for young people and on-the-job training places for YWETS trainees.
The first job fair, "Youth Job Fair in Hunghom", will be held at the Metropolis Mall, 6 Metropolis Drive, Hung Hom, from 11am to 7pm on Monday.
The job fair, jointly organised with the Church of United Brethren in Christ Social Service Division, provides about 1,400 vacancies. The vacancies cover such positions as customer service officer, sales, merchandiser, clerk, accounts clerk, waiter/waitress, beautician, junior designer, computer programmer and technician.
Most of the vacancies offer a monthly salary ranging from $6,000 to $10,000 and are open to job-seekers without relevant experience. Job-seekers can submit applications on the spot and may be selected for on-site interviews.
Another 500 on-the-job training places will also be posted for application by YWETS trainees.
Details of the other activities of the Youth Employment Recruitment Month are as follows:
Date/Time Activity/co-organiser Vacancies
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August 7 Youth Job Fair in customer service
(Monday) Sheung Shui, officer, sales,
10.30am-7pm The New Territories clerk,beautician,
2/F,Landmark North, Association waiter/waitress
Sheung Shui Retraining Centre and teller
August 17 Recruitment Seminar Travel Trainee
(Thursday) for the post (on-the-job
2pm-5.30pm "Travel Trainee", training
Room A & B, 3/F, Hong Kong Travel places)
Coin Organize Tourism Training
Centre, 13 Centre
Pennington Street,
Causeway Bay
August 17 & 18 Central recruitment IT Teaching and
(Thursday for "IT Seeds" Administrative
& Friday) Project 2006/07 Support Trainee
9am-6pm Pui Ching Education (Teaching), IT
Pui Ching Centre Teaching and
Education Administrative
Centre, 42 Support Trainee
Gascoigne Road, (Administrative),
Kowloon IT Teaching and
Administrative
Support Trainee
(Technical),
School Activities
and Administrative
Trainee,¡@School
General Affairs
and Administrative
Trainee
(on-the-job
training places)
August 30 Recruitment Seminar for Junior Travel
(Wednesday) the post "Junior Travel Consultant
2pm-5.30pm Consultant", (on-the-job
Room A & B, 3/F, Hong Kong Travel and training
Coin Organize Tourism Training Centre places)
Centre, 13
Pennington
Street,
Causeway Bay
The vacancies concerning "Travel Trainee" and "Junior Travel Consultant" are on-the-job training places for YWETS trainees. For details, please visit the following website, http://www.ywets.labour.gov.hk/.
Young people aged between 15 and 24 with education attainment below degree level can join the YWETS on the spot in the job fairs and recruitment seminars.
The YWETS and the Youth Pre-employment Training Programme (YPTP) of the Labour Department has launched their joint recruitment today.
The two training schemes aim to develop young people's job skills, work experience and credentials, thereby enhancing their employability and competitiveness. The YWETS provides six to 12 months' on-the-job training for young people.
Ends/Saturday, July 29, 2006
Issued at HKT 11:32
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