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The Labour Department will hold the Opening Up a New Terrain Job Expo at Sha Tin Town Hall on July 12 and 13.
A total of 40 enterprises, mainly from the retail, catering and business services industries, offering about 2 200 vacancies in the Mainland and Hong Kong, will participate in the fair. Twenty participating enterprises will set up counters and conduct on-the-spot recruitment each day.
The vacancies offered cover a wide variety of positions such as assistant personal banking manager, administrative officer, data entry clerk, officer trainee, project manager, computer-aided design draftsman, fashion designer, programmer, management trainee, accounts clerk, clerk, online quality control staff, barista and more. In addition, part-time vacancies such as customer service assistant, cashier, waiter/waitress, packaging worker and more are also available. Job seekers can find more information on the department's Interactive Employment Service website (www.jobs.gov.hk).
Around 83 per cent of the vacancies are full-time jobs. Most vacancies offer monthly salaries ranging from $8,000 to $15,000. About 35 per cent of the vacancies require a secondary graduate education level or above. Around 98 per cent are open to job seekers who have three years or less relevant experience. Many vacancies are suitable for young people with post-secondary education and fresh secondary school graduates.
Job seekers may bring along their résumés and submit applications on the spot, and may be selected for on-site interviews. Qianhai International Liaison Services Limited will set up a counter to introduce the development in the Shenzhen Qianhai region, the Qianhai Shenzhen-Hong Kong Innovative Start-ups Competition and an internship programme. The Hong Kong-Shanghai Youth Association will introduce the Employment and Entrepreneurship Programme in Shanghai.
The job fair will be held from 11am to 5.30pm at the Exhibition Gallery, 1/F, Sha Tin Town Hall, 1 Yuen Wo Road, Sha Tin. Admission is free.
Ends/Friday, July 8, 2016
Issued at HKT 11:03
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