The Labour Department (LD) will hold the Pursuing New Opportunities Job Fair and Greater Bay Area (GBA) Youth Employment Scheme Job Expo at the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai on March 30. More than 3 000 quality vacancies will be provided for job seekers, including positions which are more suitable for graduates of tertiary institutions.
      
     About 35 organisations will participate in the Pursuing New Opportunities Job Fair, offering over 2 600 job vacancies from various industries with more than 1 200 of them coming from catering, retail and hotel industries. The organisations will set up booths to conduct recruitment on the spot. A wide variety of positions will be offered, including senior sales manager, accounting officer, systems engineer, investment analyst, community relations officer, marine operations assistant officer, aircraft engineering licence trainee, e-commerce assistant, nutritionist, registered nurse, marketing assistant and customer services officer. Most vacancies offer monthly salaries ranging from $12,000 to $23,000. Around 81 per cent of the vacancies are full-time jobs. About 84 per cent of the vacancies require an education level of Secondary Seven or below, and around 68 per cent are open to job seekers without relevant work experience.
      
     In addition, more than 20 organisations from various industries will participate in the GBA Youth Employment Scheme Job Expo, providing over 400 job vacancies in GBA Mainland cities, such as management trainee, administrative executive, banking operations officer, news editor, product designer, engineer and business intelligence analyst to eligible graduates at a monthly salary of not less than HK $18,000. Hong Kong residents awarded bachelor's degrees or above from 2021 to 2023 can apply for the vacancies. The GBA Youth Employment Scheme kick-off ceremony and briefing session will be held at 2.30pm on the same day.
      
     Job seekers can submit job applications during the event and may be selected for on-the-spot interviews. They can also make enquiries on the employment services provided by the LD at its counter inside the venue.
      
     The event will be held at Hall 3G of the Hong Kong Convention and Exhibition Centre in Wan Chai, from 11am to 5.30pm, with the final admission time at 5pm. Admission is free and job seekers can find more details of the vacancies on the LD's Interactive Employment Service website (www.jobs.gov.hk).

Ends/Monday, March 27, 2023
Issued at HKT 11:00

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