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850 jobseekers attend Job Fair
07.03.08
More than 850 Inishowen
jobseekers turned up this week for the Jobs Fair in
Buncrana.
The success of the event ironically told its own
story about the level of unemployment in the
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Nevertheless, it
highlighted the effectiveness of a one-stop-shop
recruitment event for both employers and prospective
employees.
Aisling Sheehy of the Inishowen Deveopment
Partnership (IDP), one of the organising partners,
said while a lot of people used the event to pick up
job application forms, two people actually walked
away with jobs. |
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"Two of our Job Club
members - a husband and wife from the Clonmany area
- were interviewed during the Jobs Fair and walked
away with two jobs in the hospitality industry," she
said.
A total of 35 companies ranging from IT to
accounting firms, showcased at the cross-border
event.
Training agency FÁS was among them. FÁS senior
employment services officer, Donal Dunn said the
agency was proud to take part in an event that
enhanced its ongoing work clinics.
"We are committed to assisting the job seeker, the
unemployed person and the job changer as well as
employers and the Jobs Fair was a natural
progression towards this," said Mr. Dunn.
To view more photos of the Jobs Fair
click here . |
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