Over 3000 youth on a job hunt at the Career Expo
Over 3000 young people have attended the 2014 Ekurhuleni Career Expo on its first day. The expo is currently underway and more young people are expected to come through.
ALBERTON – The 2014 Ekurhuleni Career Expo is underway and over 3000 youngsters seeking advice and information on career opportunities have walked through the doors of Alberton Civic Centre on June 10. The expo will be continues today, doors open at 09:00 and close at 17:00.
This is the second year that the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Municipality is hosting the Expo, which is aimed at exposing graduates, school leavers and young entrepreneurs to various employment opportunities available at companies in and around Ekurhuleni.
“We are a municipality that hosts the biggest manufacturing sector in South Africa and can be called the workshop of Africa. We are also home to the continent’s busiest airport; these two elements are very relevant and key to our economic development,” said Executive Mayor Cllr Mondli Gungubele during the official opening of the Expo.
“The hosting of this exhibition thus fits into our strategic vision which involves re-organising and revitalising industry so that our communities can benefit from job-creating economic growth,” he said.
Some of the exhibitors at the two-day expo include South African Airways, SA Express and Mango; Ekurhuleni East and West Colleges, Boston City Campus, Siyafunda CTC and the Peermont Education Trust; engineering, procurement and construction management specialists Deltron Consulting and civil engineering and project management consultancy Epitome Consulting.
Various government departments and parastatals are also present to share information on their job creation and entrepreneurship projects, including the Department of Public Enterprises, Department of Public Works, Department of Energy and the Gauteng Department of Sport, Arts, Culture and Recreation.
