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Robert Carey, Lisa O’Flaherty, Lisa Fingleton and Jennifer O’Sullivan Coffey at the Kerry Jobs Fair at The Rose Hotel on Monday. Photo: Ciara O’Donnell Photography
OVER 600 people met with 30 employers at the Kerry Jobs Fair at The Rose Hotel Tralee on Monday.
The event was organized by NEWKD in collaboration with the Kerry Chambers and the response from both employers and jobseekers was very positive.
According to event co-coordinator Lisa O Flaherty, who works with NEWKDS Moving on Employment Programme; “We are delighted with the response to the day. There was a lovely relaxed and informal atmosphere and people really appreciated the opportunity to talk face to face with employers.”
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Jennifer O’Sullivan from the NEWKD SICAP programme which offers specific supports for young people who are unemployed, said she was “delighted that the event attracted such a diverse group of people from all over Kerry. Our work is very much about equality so it was great to have such an inclusive event. We organised buses and translators for Ukrainian refugees and it was great to be able to connect them with employers”.
Louise Lyons, Pam Dillane, Robert Carey, Joanna Jankowska, John Stack, Lisa O’Flaherty, Jennifer O’Sullivan Coffey, Eamonn O’Reilly (NEWKD) at the Kerry Jobs Fair at The Rose Hotel on Monday. Photo: Ciara O’Donnell Photography
Lisa Fingleton also from NEWKD/Moving on Programme explained that there are still opportunities for those who couldn’t attend on the day.
“Employers were offering hundreds of jobs across a range of sectors including technology, office admin, accounts, hospitality, food production and tourism. Employers were also interviewed and filmed about their ongoing recruitment needs and this footage will be available in a webinar over the coming weeks therefore If you missed the event on Monday NEWKD will have an online version available soon. Just follow NEWKD facebook page or Moving on @movingonkerry on Instagram, to see updates. Also there will be another event online event looking at employment rights in Ireland, more details will be released on our social media in the coming weeks”.
NEWKDs Moving On employment project and SICAP social inclusion programme came together fund this this event.
Moving On Participants, Fabiane Matias, Svetlana Samaskiene, Christiane Spillane, Lisa O’Flaherty (Moving/NEWKD) at the Kerry Jobs Fair at The Rose Hotel on Monday. Photo: Ciara O’Donnell Photography
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