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Record-breaking number of exhibitors at 10th anniversary editionAlways growing, always improvingThe spring edition of The National Job Fair & Training Expo set an exhibitor record that includes participants from Ontario, but also from Western Canada, Quebec, the United States and, for the first time, from overseas. "Always growing, always improving" seems to be the fair's motto! DAVID CHILTON |
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 [ 2007-03-28 ] |
The spring edition of The National Job Fair & Training Expo set an exhibitor record that includes participants from Ontario, but also from Western Canada, Quebec, the United States and, for the first time, from overseas. "Always growing, always improving" seems to be the fair's motto!
Daniel Levesque, founder and organizer of the event on Tuesday, April 3 and Wednesday, April 4 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, says this year in the new Relocation Recruitment Zone there will be exhibitors from Alberta and the U.S., as well as an exhibitor from South Korea recruiting English teachers.
Visitors will meet with exhibitors located in four large pavilions: the Employment Pavilion, the Training and Education Pavilion, the Biz-Launch Entrepreneurship Pavilion and the Career Services Pavilion, which is headed by major sponsor the Ontario Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities. The ministry will be on site with a 400-sq.-ft. booth.
"Most exhibitors are located in the Greater Toronto Area, and with participants from Western Canada and Quebec, as usual, it means the event is national, and our Relocation Recruitment Zone makes it international, too," Levesque says. The fair welcomes as many as 135 exhibitors to the two-day event and more than 9,000 visitors, fitting numbers to mark the bi-annual gathering's 10th anniversary edition this year.
Title sponsors for The National Job Fair & Training Expo are Jobboom.com, a leading source of online job postings and career counselling; the Toronto Sun and its Jobboom education and employment section; and 24 Hours, Sun Media's commuter paper. The new Jobboom - SunMedia Area will welcome visitors at the entrance of the event.
Two further additions this year are the Canadian Government Programs and Services Zone and the Documentation Centre. The former will provide information from federal departments such as Industry Canada and Citizenship and Immigration Canada, Levesque says, and the latter -- free to exhibitors -- gives them a place to display exhibitor literature of interest to job seekers.
Back again this year are the Retail Recruitment Zone and the Resume Professional Assessment Centre. Levesque says things will be a little different in the always-popular resume area at this spring fair. Rather than have long lines of attendees seeking resume advice, there will be workshops throughout the two days for 20 participants at a time -- first come, first served -- which will leave time for specific questions and answers at the end of the sessions.
The National Job Fair & Training Expo runs April 3 and 4 from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, North Building, Hall C. Admission is $3.50. For more information, visit the website at www.thenationaljobfair.com.
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