United Nations through the United Nations Industrial
Development Organisation (UNIDO) in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of
Trade and Investment (FMTI) in initiating sustainable strategies, and policies
in tackling youth unemployment in Nigeria is organising an Entrepreneurship
& Career Fair.
The project aims at specifically identifying and analysing
key employment barriers that exist in the Nigerian labour market such as skills
mismatch, information gaps, and barriers to business start-ups.
The event will be happening in Abuja and Lagos. Abuja
on the 27th of June at the Velodrome, Kukwaba and Lagos on the 4th
of July at the Landmark Village Event Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos
The event will engage over a 1,000 university
graduates and secondary school leavers (between the ages of 18 and 35 years) to
be direct beneficiaries and participants at the fairs.
It is envisaged that the two (2) entrepreneurship and
career fairs will facilitate the processes of developing and promoting job
creation initiatives within the public and private sectors. The fairs will contribute
to creating work opportunities for young people, and ultimately promote youth-led
entrepreneurship and self-employment in the Nigeria.
BENEFITS OF THE FAIR TO CANDIDATES
1. Networking
opportunities
2. Opportunity
to secure a job
3. It
widens Job Search scope
4. It
awakens your dormant gifts and skills
5. Opportunity
for free vocational skill training and mentorship
BENEFITS OF THE FAIR TO ENTREPRENEURS
1. Networking
opportunities
2. A
chance to exhibit and sell products
3. An
opportunity to impact on budding entrepreneurs
4. Opportunity
for mentorship
BENEFITS OF THE FAIR TO COMPANIES
1. A
chance for publicity and branding in all our promotional materials and media
channels
2. Recruitment and Selection of candidates-
opportunity to connect with a large pool of potential employees
3. Opportunity
to network with the public and private sector
4. Companies
can conduct short; informal interviews- put a human face on CVs and give
attention to strong candidates
EVENT FACEBOOKPAGE: ttp://www.facebook.com/
EVENT TWITTER HANDLE:
@ecfairnigeria
EVENT WEBSITE: www.
www.jobfairng.com
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