A job fair was held at the Urban Transformation Centre (UTC) Perak on Saturday, March 3. This was in conjunction with a nationwide exercise organised by JobsMalaysia Perak with the cooperation of PEKA (Pusat Kerjaya Amanjaya), the state employment agency and UTC Perak.
The event was officiated by Dato’ Haji Aznel bin Haji Ibrahim, Deputy Chairman of the Human Resources, Youth and Sports Committee, Perak.
Last year, JobsMalaysia Perak provided avenues for 22,965 job seekers. For the first two months of this year, JobsMalaysia Perak managed to find job placements for 2889 applicants.
This one-day event brought together 30 employers who offered some 1645 job vacancies. Companies taking part in the fair were of the opinion that the event was a good platform to introduce their companies to job applicants.
A total of 3265 people visited the fair. Among them were 2273 job seekers comprising of both graduates and non-graduates.
Amy Chan
