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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 30, 1988

JOB BAZAAR A BREAKTHROUGH IN RECRUITMENT STRATEGY * * * * *

EMPLOYERS ARE BEGINNING TO ACCEPT ORIGINATED BY

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THE JOB BAZAAR CONCEPT LABOUR. DEPARTMENT AS AN EFFECTIVE MEANS OF ENCHANCING THEIR RECRUITMENT EXERCISES, A MEMBER OF THE LABOUR ADVISORY BOARD, DR LUI MING-WAH, SAID TODAY (FRIDAY).

DR LUI POINTED OUT THAT THIS WAS REFLECTED IN THE NUMBER OF PRIVATE ESTABLISHMENTS HAVING LAUNCHED SIMILAR ACTIVITIES ON THEIR OWN.

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ADDRESSING THE OPENING OF THE THIRD JOB BAZAAR ORGANISED BY THE DEPARTMENT, DR LUI DESCRIBED THE NEW CONCEPT AS A BREAKTHROUGH RECRUITMENT STRATEGY.

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"THERE IS NO DOUBT THAT A LARGE-SCALE COLLECTIVE CAMPAIGN WHICH ADOPTS A BRAND NEW FORMAT TO INTRODUCE JOB INFORMATION IN VARIOUS SECTORS OF THE ECONOMY IS AN ATTRACTION IN ITSELF, HE SAID.

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"NOT ONLY CAN THE JOB-SEEKERS COME TO KNOW ABOUT 90 MANY EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN A VARIETY OF TRADES AND INDUSTRIES AT THE SAME TIME, THEY CAN ALSO ACQUIRE THOROUGH UNDERSTANDING OF THE DETAILS OF POSTS AND PROMOTION PROSPECTS OFFERED BY INDIVIDUAL PARTICIPATING COMPANIES.

"BESIDES, THEY MAY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THIS OPPORTUNITY TO APPROACH EMPLOYERS DIRECTLY FOR ENQUIRIES.

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DR LUI SAID THE JOB BAZAAR WOULD ALSO ENABLE EMPLOYERS TO TAKE THE INITIATIVE TO REACH THE POTENTIAL LABOUR FORCE SUCH AS UNEMPLOYED HOUSEWIVES WITH WORKING ABILITY, RETIRED PERSONS IN ROBUST HEALTH WELL AS SCHOOL LEAVERS WHO HAD YET TO MAKE A CHOICE OF CAREER.

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EARLIER, THE COMMISSIONER FOR LABOUR, MR TONY HAMMOND, SAID THAT DURING THE SECOND JOB BAZAAR HELD IN MAY THIS YEAR, SOME 240,000 INFORMATION LEAFLETS ON VACANCIES WERE DISTRIBUTED AND 16,000 ENQUIRIES WERR MADE BY JOB SEEKERS то THE 20 PARTICIPATING ESTABLISHMENTS.

AT THE SAME TIME, 1,500 JOB INTERVIEWS WERE CONDUCTED ON THE SPOT AND ANOTHER 2,000 SUBSEQUENT INTERVIEWS WERE ARRANGED, RESULTING IN ABOUT 500 OF THE INTERESTED JOB SEEKERS HAVING BEEN EMPLOYED EVENTUALLY.

"THIS ACCOMPLISHMENT, COUPLED WITH THE ENCOURAGING RESPONSES FROM EMPLOYERS FROM VARIOUS SECTORS AND THE CONTINUING TIGHT LABOUR MARKET, HAS GIVEN US CONFIDENCE IN ORGANISING THIS THIRD JOB BAZAAR, MR HAMMOND SAID.

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