Labour Department to organise series of job fairs and launch dedicated webpage for elderly care and rehabilitation services sector
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In view of the keen manpower demand in the elderly care and rehabilitation services sector, the Labour Department (LD) will organise a series of district-based and large-scale job fairs for the sector between January and March. A dedicated webpage featuring job vacancies in the sector has also been launched on the LD's Interactive Employment Services (iES) website to enable job seekers to apply for the posts and employers to fill related vacancies.
Admission to the job fairs is free. Job seekers can submit applications on the spot and meet the employers or have on-site interviews. Dates and venues of the job fairs are as follows:
Eight district-based job fairs, featuring job vacancies in private residential care homes for the elderly and/or residential care homes for persons with disabilities.
| Date | Venue |
| January 15 | Kowloon West Job Centre |
| January 20 | Tsuen Wan Job Centre |
| January 30 | Hong Kong East Job Centre |
| February 10 | Kowloon East Job Centre |
| February 12 | Sheung Shui Job Centre |
| February 19 | Kwun Tong Job Centre |
| February 20 | Employment in One-stop |
| February 25 | North Point Job Centre |
A large-scale job fair, featuring job vacancies in subvented residential care homes for the elderly and residential care homes for persons with disabilities.
| Date | Venue |
| March 18 and 19 | MacPherson Stadium, Mong Kok |
The dedicated webpage on the Elderly Care and Rehabilitation Services Sector (www.jobs.gov.hk/ElderlyandRehab) provides information on the above job fairs, with the list of participating employers and details of the job vacancies to be uploaded in due course. In addition to a built-in tailor-made search engine to enable job seekers to search for job vacancies in the sector, the dedicated webpage also provides related training information for job seekers who are interested in joining the sector.
Information on the above job fairs is also featured on the iES Mobile App and vacancy search terminals located throughout the territory to facilitate job seekers' browsing.
Ends/Thursday, January 2, 2020
Issued at HKT 11:00
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