The Roraima Duke Lodge in Kingston, Georgetown, was a hive of activity on Thursday morning, as scores of
Scores of persons, particularly youths attended the job fair at the Roraima Duke Lodge (Dexter Ceres photo)
persons turned up at a Roraima Group of Companies-organised job fair highlighting a number of opportunities in the aviation, culinary, management, business and hospitality sectors.
The event covered a range of areas in the world of work, including the construction of a job application and resume, dress code for a job interview and some insights on what to expect during a job interview.
Booths were set up by the Institute of Private Enterprise Development (IPED), VXL International, Small Business Bureau, LDS Self Reliance Center, Interweave Solutions and National Hardware, among others.
At the various “booths” persons received thorough descriptions of the jobs opportunities in these entities.
Roraima Airways provided a flight simulation programme for persons to grasp an outlook on landing an aircraft.
Speaking at the event was Minister within the Ministry of Social Protection with responsibility for Labour, Keith Scott who commended Roraima Airways for the initiative.
He noted that Guyana’s future lies in the hands of youths and as such, the job fair served as a starting point for the many who attended.
“I am very excited. As you know, the future of Guyana is with you, young persons, and that’s why I’m extremely excited that you can take your time off and come here today and find out exactly what is a job fair. This is not just getting you a job, it is pointing you in the correct direction as to which type of job you should have,” the minister commented.
Managing Director of Roraima Group of Companies, Captain Gerry Gouveia expressed appreciation for the response to the event and announced that the event will now be held annually.
“We have a lot of people that are coming, looking for jobs and a lot of times, they don’t know which field they want to go in. So what we did here today, was to lay our Roraima which operates at 13 divisions and what we wanted to do was have our real live staff on the ground so people could come and talk to them and they would hear what it is that they do and give young Guyanese a better opportunity to have an idea of where they may want to go. This will be an annual thing. I am actually quite encouraged because we put a lot of effort in stopping our company today to do this and I’m very pleased that a lot of young people turn up,” Gouveia said.
He also highlighted that there are plans for the expansion of the event come next year to allow other businesses to participate.
Many young persons who visited the fair described the event as very “beneficial” and “eye-opening.”
A young lady identified as “Luann” who has been unemployed for a year and a half, told this publication she was quite impressed and was better equipped now to choose a career path.
“I think it’s really positive and interesting. You know, if you just finished CXC and you just come out and even if it’s not to get a job but just come out and hear what employment is like and maybe how to do a resume and stuff like that.” (Ramona Luthi)
