Productivity Awareness Week - Job fair and exhibition seek potential employees |28 February 2015

A job fair and exhibition under the theme ‘Mon Travay, Mon Fanmir, Mon Sesel’ opened its doors at the International Conference Centre (ICCS) in Victoria yesterday, showcasing a list of job opportunities for job seekers.

The fair which has now become an annual event, attracts many organisations --both public and private -- in the tourism, manufacturing and services sectors.

Each stand exhibited a list of vacancies and those who are seeking employment could  fill in application forms which were readily available at the various stands.

The Minister for Labour and Human Resource Development Idith Alexander, her principal secretary Veronique Bresson and the chief executive of ANHRD (Agency for National Human Resource Development) Margaret Pillay, toured the various stands and interacted with the officials there.

For the tourism sector there were Hilton, North Island, Avani, Eden Bleu, Ste Anne Resort, Le Meridien Fishermen’s Cove, Ephelia, Kempinski, Creole Holidays, Air Seychelles, just to name some offering employment in hospitality. The Seychelles Tourism Academy was also there exhibiting the different courses on offer at the academy.

Public services like the Seychelles Welfare Agency, Small Business Financing Agency which helps small businesses by providing financial assistance, were also exhibiting their services they offer to the public.

As for the Public Utilities Corporation (PUC), they are one of the organisations that have a training and development unit which train personnel in various fields related to the organisation like for desalination operators; maintenance of pumps; preservation of pumps. The organisation works closely with post secondary institutions especially the Seychelles Institute of Technology where they recruit lots of young school leavers.

As for the ministry itself, it had stand giving information on how to apply for a job, the documents one must bring along when applying and that generally job seekers should apply through a private employment agency like Job Plus, Heg Employment Agency or SMS.

A list of minimum wages and the hours of work related to them were also put at the public’s disposal by the ministry.
 
Employers’ duties towards employees, the ministry’s employment training schemes, skills development programmes, good practices and how to be more productive in work places were also exhibited by the ministry.

A booklet with a list of all vacancies available in the country in various sectors was also available at the job fair.