Attending? Who, why and how

Who should attend

The visitors
The exhibitors
The sectors

The visitors

If you are looking for a new job, if you are ready for a career change, if you want to learn about future job trends or if you want to know more about job-search techniques, visit The National Job Fair & Training Expo on September 30 and October 1, 2008, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre.

You will have access over 9,000 job, career, training and education offers from more than 170 exhibitors. Meet face to face with employers, career and training specialists. Bring resumes! Until you've considered all your options, you may never know if a better opportunity is out there. It is always best to attend and speak directly with Human Resources about their current and future recruitment needs and/or the training specialists to know more about future job trends. Many large companies exhibiting at our Toronto event have more than one office in the Greater Toronto Area and even in other provinces and/or other countries. You are welcome even if the event and your home are in different geographic locations. Let's get to work!

More than 10,000 candidates from the Greater Toronto Area are expected to attend. The National Job Fair & Training Expo is open to everyone and, especially, to those who:

• Are interested in finding a job;
• Are interested in a job change;
• Are ready for a career change;
• Want to know more about job-search techniques;
• Are interested in career training and education programs;
• Are interested in learning about future job trends;
• Are interested in self-employment;
• Wish to start a small business;
• Need support, resources, counselling and coaching in their job-search process.

Top Canadian employers and employment agencies of all types and from all sectors will offer a vast selection of positions for:

• Canadians,
• New Canadians,
• Internationally trained individuals,
• Bilingual (English-French) candidates,
• Professionals,
• Technical personnel,
• Experienced candidates,
• New graduates,
• Students.

Job offers go from:

• Full-time,
• Part-time,
• Temporary,
• Seasonal,
• Contract positions,
• Casual positions,
• Volunteer positions.

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The exhibitors

More than 170 organizations of all types and from all sectors are expected to exhibit at the 13th edition of The National Job Fair & Training Expo to be held on September 30 and October 1, 2008, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. If your organization is among the categories listed below, you belong at our event:

• Private companies (hiring)
• Placement agencies
• Government services
• Professional associations
• Networking groups/associations
• Career training facilities
• Colleges, institutes and universities
• Continuing-education centres
• New entrepreneurship and small business specialists
• Franchise operators
• Self-employment resources
• Employment services centres
• Career services centres
• New Canadians services
• Services for internationally trained individuals
• Immigrant services
• Professional resumé writers
• Professional career counsellors
• Coaching organizations

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The sectors

The National Job Fair & Training Expo objective is to create an environment that motivates and develops the job market utilizing a multi-sector approach. Participating organizations are brought together from various sectors to offer thousands of opportunities to visitors:

For the September 30 and October 1, 2008 fair, positions will be available in more than 80 sectors as liste below:

• Accounting

• Administration

• Advertising

• Agriculture

• Business Opportunities

• Call Centre

• Career Services

• Child/Family Services

• Communication

• Communicative Disorders

• Community Services

• Construction

• Courier

• Customer Service

• Disability

• Distribution

• Education

• Electrical

• Energy

• Engineering

• Entertainment

• Entrepreneurship

• Equipment Dealer

• Executive Management

• Facility Management

• Fashion Retailing

• Film & Television

• Finance & Financial Services

• Fire Services

• Food Industry

• Forestry

• Furnishing

• Government

• Hazardous Waste Services

• Healthcare

• Hospitality

• Housekeeping

• Human Resources

• Immigration Law Services

• Immigration Services

• Information Technology

• Infrastructure

• Insurance

• Internet Recruiting

• Internships

• Investment

• Language

• Law Enforcement

• Logistics

• Maintenance Services

• Management

• Manufacturing

• Marketing

• Media

• Military

• Millwrights

• Mining

• Municipal Government

• Non-Profit

• Oil & Gas

• Pharmaceutical

• Potash

• Recreational

• Recruitment & Staffing

• Retail

• Sales

• Security & Investigation

• Self-Employment

• Skilled Trades

• Supply Chain

• Technology

• Training

• Transportation

• Travel & Tourism

• Uniform Services

• Utility

• Voluntary Services

• Warehousing

• Welding

• Wholesale

• And More…

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