All Ages Job Fair in Jerusalem, Wednesday February 10th 2010

February 2, 2010
/ By Jacob Share
/ 15 COMMENTS

Hiring companies, speakers and expert counselors will be at your service as Merkaz Hamagshimim Hadassah and AACI put on their first job fair since 2007.

Update 05/02/10: Shira from the Mercaz sent me the list of companies that are supposed to be at the fair, see below.

Who

From the official release:

“For job seekers in all fields (computers, science, medicine, teachers, researchers, pr, admin, engineers, tour guides, translators, etc), as well as students, those who recently completed the army, new and veteran olim, and Israelis, English, Hebrew, and other language speakers alike.”

What

Approximately 30 companies from Jerusalem and Tel Aviv in the following fields:

Hi-tech
Technical writing
Bio-tech
Marketing/PR
Education/hadracha
Law
Accounting
Non-profits
Engineering
and more…

And those companies are:

There will also be “career counselors, resume writing assistance, and lectures on the job market in Israel, job hunting, and other related topics. Information and resources for start-ups, small businesses and entrepreneurs. We will also have job boards with postings of open positions in a variety of professional fields.”

Scheduled Speakers

5:15 pm – “Self Employed in Israel”, Ran Afek of Israel Business Connection
6:15 pm – “Hi Tech in Israel”, Jacob Richman of CJI
7 pm – “Tailoring One's Job Search for Israel”, Nat Gordon of Marksman International Personnel
8 pm – “Networking via LinkedIn”, Ron Machol of Israemploy

Where

Mercaz Hamagshimim-Hadassah
Beit ArEl, 8 Gad St. (the old Ulpan Etzion)
Baka, Jerusalem
Map
Bus – use the excellent Jlembusmap.com (click ‘Baka' in the left sidebar) to find your bus. Lines 7, 21 and 21A have the closest stops but the many buses along Derech Chevron or Emek Refaim are only an extra few minutes' walk.

Entry is FREE

For more information, call Shira at 052-6039116 or email meida [at] themerkaz.org

When

Wednesday, February 10th, 5-9 pm

Why

To submit resumes (have copies with you!)
To show off your networking skills and meet company rep.s, to follow-up with on email and social media
To learn about job search from the speakers and get advice from experts

I will also be there with a table to meet job seekers and answer job search questions. Come by and say hi, it's always nice to meet in person.

DON'T FORGET: as usual, remember to read my 35+ Job Fair Success Do’s and Don’ts a few days beforehand.

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About the Author Jacob Share

Job Search Expert, Professional Blogger, Creative Thinker, Community Builder with a sense of humor. I like to help people.

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15 comments

Valentina Georgieva says

Hello,

I am Valentina from Bulgaria.I sent money for work in “www.JOBSINDUBAI”.And noting.I hasitate,
because I don’n know very well English spoken.I know to write. I need from you environment.
I don’t know what I do? I am working now a financial inspector in municipality.

Best Regards
valentina Georgieva

DANIEL KYEI says

How can we Africans far away in Ghana take part in person in such open fair.How can job market also provide immigration assistance for us to also secure jobs in the job market in education,hospitality,engineering etc to also contribute our quota to raise the fortunes of the job market.
The reason why iam saying this is not about the benefits ,salaries or anything but to the developing world the chance to use our talents to show to the world we also have the expertise to do something to help manage the global recession if given the opportunity.

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Jacob Share says

After the fair report:

Most presenters at the fair were a little surprised at the layout. Normally, job fairs take place in large halls where people walk from table to table. In this case, the fair was split across 5+ classrooms on 2 different floors. The JobMob table was on the 2nd floor and my impression was that many job seekers never came upstairs. I only spoke with 70-80 people at the event, and I’d be surprised if less than 250 came.

Everyone I asked there had a positive view of the fair itself. I didn’t hear anyone mention the speakers but otherwise people did find the visit was worth it. Don’t forget – a job fair is more than just a place to apply for jobs.

Most of the people I spoke with were recent olim or people thinking of aliya.