Over 10,000 expected to attend Dublin jobs fair

Event organisers said the majority of positions on offer are “well paid professional jobs”

A jobs fair will take place this Friday and Saturday in Croke Park. Photograph: Aidan Crawley
A jobs fair will take place this Friday and Saturday in Croke Park. Photograph: Aidan Crawley

More than 10,000 people are expected to attend a jobs expo in Dublin this week, with positions in engineering, sales, nursing, construction, IT and teaching on offer.

Qatar-based Hamad Medical Corporation is looking to fill jobs in the areas of bio-medical engineering, occupational therapy, dietetics, physiotherapy and healthcare information management.

Height for Hire is seeking to hire service engineers, HGV drivers and area sales managers among other positions, while UK teaching agency is looking for classroom teaching assistants, primary school teachers and qualified nursery nurses.

Irish companies including Innopharma Labs, Wisetek and Hot Press will also be exhibiting at the event.

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Event organisers said the majority of positions on offer are “well paid professional jobs”.

A number of start-your-own-business experts offering advice and support networks will be on hand at the event, and there will also be seminars on career development and visa advice. There will also be one-to-one CV, job seeking and career advice from professional career guidance counsellors.

The event will run alongside a Which Course adult education expo, which will showcase full- and part-time courses.

The jobs fair will take place this Friday and Saturday in Croke Park, and on Tuesday, September 9th in the Silver Springs Moran Hotel in Cork.