The Labour Department will hold the Youth Employment Expo in Wan Chai on February 15, with more than 1,200 on-the-job training vacancies on offer for young people aged 29 or below to work locally and in the Greater Bay Area (GBA) Mainland cities.

The expo is an event jointly organised by the Greater Bay Area Youth Employment Scheme, the Youth Employment & Training Programme (YETP) and the Youth Employment Start (Y.E.S.) 

A total of 47 organisations from various industries, including airline services, hotels, banking, public services, retail, transport, construction, catering, tourism, security and technology, will join the expo.

The event will be held from 11am to 6pm at the Convention & Exhibition Centre and admission is free. Young job seekers can submit applications on-site and may be selected for on-the-spot interviews.

Additionally, the expo features career talks, sharing sessions, course introduction and demonstration of the programmes, employment consultation, interview preparation consultation and resume photo shooting. Plus, singers plan to share their stories of pursuing their own career developments.

Furthermore, the Youth Entrepreneurship Bazaar will also be run by business members of Y.E.S. at the expo, selling a diverse range of handcrafted and innovative products.

Last year’s Policy Address announced measures to strengthen employment services and support for young people from this year, including relaxing the eligibility requirements for the GBA Youth Employment Scheme to allow young people aged 29 or below with sub-degree or higher qualifications to join the scheme and increasing the allowance granted to enterprises.

Moreover, the upper age limit for YETP participants has been raised to provide employment support services to young people aged 15 to 29 with sub-degree or below qualifications.

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