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| Cyberport’s First Virtual Career Fair attracted 9,000+ job applications |
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cope with the anti-pandemic measures of ensuring social distancing,
Cyberport moved its annual Career Fair online with a virtually larger
scale held on 3-4 April. The new online format was met with great
enthusiasm by job seekers and recruiters alike, resulting in a bigger
turnout than last year with record high job openings and job
applications.
Nearly 3,000 job seekers took in Cyberport’s first Virtual Career
Fair featuring more than 800 job openings from over 130 companies, along
with more than 50 online workshops, seminars, and career planning
consultation sessions. During the two-day live events, more than 9,000
applications were submitted for positions in such diverse businesses as
virtual banking, virtual insurance, AI, blockchain, EdTech, e-commerce,
healthcare, among many others.
“Tech enterprises are continually seeking brilliant minds to join
their ranks,” said Dr George Lam, Chairman of Cyberport. “Although a
weaker job market overall is expected this year, opportunities are still
there for young people if they are willing and ready to be innovative,
equip themselves with new knowhow, and continue to gain an understanding
on the latest technologies and market trends.”
Expedited digital transformation attracts new talent
While technical positions made up more than half of the available
jobs, ample positions related to business development were offered,
which represented more than 30% of the openings. Such job offers like
business analysis, project management and marketing are most
competitive, receiving 60% of the total applications. The job
vacancies are open to graduates of diverse backgrounds, where nearly 30%
of them hold postgraduate qualifications or doctorates, and 60% listed a
bachelor’s degree as their highest level of education.
“This demonstrates that digital transformation expedited by the
pandemic brought forth important opportunities during the challenging
times and surprising results in talent demand. It reflects a growing
interest in I&T by job seekers and their confidence in the prospects
of the tech industry,” said Eric Chan, Chief Public Mission Officer of
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Two-way platform boosted interactive experience
The new online platform offered a novel interactive experience for
job applications and career consultation through diverse features of
virtual recruiter booths, chat rooms and live seminar/workshop
sessions. Company representatives communicated instantly
with job seekers via text or video, conducted one-on-one CV consultation
and career planning assessment supported by HR professionals.
During the fair period, the virtual fair racked up some 73,000
page views, with more than 11,000 chat interactions held by job seekers,
employers, and HR representatives.
Eric added that the success of the event has prompted “Cyberport
to actively consider hosting both physical and virtual career fairs
simultaneously next year to assist more I&T enterprises in talent
acquisition and to promote the I&T industry’s further development in
Hong Kong.”
The Virtual Career Fair platform will remain open until the end of
June for job seekers to browse available jobs and review the recorded
seminar sessions. Click HERE for details.
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