The VisitCanberra Choose Tourism Jobs Expos, held at the ANU, UC and CIT in April and May, were a fantastic opportunity for industry to recruit direct from the ACT’s student body, raise awareness of their businesses and of the tourism industry among Canberra’s university population.
Organised and run by VisitCanberra and Visabel, in conjunction with Austrade’s Choose Tourism Program, these ‘meet and greet’ style expos allowed participating businesses to not only engage with, but also begin recruitment activity with the local university student population.
More than 60 exhibitors participated over the three expos representing a wide variety of the industry. This provided the healthy numbers of attendees at each expo a fantastic insight and understanding of the breadth and width of the tourism industry and the significant job and career opportunities available.
Most exhibitors also walked away with a generous list of prospective candidates to fill existing and upcoming vacant positions.
A big thank you goes out to all the exhibitors who participated as well as the respective university campuses for hosting the events, and of course, the amazing team at Visabel for pulling everything together.
Overall, The VisitCanberra Choose Tourism Jobs Expos provided an invaluable platform for businesses to directly engage with and recruit from the ACT’s student body, significantly raising awareness of the diverse job and career opportunities within the tourism industry among Canberra’s university population.