Subsequent week, from 11 – 13 Could in Christchurch, Go together with Tourism will kickstart New Zealand’s solely free, devoted careers expo for the tourism and hospitality business, hoping to encourage a brand new era of tourism and hospitality employees.
The expo, in partnership with New Zealand Careers Expo, will then transfer on to 6 extra cities across the nation: Palmerston North, Napier, Hamilton, Auckland, Wellington and Dunedin.
With business professionals, employers and educators onsite, college students and jobseekers will uncover a variety of alternatives obtainable, resembling work expertise, mentorships, job vacancies and tertiary research.
In addition to showcasing profession pathways, the principle goal of the expo is to alter detrimental perceptions about tourism and hospitality work. Go together with Tourism Programme Director, Heidi Gillingham, says that the 2023 expo season will probably be an important but for reaching this.
“Covid hit our business arduous. 90,000 staff had been displaced, job safety was unsure, and we’ve skilled an enormous expertise scarcity since. With worldwide journey again to regular in New Zealand – and heading in the direction of pre-Covid numbers once more – it’s essential to draw expertise again into our business to fulfill customer demand.
“Moreover, as a result of alternative to interact with youthful learners, we hope to see a rise in college students selecting Tourism at NCEA stage sooner or later, in consequence. We wish to assist mother and father and college students perceive why the business is so essential to New Zealand – from constructing our financial system to championing our tradition.”
In 2022, the Go together with Tourism Expo noticed 28,667 folks stroll via the doorways and Gillingham believes 2023 will probably be a busier yr. “This yr will probably be our first expo season not restricted by pandemic restrictions, so we hope to welcome extra guests than ever earlier than to find the wide selection of profession and research alternatives obtainable in tourism and hospitality.”
To seek out out extra data on the Go together with Tourism Expo, go to: gowithtourism.co.nz/expo
- 11 – 13 Could, Christchurch Area, Christchurch
- 18 Could, Central Vitality Belief Area, Palmerston North
- 23 Could, Pettigrew Inexperienced Area, Napier
- 11-12 June, Claudelands Showgrounds, Hamilton
- 15-17 June, The Cloud, Auckland
- 23-24 June, TSB Area, Wellington
- 28 June, Dunedin City Corridor, Dunedin
