Everyone from trucking company Main-freight to biscuit
manufacturer Cookie Time was there, while brewer Lion Nathan
was promising "a fridge full of futures".
Hundreds of university students visited a recent careers fair
at the University of Otago.
One display by the Department of Corrections included a $1200
electronic monitoring unit used for community detention.
Aoraki Polytechnic head of school Andrew Walne said the fair
was a valuable opportunity for employers and education
providers to discuss career options with students.
"It's a tough world and jobs are hard to get. A lot of people
get their degree and then wonder what they're going to do,"
he said.
"It's great to have academic skills, but ... we give people
work skills. By gaining vocational skills on top of a degree
it makes someone a very attractive employment prospect," Mr
Walne said. "People need work-ready skills.
Employers just don't have time to train people these days and
they want people to have work skills from day one."
- nigel.benson@odt.co.nz
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