AmCham Employment fair for middle management December 2008

The Career Development Center (CDC) held its fifth annual Employment and Professional Development Fair on December 26-27 at the InterContinental CityStars hotel in Cairo. The event featured 75 employer booths, in addition to 16 parallel training sessions. By all reckonings, this year's fair was a runaway success, with a marked increase in overall attendance, the number of employers and total jobs available.

Over two days, 4000 job seekers visited the booths to speak with company representatives, inquire about opportunities or submit their CVs. They also received a voluminous booklet with each company's background and current job vacancies

Coca-Cola was the fair's patron sponsor, Cairo 3A (Platinum Sponsor) Xerox ,General Motors and Olympic group(Gold Sponsors), Arab Bank, British American Tobacco, Edita and Piraeus bank (Silver Sponsor) Nile FM (Media Sponsor)

Companies represented a range of fields, including banking, telecom, construction, food and beverages, pharmaceuticals, insurance, education and recruitment agencies.

Training workshops - Sessions.

Four-hour workshops were held on both days of the event. Topics addressed on the first day included Basics of Finance, Basics of Finance, Successful Marketing Methods, The Art of Creative Thinking, The best Time management Tools and Techniques and Customer Relationship Management. The second day had classes in Treasury and Risk Management, Putting your Know-How into Action, Effective Public Relations, Investing in People and Coaching: The Lifestyle New Approach

Companies interested to participate in AmCham next Employment fair 2009, Please contact: Fair@amcham.org.eg

AmCham Employment fair photo gallery - (December, 2008)

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