Thanet Jobcentre Plus will be holding a jobs fair at Dreamland next month.
Some 40 employers will be taking part in the event on September 18.
Thanet Jobcentre recruitment specialist Joshua Hardy said “There is already a lot of buzz around our Dreamland jobs fair. It is going to be a fantastic opportunity for our employers and candidates to meet.”
Confirmed employers include Border Force, Vision for Education and Ramsgate-based recruitment agency HRGO.
There are still stands available for local employers to attend. Any interested employers can email [email protected] to discuss booking a table for the day.
Those wanting to take part to find a job can go through their Job Centre work coach.
Thanet Jobcentres have been working with several new employers over the month, from United Cars to stone mason traineeship opportunities with the Westgate based company The Stoneman Ltd.
There are also a number of courses underway or in the planning process, including construction, security, teaching, railway engineering, retail and how to join the civil service.
Alana Stevenson, Recruitment Specialist for Thanet, said: “Our Work Coaches can refer claimants to one of our many sector-based opportunities where the training provider conducts all the employability teaching and the associated employer will spend time with the candidates to give them all the details they need on jobs they have available and will offer a guaranteed interview.”
Government data shows 34,895 people were claiming unemployment benefits in Kent in July 2024, an increase of 8.9% (+2,845) since the previous month.
For Thanet that figure was 4,670, an increase of 9.6% – equating to 410 people- on the previous month.
Thanet also has the highest rate of youth unemployment in the South East standing at 9.7% of the 18 to 24-year-old population – equating to 895 young people.
All the bone headed morons now convicted, and serving jail terms for rioting need not apply, they have burned that boat, and may never work again!
Don’t believe we had any riots in Thanet.
Surely a couple of maintenance personnel for Dreamland will be the number one priority for this Job Fair.
Odd isn’t it I know a few people who go to these and they say most companies don’t turn up
Dreamland saying they had lots of vacancies than didn’t show up
Having been to a few of these when I was under DWP services, they’re nothing more than data collection exercises for the firms then to sell onto infobroker firms. Just like the DWP website for jobs, full of “none” jobs that are there to harvest data, with no actual job at the end of it.
Anon
Totally agree. Been saying this for ages you keep reading so many job available. In reality it’s rubbish these jobs don’t exist.
Glad I’m not the only person that sees though this charade, all businesses are in it for profit, theres no point in these ‘job fairs’ cutting wage costs is in most of their agendas, take supermarkets and their self-service checkouts.
Peer pressure on the DWP from our Government who know too well there are less and less jobs available out there.
Get them lazy no goods back to work! yeah right – Stop the boats and stop funding that before picking on our venerable UK citizens.