Qatar Career Fair Announces Results of Last Year's Fair

Doha, March 31(QNA) - Qatar Career Fair (QCF) today announced the results of last year’s career fair at a press conference held at Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC).The organizing committee presented findings based on data submitted by companies that participated in the fair last year. Overall results showed that 2012 performance was stronger than that of 2011 and 2010, in terms of total number of successful applications, opportunities provided, total number of participating companies as well as number of companies that disclosed the results of their participation. QCF 2013, which is expected to deliver even better outcomes, will be inaugurated tomorrow by H.H. Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al-Thani, Heir Apparent at an official opening ceremony at QNCC. The 2012 results showed that the Government sector performed the best overall with more than 3,645 successfully fulfilled opportunities provided for Qataris. This was closely followed by the Education, Health and Sports sector, which generated more than 3,465 successful opportunities. The Energy and Industry sector recorded nearly 1,550 successful opportunities, while the Business and Finance sector had just over 605. The results were based on data submitted by 127 out of 136 companies (approximately 93%) that participated in last year’s fair, which in itself represents a sharp increase compared to the previous year where only 70% of participating companies disclosed their results. In total over 9,290 opportunities were successfully fulfilled across the education, employment, training and development categories in the key sectors. In 2011, this number was just over 5,560, which could have been partially due to lower disclosure of results from participating companies, and almost 4,280 in 2010. "Although this points towards a general upward trend in terms of year on year growth, these findings are based solely on the number of companies that have accurately submitted their results, which vary each year. Nevertheless overall key performance indicators suggest that QCF has gained momentum each year in terms of the number and calibre of companies participating across the key sectors", said Abdullah Al Mansoori, Executive Director, QCF. The data collated also indicated that in the Government sector, 47% of the successfully fulfilled opportunities were in employment, followed by 38% in training, whereas in the Education, Health and Sports sector, majority of the successfully fulfilled opportunities came out of training (39%) and development (33%). In the Energy and Industry sector 40% of successful opportunities recorded were in employment. The Business and Finance sector, despite having the lowest number of fulfilled opportunities compared to other sectors, also rated highest in employment, with45% of opportunities provided being successfully fulfilled. This year the Business and Finance sector is estimated to have the highest number of opportunities, over 2,600, but it remains to be seen how many will be successfully fulfilled. QCF2012 also recorded 142 education, employment, training and development opportunities that were successfully allocated for the special needs community, with 44% in the Government sector, followed by 25% in the Energy and Industry sector, 17% in Education, Health and Sports, and 14% in Business and Finance. Overall, the 2012 findings have been positive. The upward momentum appears to be further corroborated by preliminary data for 2013, which indicates that the fair will provide over 14,500 opportunities by over 145 exhibitors. QCF 2013 will run from April 1 to 6 at the Qatar National Convention Centre. Opening ceremonies will be held on Monday morning, April 1, and the fair will open its doors to the general public from 12 noon until 9 p.m. On all other days until Saturday, the April 6, the fair will be open from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. A special day for women only will be held on April 4 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (QNA)