TIRANA, March 28/ATA/-The 9-th edition of the “Work & Study” Fair opened on Wednesday at the venues of the Palace of Congresses in Tirana.
The fair is organized by Tirana City Hall, the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tirana and the Ministry of Education and Sports and it has already been established as a tradition.
More than 60 companies, universities and different institutions take part in the fair offering more than 3000 jobs.
Tirana Mayor Erion Veliaj said at the opening of the fair that it is a very good opportunity of establishing a communication between the job-seekers and employers, especially in the private sector.
He emphasized that Tirana is the location of more than half of the country’s economy.
While listing some of the potentials that Tirana city has, the mayor highlighted that Albanian capital is selected as one of the three cities together with Paris and Tel Aviv where it will be implemented TUMA innovative project.
The mayor also took the opportunity of breaking the good news that Tirana pyramid will get transformed into the biggest centre of IT in our region with a capacity of 5 thousand young pupils per day who will attend the IT courses. The mayor said that he believed it was really something about which the labour market is in need.
Further on, Veliaj said that the City Hall has taken up seriously even the night economy, i.e. the entertainment, which has been undervalued, but it’s the non-stop economy of a busy city”, said Veliaj.
Veliaj stated that employment on the basis of political connections is already over once and for good and now everything has been based on merit.
“It is over the time when the party used to be the main labour agency, at least in the City Hall. More and more public entities are recruiting people even for the private sector taking advantage not by the level of salaries, but by the mission they have to accomplish”, said Veliaj.
The mayor advised the youth to focus on education and vocational training as the only way of meeting the labour market demands.
The Chairman of the Chamber of Commerce and Industry Tirana Nikolin Jaka positively assessed the cooperation with Tirana City Hall and emphasized that this fair is an opportunity for business, academy, students and citizens to dialogue together.
“This is a concrete opportunity for the companies taking part in the fair so that they get acquainted better with the offer of the labour market. The job seekers, the workers or every free individual is also at the focus of the Work & Study fair, offering an opportunity of facing the labour market and presenting themselves through the interviews to these companies”, emphasized Jaka. z.tosku/p.s./
