Telford jobs fair attracts more than 4,000
Telford's biggest ever jobs fair attracted more than 4,000, it was revealed today – as organisers said they are already looking to organise another event.
Businesses exhibiting at the event were inundated with offers from job hunters, keen to get work in the town.
The 100 stands were overwhelmed with people enquiring about vacancies, filling in application forms and leaving CVs.
Nandos, which is due to open in Southwater and has up to 40 vacancies in its new restaurant was today sifting through more than 400 CVs from potential employees during the day.
General manager Steve Evans said: "It's been amazing to see the different types of people coming through and we're really excited about some of the applications we've got." Food production and packaging firm, Faccenda, which is expanding its business this year and plans to take on 300 people by the end of the year, said it had been given more than 500 CVs from people at the jobs fair.
Faccenda's HR and Operations Manager, Bev Bishton, said: "It has been a fantastic opportunity to showcase Faccenda as a major employer in the Telford area."
Michelle Wing HR manager for Stadco, who will be recruiting around 180 people as part of its expansion in Telford in the next 18 months, said: "We've been really impressed with the number of young people. It's really positive for our future growth and development."
Councillor Shaun Davies, cabinet member for employment and skills, said: "We were really pleased by the number of people coming to the jobs fair yesterday.
"It just shows that people want a job, they're not prepared to sit around and wait for one to come along, they are getting out there and looking for them.
"This was a really important event for Telford, we have a lot of jobs available and yesterday's fair brought all of these together in one place."
Telford & Wrekin Council, which organised the event has said it wants to host an even bigger jobs fair next year.
