Finding Employment
The Employment Services Division of the Labour Department
provides free recruitment assistance to employers and
placement service to job-seekers.
Through the Job Matching Programme, the division provided
intensive job-matching and counselling services to unemployed
job-seekers. The division continued to operate the Outreaching
Placement Service which offered immediate employment
assistance to workers affected by major retrenchments. Its
Special Placement Team also provided assistance to local
construction workers seeking work in contracts under the
New Airport and Related Projects. All these programmes were
well received by job-seekers and employers. In order to
publicise its employment services, the division organised a
series of promotional activities including job bazaars,
exhibitions and recruitment seminars.
In September 1997, the Labour Department set up its first
Employment and Guidance Centre for New Arrivals to provide
a comprehensive range of employment and guidance services
tailor-made for new arrivals.
During the year, 117 424 job-seekers registered with the
division while employers reported 128 981 vacancies. The
division made 173 259 job referrals and placed 26 162 persons
in employment.
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