By Arvind Nair
Bayt.com, one of the largest employment websites in the region, has announced that it will host a pan-regional Virtual Job Fair (VJF) to address the Middle East’s growing levels of unemployment.
The VJF, which will be operational on the Bayt.com website, will run for five days between March 22 and 26 and will offer both employers and job seekers from across the entire Middle East a convenient and hassle-free opportunity to interact.
The pan-regional VJF is the fifth online job fair organised and run by Bayt.com, and follows from highly successful versions over the past year, including in the UAE, Jordan and Saudi Arabia. A total of 99,000 job seekers have participated in the previous four VJFs.
Sponsored by the Qatar Foundation, the VJF will focus on effectively connecting qualified job seekers with the best-fit career opportunities around the Middle East region.
Candidates will have the easy and unique option to ‘attend’ the job fair from any Internet-accessible computer and submit their résumés to participating companies of interest at all times, while enabling local, regional and international employers to establish an active and highly effective talent-seeking presence, without physically being in a location.
As in previous VJF events, animated 3D “virtual booths” will be set up for the participating employers on the website, and each booth will, as in a physical job fair, be branded with the exhibitors’ names and logos and will provide access to a range of information about the company, including its corporate culture, objectives and recruitment practices.
Visitors to the job fair will also benefit from a CV drop option to the booths of their choice and directly apply for advertised jobs; and an option for employers and job seekers to interact in real time via online or video chat.
“At Bayt.com we are committed to developing innovative methods facilitating the process for employers to find, interact with, and recruit relevant job seekers; and for job seekers to easily research the newest vacancies,” said Bayt.com’s regional manager, Amer Zureikat.