With Bahrain's hospitality sector on a rapid growth trajectory, hundreds of promising career opportunities for skilled professionals, especially Bahraini youth, are becoming available.

A new hospitality, tourism and services career expo kicked off on July 24 in Bahrain, with 1,000 jobs opportunities on offer.

Running till July 25, the two-day expo - organised by the Labour and Social Development Ministry - aims to help citizens find suitable job opportunities in the private sector.

Labour and Social Development Minister, Jameel bin Mohammed Ali Humaidan, opened the expo, held at the Ministry’s premises in Zayed Town, in the presence of MPs, as well as economic and social functions.

Around 1,000 jobs opportunities are being offered in the career expo, targeting holders of diplomas, as well as university and secondary education certificates.

Five hundred of those jobs cover all managerial, supervisory and technical fields and are being offered by 55 participating institutions, and 500 others are being offered by the Labour Ministry and cover various hospitality and tourism facilities in the kingdom.

Commenting on the event, Humaidan stressed that specialised career expos support the Labour Ministry’s efforts to integrate job seekers in the labour market through motivating business owners in various sectors to offer quality job opportunities to the citizens.

Such expos also indicate the national economy’s ability to generate value-added jobs, and contribute to maintaining unemployment rates at secure and stable levels, he said.

He added that the government has paved the way for the hospitality and tourism sector to flourish and attract Bahraini human resources, citing the recent opening of Vatel Bahrain - International Hospitality School, in addition to the existing specialised hospitality and hotels institutes.
 
MP Ahmed Al-Damistani hailed the Labour Ministry’s initiatives aimed at facilitating Bahraini youth’s access to the labour market, praising the focus on the hospitality, tourism and services sector, given its steady growth.

He called on job seekers to take advantage of the available training and employment opportunities. - TradeArabia News Service