Dmitry Cherneyko. Mr. Cherneyko said that the fair was a great way to start a series of events planned by the Committee until the end of the year, as well as the prologue for the upcoming new project — the Saint Petersburg International HR Forum, which will take place at ExpoForum in March 2017.

“The fair is attended by 180 employers, and in just a few hours it was visited by more than 3,000 people. We are conducting a three-day event for the first time. According to our estimates about 30,000 job seekers will be able to talk with employers and to visit a few dozen training sessions, seminars and presentations during the event”, Mr. Cherneyko said.
Evgeny Gorin, Executive Vice President of the Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs of St. Petersburg, noted that the majority of jobs in the economy was determined by the members of the Union, and these jobs facilitate development of our city.
 He expressed hope that educational institutions of the city would deliver more and more balanced and qualified personnel year after year. According to Mr. Gorin, the job fair is one of the most important elements of pre-service and in-service training of staff that provides qualified personnel for the city economy.

Sergey Voronkov, General Director of ExpoForum International said that the fair was held for the first time, simultaneously and at the same venue with the Russian Industrialist Forum, the St. Petersburg International Innovation Forum and professional skills competitions.
“The problem of filling vacancies, assessing skills and retraining is relevant to all sectors of the economy, including industry, which is widely represented at these forums today.
We hope that holding four events at the same time will give the desired synergy effect to all participants and visitors”, Mr. Voronkov concluded.

The fair will be held in St. Petersburg on September 21-23.
In addition to numerous stands for interviews, there will be three interactive areas
(“Career Guidance”, “Education” and “Job Search”) open at the event with daily presentations of companies, seminars, business games and trainings.

Candidates will be offered positions in the field of education, manufacturing, trade, real estate, health care, transport, banking, service, catering, public administration and security.