Nearly 5000 job opportunities at HCMC Internship and Job Fair: UEH Career Fair 2022

18 Apr, 2022

With more than 42 prestigious enterprises participating, the Ho Chi Minh City Internship and Employment Day organized by the University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City (UEH) on April 16 and 17, 2022 has brought thousands of attractive opportunities for workers in the area and the neighboring provinces.

City Internship and Employment Day Ho Chi Minh City (UEH Career Fair) is an annual event held to help potential candidates have the opportunity to access real career opportunities. With the participation of many leading domestic and foreign enterprises, this Festival is a bridge for candidates to directly meet employers, to learn about quality job requirements and to actively seize best-fit career opportunities, at the same time, creating conditions for businesses to promote their brands to society as well as to approach and to recruit high-quality human resources in Ho Chi Minh City and the neighboring provinces.

In the same spirit of initiative and adaptation to the new normal, the Internship and Employment Festival in Ho Chi Minh City in 2022 is organized by the University in a combination of face-to-face at UEH Nguyen Tri Phuong campus and online on the event.ueh.edu.vn and/or vieclam.ueh.edu.vn platforms.

Attending the opening ceremony of this Fair, on behalf of UEH, there were Dr. Bui Quang Hung - Vice Rector, Head of the Festival Organizing Committee; MSc. Nguyen Van Duong - Head of Department of Student Affairs, Standing Deputy Head of the Organizing Committee of the Festival; MSc. Nguyen Thanh Su - Deputy Head of Marketing - Communication Department; MSc. Quan Han Xuong - Deputy Head of Department of Facilities together with leaders of UEH Units and leaders of Units of UEH Schools.

On behalf of the Gold sponsors, there are: Mr. Vu Hong Quang - Vice Chairman of CT Group; Ms. Nguyen Tran Hoang Yen - Head of Recruitment Department, Nestlé Vietnam Co., Ltd; Mr. Truong Cong Trung - Head of Human Resources - Training, Employee Engagement and Employer Branding, Unilever Vietnam Group; Ms. Phan Thi Hong Nhat - Deputy Head of Recruitment Department of Military Commercial Joint Stock Bank. On behalf of the Silver sponsors, there were: Mr. Nguyen Viet Trung - Deputy Director of Human Resources of Saigon Thuong Tin Commercial Joint Stock Bank; Mr. Vu Trung Duong - Assistant to General Director, Khai Anh Binh Thuan Joint Stock Company. On behalf of the Bronze sponsors, there are: Mr. Than Trung Liet - Director of Nguyen Huu Canh Transaction Office, SSI Securities Joint Stock Company; Mr. Tran Quy Duong - Senior Recruitment Specialist of Vietnam Maritime Commercial Joint Stock Bank together with the leaders and staff of 42 business units as famous employers in Vietnam as well as Newspaper reporters and thousands of Students from Universities and Colleges in the city came to participate.

An overview of the Fair ceremony

Opening remarks, Dr. Bui Quang Hung - Vice President of UEH stated: “University of Economics Ho Chi Minh City is a national key public university, its reputation has been confirmed in Vietnam with our prestigious position among educational and training institutions in the region, especially in the economic sector. During the training process, our University always wishes to connect with businesses to train high-quality human resources with the University for the labor market not only in Vietnam but also globally. UEH invites businesses to participate in the development of training programs of the University; inviting business leaders to participate in extracurricular training courses student reports; organizing recruitment activities to foster interview skills for students and businesses. In addition, the enterprise semester for students is organized to practice, to apply the knowledge and skills they have learned to apply in practice; especially, Internship and Job Days event is regularly organized every year and /or throughout the year to strengthen the connection of our University's high-quality labor force with businesses. Therefore, the organization of Internship and Job Day today is a completely essential event - one of the main important events of UEH University, helping students have opportunities and empowering them to take the initiative and to seize the opportunity to have the best job positions at the most prestigious enterprises in Vietnam and in Ho Chi Minh City”.

Dr. Bui Quang Hung - Vice President of UEH - giving the opening speech of the Festival

Ribbon-cutting ceremony to open the festival

Access to nearly 5000 attractive vacancies

With more than 42 enterprises participating in recruitment from the fields of Banking - Finance - Insurance, Securities, Accounting, Auditing, Consulting, Consumer Goods - Food, Technology - E-commerce, Construction - Real Estate, Trade - Import-Export - Logistics, Manufacturing - Raw Materials - Energy, students had the opportunity to approach nearly 5,000 attractive vacancies through direct registration form with recruiters and were interviewed at business booths.

42 businesses participated in recruitment, bringing nearly 5,000 job opportunities for students

In addition to find out about recruitment information, candidates have the opportunity to exchange, interview, challenge questions and challenges at the company's recruitment booth in both direct and indirect ways.

Candidates discovering recruitment needs at a booth of the Festival

A variety of meaningful and useful activities

Along with displaying booths to introduce and recruitment desk set-up, businesses connect with students through exchange programs and workshops to connect with HR experts and CEOs to help young talent resources who have a multi-dimensional view on recruitment trends and necessary skills so that they can quickly adapt well to the labor market listed as: guidance on completing job applications or how to express themselves impressively in the interview round as well as how to build a prominent personal image to take advantage of opportunities from reputable employers.

On April 16, 2022, the Festival was held online on the event.ueh.edu.vn and/or vieclam.ueh.edu.vn platforms with diverse interesting activities as follows:

“Skills to resolve conflicts in a multinational working environment” Workshop
“Building a professional personal image” Workshop
English Workshop: Skills for writing CVs and responding interviews in English
Career orientation activities (for freshmen and sophomores)
Online recruitment activities on event.ueh.edu.vn, vieclam.ueh.edu.vn

Students participating in “Conflict resolution skills in a multinational working environment” Workshop

Students participating in “Building a professional personal image” Workshop

Students participating in “CV writing skills and interview questions in English” English Workshop

On April 17, 2022, activities within the framework of the Festival will be held in parallel: direct at UEH Nguyen Tri Phuong Campus and online on the event.ueh.edu.vn platform; vieclam.ueh.edu.vn.

Talkshow: Employment trends and recruitment needs in the context of the “new normal”
Connecting and promoting businesses at more than 46 booths
Online recruitment activities on event.ueh.edu.vn, vieclam.ueh.edu.vn
Direct recruitment activities 1:1
Career orientation activities (for Freshmen and Sophomores)
Interview practice with business - Case interview (for Juniors and Seniors)
Book and Music Park activities
Food, beverage and cultural exchanges

Talkshow: Employment trends and recruitment needs in the context of the “new normal”

Students participating in business networking and promotion activities at the booth

Students participating in direct recruitment activities 1:1

Students participating in mock interviews with businesses - Case interview

Book and Music park activities, cultural exchanges

In particular, the lucky participants received valuable gifts listed as laptops, phones, E-books, smart bracelets, headphones and so on through a lucky draw program direct at the festival.

Attendees winning attractive prizes

City Internship and Employment Day Ho Chi Minh City is a great effort of UEH in bringing practical values to students and young workforce. The festival has increasingly affirmed its reputation with society, especially as a place to connect and supply effective and high-quality human resources for businesses, contributing to the sustainable development of the country.

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