Cool-Safe is attending the New Zealand Careers Expo and we need your help!
As part of our ongoing mission to reinvest in Aotearoa New Zealand's HVACR community, we're supporting recruitment to meet the skill shortage in the sector. NZ Careers Expo has run for the past 30 years, introducing school leavers and the public at large to new opportunities and careers. Last year alone, some 25,000 visitors attended careers expos up and down the country.
Cool-Safe is attending the Christchurch, Hamilton, and Auckland expos for what will be a great opportunity to showcase HVACR and present the benefits of a career in the industry to the next generation of professionals.
With that in mind, we need your help to make this a success. Our expos take place on the following dates:
Christchurch: 9-10 May.
Hamilton: 9-10 June.
Auckland: 20-21 June.
If you or anyone in your team is willing to come along and volunteer their time for a few hours to speak with school leavers and the general public about life in the HVACR sector, your work, and the benefits that come with this career, please reach out to me to register your interest. This is a great opportunity to promote the industry, share your experiences with young people, and find some future apprentices to bring on board.
We also have an online expo, which will be running for the entire year and will be updated with photographs and stories from our NZ Careers Expo visits.
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