The vast majority of companies present at the “Start Work II – Education, Professional Training, Entrepreneurship and Employment Exhibition”, which opened today and runs until March 11, at Portimão Arena, are recruiting professionals from the most diverse areas to strengthen their teams during peak tourist season. But there are those who bet on recruiting now, to be later with the best. And there are also those who are recruiting for the whole year.
Worten, from the Sonae group, is recruiting 60 people, in the commercial area (salespeople), but also in the area of technical assistance and repairs. The vast majority of vacancies, as revealed by Vera Matias, Operational Manager of Human Resources, in statements to Sul Informação, are for the new store that Worten will open in the summer in the new shopping center «Mar Shopping», in the IKEA complex in Loulé. The rest are for the brand's stores in Portimão and Tavira.
Worten is still looking for someone for the Area Coordination. In this case, pointed out Vera Martins, «we are looking for someone with a degree in Management».
Zoomarine is another of the Algarve companies that are present at the job and training fair, Start Work, which this year has practically doubled its presence.
Carla Duarte, from Zoomarine's Human Resources Department, told the Sul Informação that 30 job openings are open in this theme park, which reopens its doors on the 28th of March, will open uninterruptedly until the 31st of October, and this year, for the first time, it will also open on weekends (Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays ) in November.
Zoomarine is looking for workers for the operational area (reception, shops, photography), as well as for assistant to the bird trainer, a function for which, revealed Carla Duarte, «we are having difficulties in recruiting».
This year, the largest theme park in Portugal, in order to capture all the human resources it needs for seven months of the year it is open, will start providing "transport for employees in the Portimão, Parchal and Lagoa areas", he revealed Carla Duarte. «We already had transport, but only to the areas closest to Zoormarine, Albufeira, Silves and Messines. This year, we have expanded these transports, so that we can pick up the people we need where they are».
MacDonald Monchique Resort & Spa, located in Monchique, intends to recruit 80 people, «including vacancies for curricular and professional internships», mainly «in the operational, reception, food&beverage, spa and maintenance areas», said Gonçalo Castanho, training coordinator at our newspaper.
“MacDonald favors human resources from Monchique and neighboring municipalities, not only because it is more practical for everyone, but also to enhance the feeling of belonging to the project,” he added.
The first resort of the British hotel chain in Portugal, and which invests heavily in the area of Health and Wellness, says it wants to «contribute to the socio-professional development of the Algarve, uncovering the veil over the real professional practices that young people have , namely the students, have the opportunity to experiment in a real context for the first time», guaranteed Gonçalo Castanho.
Regarding the fact that a large part of the 80 vacancies that MacDonald Monchique Resort & Spa intends to fill are seasonal, he admits that "there is an increase in seasonal activity, which is an identity in all hotels in the Algarve region". However, he noted, "many of the professionals who show good skills will stay with us", as the resort is open all year and cannot afford to lose the good professionals it has now recruited.
Also the Success Work (SW), a temporary employment company headquartered in Quarteira, is at Start Work looking for 1050 people to work in the Algarve, during the summer period, in all areas of the hotel sector. In all, the company will recruit 1500 people, since the 1050 it is looking for in the Algarve region it also intends to add 300 people for the Lisbon region, and 75 for each of these regions: Beira Interior and Litoral, Alentejo and Madeira. SW is one of several temporary workers present at the event.
The Swedish brand IKEA and the Jerónimo Martins Group are another of the 40 exhibitors present at the Portimão employment fair. The Swedish company IKE is recruiting people both for the Algarve store, which opens on 30 March, and for the future Mar Shopping Algarve, while the Jerónimo Martins Group is also recruiting people interested in working in Pingo Doce stores in the region.
This morning, during the inauguration of Start Work, in Portimão, both Madalena Feu, regional delegate of the IEFP, and Isilda Gomes, president of the Chamber, took a long time to visit each of the exhibitors, namely some of resorts and hotels located in the Barlavento and Central Algarve, such as Cascade Wellness & Lifestyle Resort, Algarve Casino Hotel, Jupiter Algarve Hotel, Martinhal, Pestana Group, Agua Hotels & Resorts, Quinta do Lago, Atrium Arade or Carvoeiro Clube, in addition to those already mentioned. But there is also a stand of Madre Frutas, an agricultural company producing red fruits, recruiting staff.
The event, which has free entry and takes place between 10:00 and 19:00 at Portimão Arena, until Saturday 11th, also has spaces for publicizing job offers and professional internships, programs and measures to support investment, professional training , normal and vocational secondary education and higher education, provided by companies and public and private educational institutions, polytechnics and universities in the municipality and region of the Algarve.
There are also initiatives to promote courses taught by the represented educational institutions, as well as workshops, showcooking and thematic demonstrations and short-term clarification sessions promoted by the companies and institutions present.
This afternoon, Start Work will receive a visit from the Minister of Education, as one of the fair's strong bets is precisely on the presence of public and private schools, including all school groups in the municipality of Portimão, which show their educational offer and professional training.
Photos: Elisabete Rodrigues|Sul Informação
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