Job Fair For Thousands of Jobs Announced
For university students who speak English the II Feria Bilingüe de Empleo will bring 2.000 jobs their way. The job fair is set for July 28, 29 and 30 at CENAC.

The job fair is being organized by the Coalición Costarricense de Iniciativas de Desarrollo (CINDE) who will provide more information in the coming days on how many companies and the exact number of jobs that will be offered, that it expected to be at least 2.000.

CINDE says that 16 companies are expected to participate from various sectors with jobs from accounting to business administration, engineering and manning call centres.

Companies like Procter & Gamble, IBM, SYKES, Intel, Languaje Line, Western Union, Hewlett Packard and Fujitsu who currently have operations in Costa Rica are expected to participate, along with a number of companies that are planning expansion to Costa Rica.

CINDE says that English will be important for the jobs being offered, as well as other languages like Portuguese, Italian, French, German and Mandarin.

Alejandra Cobb, Corporate Relations manager at Procter & Gamble, explained that candidates will need to be fluent in English with at least a 70% grasp of the language before they can be considered.

Cobb added that applicants should come prepared. Procter & Gamble recently took over Gillete and more high professionals are required, said Cobb.

In 1998, there were only 4 companies participating in a similar job fair.