Hcareers Sponsors Career Fair at World's Largest Industry Trade Show

Dominant job board for the hospitality and restaurant industry asked to headline the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show's Career Fair for a second year

Feb 11, 2006 - 10:38
Hcareers, the dominant job board for the hospitality and restaurant industry accepted title sponsorship of the 8th Annual International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show (IH/M&RS) Hospitality Career Fair. The career fair, scheduled for Saturday November 12th will be held in 1E Hall at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center in New York City.

The career fair is a one-day event providing an excellent opportunity for job seekers to meet with leading hotel and restaurant companies looking to recruit top talent for positions within their organizations. Over 1000 hospitality and culinary, students and graduates, will take part in the career fair and over 50 schools specializing in hospitality and culinary programs will participate. 'The IH/M&RS Career Fair is a great recruitment opportunity for top hospitality students and post-graduates, and provides them with an ideal platform to interact with our industry's top employers.' says Karen MacPherson, CEO of Hcareers. 'Today's students are the future of our industry. Hcareers is proud to sponsor this exciting event!'

Hcareers has established themselves as the leading online job board for hospitality and restaurant jobs and job seekers alike with over 75,000 job postings and 55,000 resumes posted in the past 90 days. They have also developed strong partnerships and power online career centers for the industry's leading associations, including; National Restaurant Association, American Hotel and Lodging Association, and International Hotel & Restaurant Association.

As part of their display booth at the career fair, Hcareers will be collecting entry forms for a chance to win an 'Hcareers Job Seeker Survival Kit' - a prize package valued at $500 that will be given away by random draw. The Survival Kit includes; a resume and cover letter professional writing package from ResumeEdge.com, Macy's clothing gift certificate, stylish messenger bag, hard cover practical notebook for jotting down essential job hunting notes, and a recently published book with tips and tactics for landing your dream job entitled, 'Guerilla Marketing for Job Hunters' written by Levinson and Perry.

About Hcareers
Launched in 1998, Hcareers is the leading job board for the hospitality, restaurant, and retail industries in terms of revenues, staff, and traffic. Hcareers has the most jobs and job seekers in all three industries with over 75,000 current job postings and over 900,000 unique visitors each month. Hcareers operates three websites, Hcareers.com (US), Hcareers.ca (Canada), and Hcareers.co.uk (United Kingdom & Ireland). The company employs over 100 full-time staff and has over 16,000 active clients. For more information on Hcareers visit their web site at www.hcareers.com.

About the International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show
The International Hotel/Motel & Restaurant Show is owned and sponsored by the American Hotel & Lodging Association, the Hotel Association of New York City, Inc. and the New York State Hospitality & Tourism Association Inc. It is the world's largest showcase and exchange of industry products, trends and development including food & beverage, furnishings, technology, equipment and much more. The show draws some of the most influential buyers from hotels, restaurants, casinos, and resorts. The show runs from Saturday November 12th through Tuesday November 15th at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, NYC. For more information on the IH/M & RS show or Career Fair visit www.ihmrs.com.