Building on their success in last year's event which attracted more than 10,000 aspiring professionals and fresh graduates, this year's fair will be more focused with new recruiters

AMMAN ----October 24, 2010-------- Under the patronage of Jordan's Minister of Labor, the Talal Abu-Ghazaleh Knowledge Center (TAG-Knowledge) and Akhtaboot – the career network will join forces for the second year in a row to organize their ever popular job fair at TAG-Knowledge headquarters, Queen Rania Street.

Building on the success of last year's event which attracted more than 10,000 aspiring professionals and fresh graduates, this year's fair will be more focused with new recruiters covering various industries.

Mr. Tareq Hammad, TAG-Knowledge Executive Director said: "We have seen positive reception from both job seekers and recruiters and that is why we have decided to work on another event this year with a fresh approach and newer methods."

"HE Dr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh is extremely satisfied with the outcome of last year's event and we are proud to work with Akhtaboot again in organizing this job fair and we will work on making it an annual event," he added.

Meanwhile, Mr. Yousef Shamoun, Akhtaboot Co-founder and CEO said:"

Akhtaboot and TAG-Knowledge second job fair is a continuation of last year’s success and a true fulfillment to the mission of Akhtaboot Cares Initiative. With a wide-range of participating employers this year, it is highly important for job seekers to take advantage of this opportunity to connect with employers who are actively hiring.

We are truly happy to renew our partnership with TAG-Knowledge as our cooperation has proven to be a key factor in the success of our 2010 job fair.

This year's two-day event will be held on October 26, 27 and sponsored by Bank of Jordan (platinum sponsor), Umniah (gold sponsor), Pepsi Jordan and Bell Amman (silver sponsors), the Online Project and Addustour newspaper (media sponsors).

TAG-Knowledge is the latest initiative by Mr. Talal Abu-Ghazaleh to perform its corporate social responsibility towards the Jordanian and Arab communities, and to be a hub for promoting intellect and knowledge, developing Arab youth and human resources, and qualifying the largest number of local professionals by providing them with competitive skills through exposure to knowledge and developments in the international community under the direct supervision of TAG-Org experts and Umniah's exclusive sponsorship.

The Akhtaboot Cares Initiative (ACI) is a comprehensive CSR program that was developed through partnerships with a number of second parties and educational institutions in the Middle East and GCC region. Through the ACI Akhtaboot maintains an ongoing presence in the region’s educational institutions and career-related events by developing and executing specific training programs that are tailor-made to educate graduates-to-be and job seekers on how to approach the job market and to smoothen their transition into the professional world.