UAlg Online Careers Fair

If you are looking for a job, a traineeship, a research, entrepreneurship or voluntary work project, in Portugal or in Europe, UAlg Online Careers Fair grants you the opportunity to make direct contact with employers and other organizations in Portugal and Europe - as well as with labour market experts and mobility supporting services.

You will find support and advice on how to look & apply for a job, about other career pathways and you will have access to information about living and working in Portugal and in other European countries.

Participate online (or, if you are in the Algarve, join us at UAlg Auditorium in Gambelas Campus) and meet employers from all over Europe looking for your profile and skills.

SAVE THE DATE: November 28th, 2019WORKING HOURS                 

• from 10:00 to 17:30 (GMT, Mainland Portugal timezone)
• from 11:00 to 18:30 (CET, Central Europe timezone)

In this first UAlg Online Careers Fair edition, you have the opportunity to meet online employers from all over Europe. You may participate wherever you are, in Portugal, Spain or in another European country.

If you happen to be in the Algarve (in Faro), you may as well follow the Programme onsite, in UAlg Auditorium (Gambelas Campus).

This event provides you with a full package for your job search in Europe. You can:

• apply, during the next few weeks, to jobs, traineeships and research opportunities matching your profile and be selected for one or more interviews, to take place on November 28th;
• make a first exploratory contact, via one-to-one live chat, with employers, EURES Advisers and other career management and mobility experts;
• (if selected) participate in online recruitment interviews with employers;
• during the day, follow and actively participate in a Programme of workshops, info sessions and presentations, to be streamed live from UAlg Auditorium (in Gambelas Campus).

The whole Programme will be livestreamed online. Check it out HERE from November 15th onwards.

REGISTER NOW (it's free)!

To take full advantage of this event, you should register as soon as possible. You will get access to a full range of functionalities, as well as regular updates about the event. Find out how to register HERE.

How to participate:

• Register as a jobseeker (participation is free of charge, but registration is mandatory if you want to apply for jobs);
• Go through the available information about participating companies, info points and countries and about their recruitment needs / profiles;
• Search for the job / traineeship opportunities for which you gather all or most of the requirements;
• Apply (through the platform) to those vacancies matching your profile.

Participating employers will schedule online recruitment interviews on November 28th. In case you are pre-selected, you may be invited for one or more interviews during the event.

• Check also the Programme to be streamed live on the day (updates until November 22nd);
• Prepare yourself, select the companies, countries and mobility supporting services to approach, identify the questions you may want to place.

During the event:

• To take the best advantage of the info, advice and employer meetup opportunities, we advise you to  save some time on November 28th;
• Minimum requirements to participate: a computer (PC or laptop), a tablet or a smartphone with stable access to the internet + a pair of headsets with microphone; for the interviews, a webcam and a Skype account are a major plus;
• Be selective in the workshops, info sessions and presentations to follow;
• When approaching employers, a cared personal look and professional posture are important (even if online); also a good level of the required language, combined with a positive attitude, will prove highly beneficial. Finally, the demonstrated knowledge about the companies and their main projects will be a plus. You should therefore document yourself as well as possible before initiating contact.

Check this website on a regular basis for updates on the event.

We're counting on you on the 28th!

More about the event & participating conditions: careersfair@ualg.pt or eventos.eures@iefp.pt.

If your company is based in a EU/EEA country and aims at meeting graduate candidates from Portugal, Spain and all over the EU/EEA, then UAlg Online Careers Fair is the right event to promote your recruitment needs and traineeship / graduate programmes.

This initiative is jointly organized by University of Algarve  (UAlg),  IEFP / EURES Portugal and EURES Transfronteiriço Algarve-Andaluzia. UAlg counts at the moment with a universe of 7000 students and 30.000 graduates / "alumni" - and, together with the EURES network, provides you with a 360º labour market overview of all graduate professional specialties, from Engineering and Technology to Management, Accountancy and Economics, from Pharmaceutical Sciences to Arts.

www.europeanjobdays.eu, the innovative and interactive platform on which UAlg Online Careers Fair will take place, allows you to perform the same recruitment activities as you usually do in an onsite job fair, this time without leaving your workplace. It allows you to reach qualified jobseekers from Portugal, Spain and from all over Europe searching for a (new) career opportunity.

Many of these jobseekers, both students / recent graduates and already experienced professionals in the labour market, have solid language skills (namely in English), some have an international experience (e.g. Erasmus, European Voluntary Service, international careers) and some are available for mobility.

SAVE THE DATE: November 28th, 2019

Working Hours:

• from 10:00 to 17:30 (GMT, Mainland Portugal timezone)
• from 11:00 to 18:30 (CET, Centra Europe timezone)

... and REGISTER NOW! (up until November 18th)

This event provides your organization with an extended set of recruitment possibilities and functionalities. You may as well adjust your participation model according to your needs and availability. You can:

• create/update your company profile (including the option to add a video introducing your company);
• post your recruitment needs, either they are job, traineeship or research vacancies;
• actively promote these needs by having a short presentation (max. 10-15 minutes, with Q&A session) in the event Programme, to be livestreamed on the day (from a University Auditorium, in Faro);
• gather applications beforehand, with or without support in pre-selection;
• use the one-to-one chat option for exploratory contacts with participating jobseekers;
• scheduling and conducting online interviews with pre-selected jobseekers, in a time chosen by you.

You may as well choose to be available online during 1-2 hours (with a pre-announced schedule) or during the whole event day.

You will always have access to technical support and assistance in the matching, before, during and after the event.

Participation is free of charge.

After you have registered, you will get further details on the next steps to prepare your participation in the event.

WE'RE COUNTING ON YOUR PARTICIPATION!

Find out more: careersfair@ualg.pt or eventos.eures@iefp.pt.

University of Algarve (UAlg) has more than 30.000 alumni and ca. 8000 students, out of which 20% are international students, from more than 80 different nationalities. Brazilian students are the most significant group within the international community.

UAlg offers more than 170 undergraduate, masters and doctorate courses, in different educational areas: Arts, Communication and Cultural Heritage; Social Sciences and Education; Healthcare Sciences and Technologies; Exact and Natural Sciences; Economics, Management and Tourism; Engineering and Technologies. Some of these (Master and Doctorate) courses are in English.

Currently UAlg also has nearly 20 research centres and units, in different scientific domains - adding to the quality of education taught in its Schools and Faculties a mark of excellence, also in knowledge generation and applied research.

With 40 years of existence, Algarve University appears, since 2017, in some of the international rankings evaluating Higher Education and Research. Placed amongst the best Universities in the world, UAlg has been evaluated according to several criteria by rankings of excellence which, annually, evaluate hundreds of Higher Education institutions worldwide. The quality of many different areas has been highlighted in different rankings, but UAlg's international projection is the indicator gathering the most consensus, standing out in the different rankings.

So far, Algarve University has appeared in 4 rankings (Times HIgher Education, Multirank, Shanghai Ranking’s, US News & World Report and CWUR - World University Rankings), in some of them in consecutive years, showing that it really is a privilege to “study where you would like to live”.

Its privileged location nearby Faro International Airport and the big number of new air routes connecting to the main Portuguese (Lisbon and Oporto) and European cities, as well as the excellent conditions UAlg and the Algarve region have to offer, contribute to Portugal's Southern Academy increasingly central and international status.