General News of Monday, 19 October 2009

Source: Paul Asinor

Accra to Host Brighter Futures 2010

Ghana’s largest Recruitment and Talent Management Exhibition and Conference, dubbed Brighter Futures 2010, is to be held at the Accra International Conference Centre on 8-10, July, 2010. Brighter Futures 2010 is the first in a series of high profile events to be rolled out in Africa (BrighterFutures4Africa), aimed at modernising recruitment practices and sharpening African human resource as a tool for development.

Under the theme, ‘Developing a Skilled Work Force for a Better Africa’, Brighter Futures 2010 is a 3-day exhibition and two-day conference is organized by international Human Resource (HR) consultancy, Occupational Management Limited in association with event managers, Golden Stool Promotions.

Brighter Futures 2010 is a major 3-day exhibition where exhibitors made up of Government Ministries, Statutory Boards, Government Organizations, Non-Government Organizations, Public-listed Companies, Oil Marketing Companies, HR Software Developers, Service Industries, Universities, Polytechnics, Colleges, etc will showcase their career opportunities, products and services to a high quality audience, whiles meeting face-to-face with potential employees.

A large pool of professional and skilled jobseekers, parents, teachers, workers facing redundancy, etc expected to attend the exhibition, can also take advantage of existing career training and development opportunities on display as well as build a face-to-face relationship with prospective employers. Attendees will especially take advantage of the unique ‘The Wall Of Opportunity’ where all participating organizations will post existing job vacancies and training opportunities.

The conference, comprising practical workshops, lectures and a forum is expected to be attended by major decision and policy makers drawn from government and private sectors, entrepreneurs, top HR and people management professionals, business people and CEO’s of Ghana’s leading companies .Speakers will include career experts, legislators, educationists and top consultants from Ghana and abroad. The confab is expected to provide a unique opportunity for delegates to receive tailored advice and innovative solutions on how to recruit and resource cost-effectively, retain skills for maximum performance, learn modern strategies in recruitment, talent management and development skills, as well as equip themselves with latest technologies and money-saving applications in recruitment.

Announcing the event, Miss Anita Wiafe, Executive Director of Occupational Management Limited, said, “Brighter Futures 2010 could not have come at a better time. With the recent oil find in Ghana, good governance, stable democracy among other factors, the need for a skilled work force cannot be over emphasized and the ability to identify the right skills in recruitment even more crucial if our dream of being an emerging market is to be realized. This event is therefore, aimed at helping organizations recruit directly and qualitatitively, saving on recruitment costs, building a rich talent pool of potential future employees without spending much on advertising campaign whilst enhancing their employer brand”.

For more information, visit http://www.BrighterFutures4Africa.com or email:enquiries@hr-oml.co.uk or call 0044 8457362722(United Kingdom) or 233 264981426(Ghana).