South West Community Development Council on Monday organised a jobfair and networking session, offering 300 jobs in the government sector.

Within the first hour, about 185 people turned up for the fair, which had openings mainly for PMETS - professional, managers, executives and technicians.

Dr Amy Khor, Mayor of South West District, said the number of job seekers approaching the CDC has risen from an average of 359 per month, from Oct 2007 to May 2008, to 696 per month from October last year, to last month.

Out of the 4,500 job seekers in their database, about 1,000 are PMETs.

The CDC, in collaboration with the Singapore Workforce Development Agency has increased the number of thematic mini recruitment exercises, which are more targeted, from three to eight per month, this year.

Today, the CDC also introduced a closed door networking session between selected PMETS and HR personnel from the government agencies.

The CDC said this is to provide job seekers which a chance to meet the HR personnel, and personally hand in their applications.

The CDC even printed name cards for the 36 invited participants.

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