HUNDREDS TURN OUT FOR CAL'S CAREER FAIR

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Hundreds of students turned out at Caribbean Airlines' first career fair on Thursday, where they got the chance to interface with representatives from a wide range of industries. Among them - a number of aspiring journalists, who took the opportunity to show CCN TV6 what they're working with. Rynessa Cutting has more.

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00:00 So we have a young tourist here from Arima North and he's a sport buff.

00:04 He tells me he loves sport and he's interested in being a sport commentator.

00:08 So we're going to see what he has to offer.

00:11 Alright, thank you miss.

00:13 Scarborough Secondary will defend its Girls' National Big Five football title

00:18 next Wednesday against Fiverybald Secondary School.

00:21 Sport lovers, aspiring economists, future pilots,

00:25 just a small cross-section of the hundreds of young people

00:28 who attended Carbon Airlines' inaugural career fair today.

00:32 When we first came, we had to wait for a little while, but it's ok.

00:35 As soon as we came inside, we went by the first booth, they were actually really nice.

00:38 We learnt a lot of stuff about the types of airlines they have,

00:40 where they come in and fly to. We learnt a lot of stuff in the first booth.

00:43 And what career path are you considering?

00:46 Personally, I would want to be a pilot.

00:49 30 exhibitors from a wide range of sectors were at the expo,

00:53 a few of which represented industries which align with aviation and travel.

00:59 For aviation and related industries, we have the UTT here.

01:03 UTT is one of our partners and UTT has an aviation programme.

01:07 We also have many representatives from across the organisation here.

01:11 We have engineers, technicians, cabin crew, pilots.

01:16 We have a simulator here, so persons have a very immersive experience.

01:21 And that is what we're about. We're having an immersive experience.

01:24 There are workshops taking place in various areas,

01:28 mental health, self-care, conflict resolution.

01:33 Carl says it intends to make the career expo big and better next year,

01:37 as it seeks to help develop and prepare the youth for the world of work.

01:42 On October 27th, Caribbean Airlines and the University of the Western Lees

01:47 signed an MOU. We have the second cohort of interns

01:52 currently at Caribbean Airlines through that MOU,

01:55 and we also operate a summer intern vacation programme.

02:00 A total of 70 schools participated in the career fair.

02:04 Renassa Katteng, TV6 News.

02:07 (audience laughing)

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