On March 6th, the marquee set up in Zarauzko Munoa Square hosted the first Vocational Training and Employment Fair of Urola Coast and Urola Central, Come! the fair.

Vocational education schools and development agencies in these two regions organized the fair, together with the Vocational-Basque Employment Service. The purpose of the fair is to publicize the Vocational Education offer, employment training offer and employment opportunities in these regions. The initiative also has the support of Zarauzko City Council, which provided the necessary infrastructure for the development of the fair.

Secondary and high school students from Urola Erdiko and Urola Costa also took part in the initiative. For this purpose, coordination work was done with the schools, so that they could go to the market in turns during the morning. Thus, around 900 young people from 14 schools in Azkoitia, Azpeitia, Orio, Zarautz and Zumaia passed through it during the morning. In the afternoon, the fair was open to all citizens, and therefore it was open to people who are unemployed, to those who have a job or to those who wanted to get more information (young people, adults and parents).

In addition to the information stands, the morning program was completed with three talks. In each of them, members of the management of Vocational Education schools, students and representatives of regional companies took part. They explained their point of view, and reported on the current situation and trends in Vocational Education. It was also possible to receive advice for continuous training at the fair itself.

This fair was organized by the Urola Coast and Urola Central Vocational Education Schools, Development Agencies and the Basque Employment Service, in collaboration to promote the creation, attraction and retention of talent. The fair also received the support of Zarauzko City Council and the necessary infrastructure to carry out the initiative was provided by the City Council.

In this way, between 10:00 and 18:30 in the morning, there was an opportunity to discover the offer of Vocational Education and Development Agencies in both regions. For this purpose, there were 9 different stands where, together with the Vocational Training offer, the training offer of the schools and the employment resources of the Development Agencies and the Vocations were offered to those who attended.

The fair was open to all citizens, therefore, those who are unemployed, those who are working or people who wanted to get more information could come near, young, old and parents.

Youth participation guaranteed

The secondary and high school students of Urola Erdiko and Urola Kosta came during the morning; for this, coordination work was done with the schools, offering shifts. In this way, almost 950 young people were expected to pass through the fair (Antoniano School, Azkoitia BHI, Floreaga Salesar School, Ikasberri Azpeitiko Ikastola, Iraurgi School, La Salle School, Lizardi BHI, Orio Public Ikastola, Oteitza Polytechnic High School, Salbatore Mitxelena Ikastola, Zaragueta Public School , Zumaiena School, Zumaia BHI, Urola BHI).

Conversations and consulting service for continuous training

Beyond the stands and the information that will be offered in them, three talks were also organized during the morning and in each of them the director of a school, a student and a representative of a company took part, to explain their opinion and to make known the current situation and trends in Vocational Education.

Likewise, it was possible to receive advice for continuous training at the fair itself.

Fair participants

z Iraurgi Berritzen Urola Central Development and Innovation Agency.
z Urola Costa Municipal Association Development Agency.
z Labor - Basque Employment Service.
z Monte Albertia LHII.
z Oteitza Polytechnic High School.
z Zumaia BHI.
z Basic Vocational Education: welding.
z Izarraitz Vocational Education.
z Ayala Culinary School.

To conclude, although this year's fair was held in Zarautz, the plan is to continue the initiative in the coming years and hold the fair in rotation from region to region. Therefore, it is planned to be held in Urola Center next year.

The first regional employment fair

Almost a thousand young people from the region had the opportunity to discover the offer of Vocational Education and employment throughout the Urola Coast. Come! at the fair called Zarautz. It was carried out for the first time, and participants included Oteitza Polytechnic High School, Ayala Culinary School and Monte Albertia.

Come on! Vocational Education and Employment Fair were held in Zarauzko Munoa square. The Urola Coast and Urola Erdiko Vocational Education schools, development agencies and the Basque Employment Service jointly organized the initiative, which aimed to "promote the creation, attraction and retention of talent".

The fair opened its doors at 10:00 a.m., and until 6:00 p.m. those who attended had the opportunity to discover the Urola Costa and Urola Intermediate Vocational Education and employment offers.

For this purpose, nine stands have been set up together with the offer of vocational training, they showed the employment training offer of the schools and the employment resources of the development agencies and the profession. The fair was well received, and from early in the morning the secondary and high school students of Urola Erdi and Urola Costa came to the tent. Thus, around 950 students had the opportunity to get to know the region's schools up close.

One of them is Alex Martinez; In the words of the azpeitiar, the fair was "useful". In fact, he arrived in Zarautz with several doubts about Mechatronics, and the appointment served to "clarify" them all. He also received recommendations: "Choosing a dual model."

On the other hand, Nerea Odriozola from Hernan (Gipuzkoa) was giving massages at the fair itself. She is currently studying Aesthetics and Wellness at Monte Albertia. Organizing the fair seemed "very good" to him. He spoke from his experience: "When I finished secondary school, I didn't know what I wanted to study, and a fair like this is very good to clarify things."

In the same vein, the first "positive" assessment was made by Edu Sudupe Izarraitz, director of Vocational Education. "The students have shown interest, and that was the goal; we are very pleased." However, looking ahead to next year, they saw "what's improved".