More than 1,100 people came to the Radisson Blu Scandinavia hotel in Gothenburg to visit the Skarpt Läge jobs fair. For the fifth year in a row young adults between the ages of 18 and 30 are matched with companies that can offer them a job on the spot.

“Visitors bring their CVs, come to the fair and get to meet 51 exhibitors who all have something to offer. This year there were around 850 jobs available and we had a wide range of businesses represented,” said Fredrik Karlsson Project Manager for Skarpt Läge.

There was a lot of interest in Skarpt Läge 2018, and during the three-hour fair 1,146 people visited the fair, which is a slight rise on last year.

“The level of interest is high and considerably more young people came on their own this year. It’s clear that we have reached a bigger audience than before,” says Lotta Forsberg, who set up Skarpt Läge together with Fredrik Karlsson.

“Last year over 200 of the visitors got jobs, and six months later just over 120 of them still had those jobs. We will find out what the figure is for this year on 12 April. But I do know that one of the visitors was given a job trial as a chef two hours after visiting Skarpt Läge. If everything goes well that will lead to a permanent job.”

The exhibitors this year included Telia, The City of Gothenburg, Friskis & Svettis and Jollyrum.

Skarpt Läge is a joint initiative between Team Göteborg and the Trade & Industry Group at Göteborg & Co, Radisson Blu Scandinavia, the Swedish Public Employment Service and Visita, with the goal of becoming the best job event for young people in Sweden.