BELFAST International Airport is holding a jobs fair on Monday October 10 at which it hope to fill as many as 100 of the new posts which have been created over recent months across a range of businesses at the Aldergrove site.
Security firm ICTS is accounting for the bulk of the new jobs with 30 positions to fill while caterer SSP has 23 posts on offer and a further 10 are available at Fed & Watered.
Other job opportunities include bus drivers, police students, car valeting and currency exchange personnel.
On-site enterprises in recruitment mode will attend the jobs fair at the Hilton Hotel Templepatrick from 3pm to 7pm.
Belfast International Airport human resources manager Jaclyn Coulter said: “We were astonished with the response we got to our first jobs fair last year when literally thousands of people turned up to see what was on offer.
“This year, we have up to 100 positions to fill across seven or eight businesses, all of which are additional and not replacement posts. Growth in airline activity and passenger numbers are the main ‘drivers’ behind this expansion."
She added: “This year, the airport will easily exceed five million passengers and the forecast for 2017 is a new record north of 5.3 million. That means that on a rolling basis, we will see expansion in employment numbers right across all enterprises.
“In fact, some of our businesses on site are having difficulty recruiting people in sufficient numbers from the Antrim area. We are experiencing labour shortages in certain areas and are currently looking at ways of providing affordable transport to and from areas where direct links are not currently available.
“We have people on payrolls from every corner of Northern Ireland. The airport has a major economic impact not only in South Antrim, but right across Northern Ireland.”
