Who are they?
Adults looking for jobs
Adults interested in a job or a career change
Adults looking for continuing education programs
Internationally trained individuals
Adults interested by self-employment and/or entrepreneurship
Adults wishing to go back to school
Quebec residents, Canadian citizens and new Canadians
New graduates
College students
University students (bachelor, master and doctoral degrees)

What are they looking for?
A job or a job change
Full time, part time, temporary, seasonal, volunteer and contractual positions
A new career
Information on the labour market and employment prospects
Resources for their career development and employability
To start a small business
Traineeships
Improving their competencies
Pursuing their graduate studies (in Quebec, out of Quebec or abroad)
Learning or improving a second or third language

Their profile (based on the 2008 edition survey)

Gender
59% of the visitors are woman
41% of the visitors are man

Age group

17 to 24 years old : 47%

25 to 34 years old : 23%

35 to 44 years old : 13%

45 years old and over : 17%

Spoken languages

33 % speak only French

49 % speak French and English

18 % speak French and/or another language (other than English)

Place of residence
54% live in the Greater Montreal area
16% line on the Southshore and in the Montérégie region
20% line in the Laval/Laurentides/Lanaudière regions
  6% live elsewhere in Quebec
  4% live outside of Quebec or Canada

Visitors satisfaction – general results
92% are satisfied with their visit
81% would recommend a visit of the Fair
79% are satisfied with the diversity of exhibitors
72% find activities interesting
91% find collected information useful
81% of the visitors were at the Fair for the first time

Length of visit
21% spent less than 1 hour
34% spent from 1to 2 hours
20% spent from 2 to 3 hours
25% spent more than 3 hours

Amongst those who are looking for a job
51% are looking for a full-time job

50% would be interested to start their own business

19% are looking for a part-time job

  8% are looking for a temporary job

  6% are looking for voluntary work

  5% are looking for self-employment

Work experience
27% have less than 1 year experience
16% have between 1 and 2 years experience
14% have from 3 to 5 years experience
15% have from 6 to 10 years experience
27% have over 10 years experience

Studies profile
46% have completed high school studies – general or vocational programs

13% have completed college studies – technical or pre-university programs

28% have completed university studies – bachelor

  9% have completed university studies – master

  4% have completed university studies – doctoral

72% would be interested to pursue their studies in order to find a job or to develop their  career