ITC Students meet the Industry!
ITC’s City Campus held its industry expo on 27 August.
Presenters from seven companies came to speak to the students and we are very grateful to AVSEC, American Express Travel, Auckland Bridge Climb and Bungy, Eco Zip, Intercity, Renaissance Tours, and Stray for their presentations.
The expo had a professional feel, as ITC wanted the students to experience a real industry event. The presenters had banners and posters promoting their businesses and the students all arrived looking very professional.
The students were organised into seven groups and each presenter gave a 20-minute presentation to each of the groups throughout the morning.
The main purpose of each presentation was to enlighten our students about the company, the sector of travel and tourism in which the company specialises, the speaker’s story of how they got to where they are today and some useful recruitment information. The presenters do amazingly well to fit all this into 20 minutes!
Most of the presenters brought an ITC graduate who is now working with them. This gave the current students are real sense that the careers they were discussing were achievable, as the students could identify with the graduate as someone like themselves.
The day went without a hitch, with students moving quickly between sessions and quiet reigning over the whole college during the presentations.
The expo was also open to our Distance Learning students and it was great to see a number of them there on the day, with one even organising her own work experience with one of the presenters.
The day went extremely well with extremely positive feedback from students:
“They were very informative and I enjoyed the vibe in the room while they were presenting.”
“He was passionate, had great knowledge and sold it as a fun way to work or experience.”
“He was very outgoing and easy to understand, he was funny and had good body language, which gave us a good impression.”
“She was really passionate about her job and shared her experiences with us.”
“They were lively, and made the audience participate in their presentation to help remember their information.”
”Made me think that anything is possible and there is so much you can put into travel and tourism.”
“Opened my eyes to many career paths.”
“Eco-tourism is a new product that has just come into the tourism industry and it really sparked my interest to start a career.”
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