From November 18 to 21, the Salzburg Exhibition Center will once again host the largest career and educational information event in western Austria: In addition to the 30th “BIM” career information fair, you will also find “Best3” – the fair for work, study and further education “” And the “AustrianSkills 2021” – the Austrian state championships for professions. “AustrianSkills”, which are open to visitors, offer the unique opportunity to look over the shoulders of the best apprentices and young professionals in their field. “At the ‘AustrianSkills’, Austria’s best young professionals match each other for the starting positions for the European professional championships ‘EuroSkills’ and the professional world championships ‘WorldSkills’ and show their great skills. Here, as a viewer, you get a good impression of what is important in the respective professions, ”explains BIM chief organizer Lukas Mang from the Salzburg Economic Chamber.
One of the most important program items within the framework of “AustrianSkills” is the new career orientation project “Try a Skill”, through which schoolchildren can get to know different professions. The focus is on practically trying out a wide variety of career opportunities based on various stations that are integrated directly into the competition area and where experts are available to the students with advice and action. For example, anyone interested in the carpenter’s profession has the opportunity to try out working with wood at “Try a Skill”. Another station is dedicated to the topic of welding. Interested parties can hold a welding machine in their hand or even try out virtual welding. If you are more interested in technical professions, the “Try-a-Skill” station “Robot Systems Integration” can be recommended: Robots can be controlled there as the mood takes you.
“Come to the ‘BIM’ and go on a journey of discovery through the professional world. In addition to the lively presentations by the fast 160 exhibitors, the ‘Try a Skill’ stations offer another opportunity to become active yourself and to test your aptitudes and skills, ”continues Mang. In addition, “BIM” and “Try a Skill” occasionally offer the opportunity to establish contact with internal companies through local contacts.
Prepare virtually for the trade fair
The ideal guide to “BIM” and “BIM” is the “BerufsInfo-World” (www.berufsinfo-world.at). The “BerufsInfo-World” app is the digital companion during research on career and training paths, during trade fair preparation and follow-up, and on the days of the trade fair itself Planning tool for the trade fair visit, a contact area in which you can communicate with exhibitors, and a regional filter for training places in the immediate vicinity. The “BerufsInfo-World” is upgraded with a strong gaming character and a quiz with attractive prizes to be won. The free trolleybus ticket, which is valid for the entire duration of the trade fair, is also available on the app.
The “BIM” is a joint event of the Chamber of Commerce, State and AMS Salzburg as well as the EuRegio Salzburg – Berchtesgadener Land – Traunstein. The target groups of the largest such event in western Austria and the area of the EuRegio Salzburg – Berchtesgadener Land – Traunstein are mainly pupils of the 8th and 9th grades, high school graduates, parents, teachers and everyone in training and further education. Admission to the fair is free! Registration under www.berufsinfomesse.org/registrierung is necessary, however. The 3-G rule applies on site.