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Source: Event Magazine

The event industry is set to meet MPs at the house of Lord’s in an unprecedented lobbying campaign spearheaded by the Business Visits & Events Partnership (BVEP) and Confex.

Source: Recruiter

The number of resignations among UK workers has increased in the past year, according to data from the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and employment law service XpertHR.

The data collected from 43,312 individuals in 197 organisations reveals resignations levels stand at 4.7%, compared with 4.5% last year. ‘Internal transfers’ appear to be failing as an alternative option to leaving for workers, dropping to 3.6% from 5.8% last year.

More than half (53.8%) of employers said restructuring and job insecurity caused many of their staff to ‘jump ship’, while 38.5% disclosed that their failure to offer career opportunities and training contributed to employees leaving and 61.5% also admitted that their employees’ heads had been turned by headhunters and recruiters.

Ruth Spellman, chief executive of the CMI, says: “A year ago employers were looking at job transfers as a way of halting growth of the dole queue.  However, with the latest figures showing that staff are prepared to run the risk of unemployment by jumping ship, questions must be asked about employee engagement levels in organisations up and down the country.”

For people who truly enjoy being in the spot light, or right in the middle of all the action, live event jobs might be your calling. These are jobs for people who like to entertain the public or be involved with entertainment events. Examples of these types of jobs are comedian, singer, actress, stagehand, sound coordinator, or in charge of operating the lights for live events. If you are interested in these type of jobs, then we believe you have made a wise choice. However, do you think you have what it takes? Below, we are going to tell you more about these type of jobs, so if you’re interested, pay attention…

Finding jobs that are associated with any of these types of professions are easy to locate, if you know the right places to look. There are sites online that focus strictly on jobs for live events. Sometimes flyers are posted in local playhouses and performance theaters that advertise openings for various entertainment events where performers are summoned.

Most of the time, these events require an audition of some sort. The audition can be live or there are times when a tape of a performance can be sent in. Sometimes there are multiple auditions for the same event, instead of a single chance to wow the interviewers. These jobs can range from small time productions, such as an open mic night at the local coffee house up to a live Broadway show.

There are so many people who want to become an entertainer, that it’s often easier to find a job working the sound or lights for a show and then working up to becoming a performer. This is often how many big name performers have become famous.

It usually doesn’t happen over night, it will take time and hard work. References work at times, but usually it depends on the type of performance given.

Being able to successfully obtain live event jobs is the ideal occupation for individuals who enjoy making people happy. Many people can tell when they are very young, if they will be comfortable performing in front of a bunch of people. Others just like being part of the live action, but don’t necessarily want to be in the spot light. These people are just as important as the performers, because without them, there often wouldn’t be a set, lights, sound, or a functional area for the performer.

Check out our Events Jobs and AV jobs from us here at Live Recruitment.

Source: Exhibition World

UK – The British secret service has accused China of ‘bugging and burgling’ UK exhibitors and businesses at international trade fairs in an bid to obtain sensitive commercial secrets.

A leaked document allegedly written by MI5’s Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure claims undercover intelligence officers from the People’s Liberation Army and the Ministry of Public Security in China, approached UK businessmen at trade fairs and exhibitions with “gifts” and “lavish hospitality”.

These gifts, in the form of cameras and memory sticks, have been found to contain electronic Trojan bugs which provide the Chinese with remote access to user’s computers, according to a report in The Sunday Times.

The hospitality, referred to in the report as a series of concerted “honeytraps”, are, in select cases, a bid to blackmail UK businesses into betraying sensitive commercial information.
Key targets for the subterfuge include business exhibitors in the energy, communications and manufacturing sectors.

The report says MI5 believes the Chinese government “represents one of the most significant espionage threats to the UK” because of its use of these methods, as well as widespread electronic hacking.