PLANS are already in the pipeline for the two annual XTEND careers events to be held in March next year.

The two conferences, held at Blackburn Rovers' and Burnley football clubs, hopes to match thousand of enthusiastic school leavers with jobs at local firms.

And employers interested in displaying job vacancies at the two events are being urged to contact ELTEC now.

Training and education development director Andy Fawcett said: "The XTEND jobs events attract well over 1,000 young people each year who are all looking for jobs with local companies."

East Lancashire Coachbuilders, Greyhound Ford, ICI and P3 Computers were among those who took part in Jobs '99 in a bid to recruit XTEND modern apprentices and national trainees.

Organisations interested in displaying XTEND vacancies at Jobs 2000 should call the hotline on 08457 125922.

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