ICC Sydney hosts annual event management Career Insights event

International Convention Centre Sydney (ICC Sydney), managed by ASM Global, hosted its annual Careers Insights event on 20 April for students from the University of Technology Sydney’s (UTS) event management school. Geoff Donaghy, CEO of ICC Sydney and group director – Convention Centres, ASM Global (APAC), explained that he considers these insights and training opportunities vital to ensuring the industry’s sustained growth and success. “By nurturing emerging talent from all backgrounds, we’re ensuring our industry stays innovative and relevant in a rapidly changing world. We believe in empowering the next generation to build fulfilling careers that contribute to the progress and sustainability of our industry,” Donaghy said. ICC Sydney’s Careers Insights event was designed to offer the students attending an opportunity to gain access to industry leaders and professionals. The students also heard from UTS alumni about their experiences of building careers at ICC Sydney, as well as other opportunities to consider within the wider events and hospitality industry. These included careers in business development, communications, event services, culinary services, audio-visual services, information technology, human resources, finance, and administration, amongst others. On her experience of the event, UTS alumna and ICC Sydney team member, Skye Martin said: “While completing my undergraduate event management degree at UTS, I learnt about the many career opportunities that ICC Sydney has to offer, and this sparked my interest.” The Career Insights event is one of several professional development opportunities offered by ICC Sydney, such as the AV Graduate Program as well as the paid Professional Growth Traineeship Program, which have both recruit and retain emerging talent. In FY22, ICC Sydney employed 14 new trainees, engaged in over 2,147 internal and external training courses and invested in 3,441 training hours for its in-house team of events professionals. The venue will also host the UTS Startups Summit in June, which seeks to inspire teenage high school students to immerse themselves in the technology sector and discover future career pathways. The long-standing partnership between UTS and ICC Sydney sees reciprocal support in career engagement and has enabled and encouraged several UTS alumni to begin their career pathways at ICC Sydney.