Application for FIRST reopens
23 Mar 2021
Hong Kong, 23 March 2021 - The Financial Services Development Council (FSDC) announced that Financial Industry Recruitment Scheme for Tomorrow (FIRST), which has been paused since 20 November 2020, re-opened for application today.
Over 90% of the 1,500 jobs created by the 748 approved employers have been filled and another 5% of the jobs created are in the process of active hiring. The remaining limited places are now available for application on a first-come, first-served basis subject to the same entitlements and rules of the scheme.
Chairman of the FSDC, Mr Laurence Li SC, said, “While we witness some positive developments surrounding the pandemic globally, we believe that demand for job creation subsidies would continue as there is still quite some way to go before a full recovery. Firms with a hiring need are urged to capitalise on this opportunity.”
FIRST, commissioned by the Financial Services and the Treasury Bureau, and administered by FSDC, is the first job creation scheme dedicated to the financial services industry of Hong Kong under the HKSAR Government’s HK$6 billion Anti-epidemic Fund.