Lack of job security in exhibitions
The main reason for the lack of job security in the Iranian exhibition industry is the lack of a comprehensive law and the recognition of this industry.
According to the International Iranian Stone Exhibition, one of the most important concerns in the life of every adult, especially in our country, which is difficult and perhaps impossible to predict, is job security. It will go well and marginally, but on the contrary, job insecurity not only reduces efficiency, but also endangers one's health due to excessive stress and anxiety.
I will not enter into the specialized discussion of job security, which is not in my specialty and has different definitions based on the conditions of each society and country.
These days, as the world grapples with the corona challenge, many jobs go into recession and bankruptcy, and many lose their jobs. Conditions they may not have even dreamed of. One of the activities that seriously endangered the life and continuation of the activity and earning money in it is the exhibition activities and related sub-activities.
Exhibition activities in the world have practically stopped with the onset of the corona pandemic and after several months have not yet been able to return to the previous conditions and every day has faced a serious challenge with cancellation or delay in events, especially in our country. We do not have a big exhibition in the main venue of a country,
Except in Iran. Likewise, it must be assumed that having job security in our country is very hard work and may be impossible, because you are not even sure about holding an exhibition overnight before the opening. Now it remains to predict the business situation and career advancement in the next five years. What will you be?
Of course, due to the nature of this industry, which is based on public relations and marketing, the activists of the exhibition sector may not face much difficulty in changing their job from the exhibition sector to another industry or activity, as well as its subsidiaries, including the activists The nature of their work may not make it too difficult for them to change jobs or occupations, and of course this also depends on economic conditions. In my opinion, the biggest hit in this issue will be the investors and owners of this industry, including site owners, presenters and exhibitors, who, in addition to unintended closures, face the problem of losing specialized and trained personnel.
The main reason for the lack of job security in the Iranian exhibition industry is the lack of a comprehensive law and the recognition of this industry. Entering exhibition activities in Iran is a very easy task and many people have entered the work without even having experience and expertise and through a relationship, and in addition to facing failure or loss in the short term, they will destroy specialized and experienced companies. In both the executives and the booth companies, newcomers and suitcases (that is, without any official company or insurance or tax history) come in at weird prices and may make a profit in the short term, but irreparable blows. They enter the industry, and on the other hand, the site owners are to blame for simply earning the exhibition, which has been monetized in several periods by a professional and professional company, to a newly established company due to higher income, and on the other hand, To avoid the standard costs of booth construction, participants outsource their work to various individuals, sometimes at half the official price. Now, talking about job security in the Iranian exhibition industry is reduced to a joke.
Investigating job security in Iran's exhibition industry has not been and is not a difficult task, and according to most activists in this sector, there is no such thing as job security in the exhibition industry. Even in large and long-established companies, perhaps no factor could have revealed the shortcomings and problems of the Iranian exhibition industry as much as the corona outbreak. Undoubtedly, this industry in Iran needs a complete skinning, and maybe it is time for the activists and associations of this industry in various sectors, instead of monopolizing and looking at their personal interests, to enter into a work and collective wisdom, and for this industry, official and case identity Get approval.
Omid Fadaei - Exhibition Organizer - Samat
