Almost 3,000 jobs will be up for grabs at a careers expo in Dublin this weekend. Career Zoo is to take place in The Convention Centre.

Thousands of technology, pharmaceutical and IT positions will be on offer with hundreds of big name companies.

Over 10,000 people are expected at the event, which takes place on Saturday from 10am to 6pm.

Organisers say there will be over 100 Irish and international organisations offering jobs such as Amazon Web Services, Accenture, Aon, AOL, Boston Scientific, CarTrawler, Certus, Ericsson, Hays Recruitment, and Johnson & Johnson.

Admission is free. Brian Ó hOisín is a Director of Career Zoo.