Ebbsfleet Development Corporation helped stage a jobs fair for students and members of the public.
Companies at the event included Erith Earthworks, Countryside Properties, Balfour Beatty, Ebbsfleet International/HS1 and Barton Willmore, SE Local Economic Partnership Digital Skills Partnership, North Kent College and The Learning Shop, Bluewater
People got a go of virtual reality where viewers experienced a career in logistics including lifting a crate from a crane.
Erith brought an excavator which people could try, a mobile exhibition unit and a tipper truck at the venue at Ebbsfleet Academy.