BROAD STREET MALL welcomed job hunters as well as shoppers on Friday, November 13.
The Reading town centre centre welcomed the Reading Job Fest and Career Expo.
A number of businesses had stalls where people could find out more about opportunities available to them.
They included Blue Arrow, which highlighted a range of jobs in different industries, and Wokingham Borough Council co-owned care provider Optalis.
Café Boswell, which has a branch in the Mall, explained about its vacancies, as did Caffe Nero, McDonald’s and KFC.
Other stalls included JD Sports, Hilton Reading Hotel, Midgard Construction and Marks & Spencer.
The popular event was organised by Broad St Mall in conjunction with Reading UK CIC and the Department for Work and Pensions.