Doha: In order to help youth choose a career path that falls in line with their aspirations and skills, Qatar Career Development Center (QCDC), a member of Qatar Foundation hosted yesterday the latest edition of its ‘Career Village’ at Education City Student Center.
The three-day event is being organized in cooperation with the Social Development Center, ‘Nama’ to provide support to preparatory and secondary school students.
“Twenty-five main entities and companies are participating in the event representing eight sectors including aviation, transportation, education, energy, industry, nursing and medicine,” said Kholoud Al Mannai, Director of Programs and Professional Services at Qatar Career Development Center.
She also said that we are organizing this event for the second time this year, and it came as request from the Ministry of Education and Higher Education to introduce students to the required specialties and available jobs.
Al Mannai pointed out that more than 4000 students visited the last edition expecting that the number will be much more because QCDC have communicated with many schools.
For his part Saleh Al Jawf, representing Qatar National Bank, said that the aim of the participation is to identify the students when they want to specialize in the university which specialization is required more, adding that the bank has about 18 specialties.
In conjunction with the inauguration of the Career Village, the Social Development Center - Nama launched the first edition of the “Tamakan” awareness campaign which will run until the end of October 2019.
The campaign aims to raise awareness among the youth about the importance of professional development in line with the needs of the Qatari labor market by motivating them to develop their personal skills and guiding them towards career distinction in order to fulfill the aspirations of the State of Qatar.
The campaign targets young citizens and residents of both genders (18-30 years old) and includes high school graduates, university graduates, and new employees. It includes a number of activities that seek to motivate young people to develop their personal skills and to educate them on the fact that professional development leads to career advancement.
The campaign also guides young people on how to be distinguished in their professional performance in addition to raising their awareness on the importance of career counseling and consulting with individuals with a long history of professional experience and with retired professionals as well.
Hamad Al-Marri, Director of the Community Awareness Department at the Social Development Center-Nama, expressed his delight at the participation of Nama in the Career Village, noting the importance of this participation, which came to express the Center’s pride in the launch of the “Tamakan” aimed at promoting community awareness of the importance professional development in line with the needs of the target age group, mainly the youth.
He pointed out that the project is one of the outputs of the “Sama-Nama” program for the development of social entrepreneur. The program was launched in 2018 with the technical and financial support of Nama.
Al Marri added that the campaign aims to raise awareness and motivate young people to develop their personal abilities and skills, to guide them to identify their career paths consciously and proficiently, and introduce them to the available means for career advancement and professional excellence.
