The event continues to be a forum for potential employers and job seekers to engage and interact
Dubai, United Arab Emirates - Thursday, February 20th 2014 [ME NewsWire]
The
DIAC annual Career Fair 2014, which is organized by Dubai International
Academic City (DIAC), part of TECOM Investments’ Education Cluster,
will return for its fifth edition on 26 February at the DIAC Recreation
Room at DIAC. The event will bring together students, graduates and
leading recruiters from various industries representing both the public
and private sectors. Besides guiding graduates on the most effective job
search and interview techniques, the DIAC Career Fair will also offer
potential employers the opportunity to get closer to the most relevant
talent that matches their needs.
Bridging the gap between
potential employers and job seekers and potential interns, the DIAC
Career Fair is set to become a forum to a large group of talented
graduates, representing a range of academic disciplines, to network with
some of the UAE’s most prestigious employers.
During the Career
Fair, employers will be able to interact and engage with the students
and conduct on-site interviews. A wide variety of internship and
full-time recruitment opportunities will be discussed during the Career
Fair. Over 45 companies have registered to date, including Standard
Chartered Bank, DMG World Media, Dolphin Energy, TECOM Investments,
Aujan Coca-Cola Beverages Co (ACCBC), Morgan International, Chartered
Institute of Management Accountants (CIMA), and Clique Communications
Group. Along with DIAC, the potential employers will play a pivotal role
in providing young candidates with professional guidance and advice on
career opportunities and alternatives available.
Aimed at
empowering students and graduates to take charge of their own future,
DIAC provides youth with the ideal environment to understand their
prospects in the UAE job market in terms of career orientation, key
areas of employment, skill requirement, and training and development
opportunities. This comes in line with the objectives of the Workforce
Planning study that DIAC launched last year in collaboration with
Deloitte. The study identified industry verticals where Dubai has
developed a strong niche and emerged as potentially high on future
employment demand. Those industries include hospitality and tourism,
Islamic finance and energy. The study also identified each sector’s
employability skills gap in areas like culinary arts in the hospitality
and tourism industry, customer analytics and data planning in telecom,
Islamic banking in finance and banking, as well as risk management in
the energy and resources industry.
Dr Ayoub Kazim, Managing
Director, TECOM Investments’ Education Cluster, said: “DIAC is committed
to supporting the UAE’s efforts to build a sustainable, skilled and
competitive workforce by offering students quality higher education that
meets the needs of industries and the economy. Our various initiatives,
such as the DIAC Career Fair, the Workforce Planning study, and the
Qudurat Student Wave study, demonstrate our commitment to help develop
the country’s ‘knowledge-based economy’ and refine future workforce
planning.”
Reflecting this commitment, DIAC launched the Qudurat
Student Wave study, in collaboration with Aon Hewitt, which focused on
identifying key drivers of employers and aspirations of employees. The
study highlighted that organisations and academia will need to make
concerted efforts to forge strong and collaborative partnerships, and
seek coordinated solutions in preparing students to face upcoming
challenges at the workplace. One of the key findings of the study is
that, when considering what should determine pay, expatriate students
expected to be differentiated based on the quality of their experience
on the job, whereas Emirati students expected their academic
qualifications to be a key driver. The Qudurat study also identified
presentation skills, teamwork, and time management as the three most
prevalent training programs being provided to students in private
universities.
The DIAC Career Fair, along with DIAC’s other
initiatives and studies, will be very valuable to governmental
institutions, private sector organisations, academic institutions, and
other stakeholders looking to advance the UAE’s future talent pool in
diverse capacities.
The event is organised by Student Hub, the
official representative of the DIAC student body, as a part of a series
of initiatives structured to support and foster students’ progression
and growth. DIAC’s Student Hub have also enhanced the DIAC students
experience with other valuable initiatives. Student Hub initiatives
include the Week of Welcome, an annual orientation event held for new
and existing students that comprises a range of exciting activities;
and the DIAC Sports Cup, the annual inter-university sports contest that
offers a holistic approach to education.
Contacts
Layla Haroon
Consultant – Middle East
M +971 55 636 0425
T +971 2 401 2779
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