in frame of state’s concern in youth and finding job opportunities for graduates to push the production and development cycle, Prof. Ahmed Ghallab Mohamed, President of Aswan University, announced the convening of the virtual employment forum that will be held tomorrow, on Monday corresponding to 22/3/2021 , through the Internet technology “online” through the University Center for Professional Development at Aswan University and the University Centers for Career Development.
Prof. Ahmed Ghallab added that the events of the virtual employment forum today, on Monday corresponding to 22/3/2021in participation with National Bank of Egypt and Vodafone for Smart Solutions ( the formal participants); as well as the forum is sponsored by great global and Egyptian companies in the various fields (Etisalat Egypt, Commercial International Bank, Raya Holding Company for Financial Investments, L’Oréal Egypt, Vodafone Egypt, Canal Sugar, Hassan Allam Group, Egyptian University for Private E-Education, Tabarak Company, Edita Food Industries, Badawy Group for Food Industries, Allianz Egypt and others in the fields of Food industries, pharmaceutical and cosmetic industries, securities, construction and reconstruction, energy, transportation, institute of communication technology and others).
Ghallab added the university is caring about providing job and training opportunities for students and graduates, while the virtual employment forum is considered an important step to deal with the developments of the current situation and take advantage of modern technological capabilities, as the University Center team worked to prepare graduates and students for this important event through specialized workshops. For conducting personal interviews, preparing a CV, and other means of support to ensure that students succeed in obtaining the best opportunities.
Ghallab explained that the forum is considered the second of its kind, while the first virtual forum achieved a great success in Sept, 2020 in the attendance of an elite of business owners, and 4000 students and graduates from 10 Egyptian universities( from Aswan to Alexandria). This initiative comes in the light of the university centers project which established until now 16 centers in 10 governmental universities in cooperation with the American Agency for International Development and this by a technical support from the American University in Cairo to block the gap between the university education and the needs of the labor market and industry through providing free professional guidance and training for students and graduates.
The virtual employment forum of the career development centers in the universities 2021 is considered a virtual event which through it the businessmen meet through using chat rooms-teleconferencing-webcasts-webinars; job seekers, final years and recent graduates upload their CVs, browse company pavilions and communicate directly with company representatives. Ghallab pointed out that the virtual forum uses a dynamic platform that supports business owners in liberating themselves from the limitations of traditional recruitment processes. Through this three-dimensional platform via the Internet, business owners and job seekers can now communicate hypothetically in a manner similar to the feeling of real direct interaction as well as creating opportunities and an example of networking.
Ghallab expresses his pleasure with the success of the university center in Aswan University regarding the active communication with companies, and the entering of the Egyptian University as a golden sponsor, Academic Al Salam School as a silver sponsor, and the Egyptian Development Company and Taha Abu Al Wafea Company for Contracting and Mines, and AM Company for Serving Solutions as a bronze sponsors.
