The Career Services office (CSO) of the University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) held a day-long Career Fair for current students and alumni, chorusing the motto “Connect to the Future” on Saturday.
The chief guest of the fair, Naser Ezaz Bijoy, CEO of Standard Chartered Bank and President of FICCI said, “People make mistakes during their good times. On the contrary, hard times help people to become more complete.” He advised the students to be prepared to take on all sorts of challenges.
Professor Imran Rahman, ULAB Vice-Chancellor, also delivered his remarks at the event.
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Jamal Uddin Jamy, Director of Carrier Services, ULAB said, “The objective of organizing such an event was to ensure a scope of corporate jobs for the graduates of ULAB as well as give them an insight about the country's top organizations.”
After the Inaugural Ceremony, a panel discussion on “What will it take to shape the workforce of the future”, a workshop on resume writing and a training session on Communication and Negotiation Skills took place. The workshop and training sessions were facilitated by Niaz Ahmed, CEO of Corporate Ask and Ejazur Rahman, Managing Director of Mind Mapper, respectively.
A total of 64 multinational and national companies and organizations including Grameenphone, Standard Chartered Bank, Dhaka Bank, Marico, Lanka Bangla Finance and others participated in the career fair. The participating companies also collected a large number of CVs from potential candidates.