Karachi: Provincial IT Minister Muhammad Raza Haroon has stressed the need of mutual cooperation between corporate sector and education institutions in order to produce the suitable human resource with skills and abilities required by the job market. He expressed these views at a Career Fair ?Careers 2009? organized by Bahria University Karachi Campus for its students today.
Raza Haroon appreciated the idea of organizing Career Fair for passing out students and said that Government would support all such joint efforts where varsities and corporate sector organizations could come up at a platform to provide jobs to fresh graduates.
Earlier he visited the Career Expo of Bahria University where around 18 corporate sector organizations had set up their booths to search for suitable human resource for their respective organizations. Minister also visited the projects displayed by Bahria University Students.
Minister was informed that Bahria University Karachi Campus organizes this Career Fair as a Semester-event to provide a platform where students and the corporate world can be congregated with the prospect of knowing each other strengths and requirements.
Speaking on the occasion Director Bahria University Karachi Campus Capt. Retd Ashfaq Agha said that it will be highly advantageous for the students in terms of getting aware of the job market requirements as well as the prevailing trends in corporate sector. He said that organizations would be able to offer training/employment opportunities to the recently graduated students after giving them their company presentations, open house interactive sessions, recruitment test and on spot interviews etc.
Hundred of fresh Bahria graduates participated in this Career Fair to explore and apply for Jobs posted by participating organizations. They appeared in on-the-spot interviews, listened to speakers, and interacted with HR heads of local and multinational companies regarding career opportunities.
Students learnt about the different career tracks in various industries, participated in Interactive Sessions, listened to company presentations and attended Career Counseling sessions.