Students Flock To Career Fair
Friday, July 25, 2008
The 2nd annual Career Fair, organized by WDI's Development Consulting Services (DCS), was held in late June at the Institute of National Commerce (INC) Career Center in Algeria. Approximately 40 national and international companies participated and more than 5,000 students attended. The event garnered extensive media coverage across the country.
The fair is a main deliverable of the three-year program of Educating Managers, Promoting Linkages and Opportunity Integration (EMPLOI) administered by WDI. Last January, a strategic partnership was forged between the Middle East Partnership Initiative, INC, and WDI with funding from the Higher Education for Development and U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
One of the milestones was achieved last May when the Career Center at INC was established. Since then, WDI continues to work closely with INC’s director general and the Career Center director to build institutional capacity through coordinated trainings and faculty exchanges. WDI is now devising sustainability plans for the Center.
This event takes place as the Center is making strides to bridge the gap between what the private sector employers seek and what the new graduates can contribute to firms.
