Stakeholders Commend Global Interns for Career Connect Series
Stakeholders from various professions have commended Global Interns Company for its career connect series workshop. They described the initiative as apt for students and would help to bridge the career knowledge gap experienced before or after a chosen career path.
The workshop with the theme ‘Career Planning and Internship Opportunities’ is open to students in senior secondary, fresh high school graduates, as well as undergraduates. It will hold on August 22, 2017 in Lagos.
The Chief Executive Officer, Ideasvibe Media, Mr. Caesar Keluro explained that the career connect series is an ample platform to discuss new paradigms, technologies, cultures that are altering the workplace and the society.
He said with the everevolving and competitive job market, career path is more about being adaptive in this digital age and understanding the skills in high demand, and those facing potential extinction. “Kudos to Global Interns for bringing this up in this age of disruption.”
A legal practitioner and parent, Mrs. GeraldineBello said the workshop is a welcome development as many students do not know what they are doing. She added that the initiative should be taken to the grassroots where career choice mistakes are mostly made.
She maintained that making wrong choices and being stereotyped have to do with their parents that should be educated. “They are the best people to be educated as children follow their dictates.”
The Chief Executive Officer of Onestopmotivate, Mr Femi Adetayo said the workshop is a good initiative that students need in this era. He described it as unique, saying that the company should be commended for the initiative.
Registered intending participants also expressed delight about the workshop, describing it as an appropriate forum to get feedback on career related questions as their studies progress.
The Chief Executive Officer of Global Interns, Mrs. Olufunmilayo Modupe, said the overall objective is providing guidance on career choices while creating opportunities that will grow the career through work experiences. “We are making possible ‘the transition of knowledge from the professionals back to the students’ with an intention to nurture.”
She said the general students and parents’ excitement towards the upcoming workshop is an indicator of its relevance, adding that it would help participants to understand the know-how of career planning through engaging sessions that would offer feedback on career frequently asked questions.
Modupe said the workshop will feature experts’ viewpoints on ‘Technology in Diverse Career Choices’ and ‘Career of this Age’, adding that her organisation through the workshop is focussed at helping students better understand how internship can build and enlarge their career aspirations.
Global Interns Company is a student-centred organisation connecting college and high school interns to rewarding internship jobs and volunteering programmes in Nigeria and Ghana.