In an attempt to bridge the distance which exists among academia and industry, the Design and Technology (DTI) has prepared a two-day Career Fair to assist its novices familiarize themselves with profession possibilities to be had at the process marketplace and the way to steady them.
The two-day occasion added collectively about 29 pinnacle-tier agencies from numerous industries, inclusive of agriculture, records technology, manufacturing, oil & fueloline etc.
The occasion supplied novices with the possibility to community with capability employers to benefit insights into internship and employment possibilities without delay from the representatives of the taking part agencies.
Learners took element in velocity interviews and networking periods to check their technical and expert talents as a part of their transitioning into the sector of work.
Speaking on the occasion, Ms. Constance Swaniker, Founder and CEO of DTI, remarked, “At DTI, we trust that it's far vital to put together and equip our novices with the important employability talents which will be triumphant withinside the workplace.”
According to the Institute of Statistics, Social and Economic Research (ISSER), best 10% of graduates locate jobs after their first 12 months of finishing their tertiary schooling. This increases questions over the effect of the numerous interventions instituted via way of means of the authorities and establishments to deal with the situation.
“Ensuring that novices are hired or begin their personal groups after finishing their research stays DTI’s pinnacle priority. We are excited to apply an occasion like this to attach our novices with recruiters to facilitate internship and employment possibilities,” she similarly stated.
Interacting with the novices, Akua Bema Asante, Assistant Registrar on the University of Professional Studies, who changed into the unique visitor spoke at the relevance of gentle talents withinside the global of work, and counseled them to constantly reinvent themselves to feature price to their expert careers. He believes that this can move a protracted manner to assure that they emerge as a hit experts of their selected fields.
“You should continuously pursue new and progressive approaches to refreshen your know-how and talents with a view to maintain up with the hastily converting global of work. The global is continuously converting, and also you should adapt with a view to meet the converting needs of customers and industry,” he added.
The truthful paperwork a part of DTI’s attempt to offer novices with employment assets and possibilities with a view to make sure their employability after finishing their programme.
Since inception, the institute has established its solve to extrade the narrative for tremendous TVET schooling in Africa and is devoted to offering the satisfactory schooling doable everywhere withinside the global.
The Industry and Workplace Coordinator at DTI, Mr. Mubarik Ahmed, reiterated the significance for academia to collaborate with industry. “While the truthful gives an possibility for company Ghana to have interaction with DTI, it additionally allows the institute benefit an expertise of the possibilities and demanding situations that exist withinside the company workplace.”
“The truthful has now no longer best supplied a platform for agencies to have interaction with college students on numerous profession improvement levels, however has additionally been an possibility for them to get to recognise the novices past their CV and educational qualifications,” he concluded.
Companies that participated withinside the truthful expressed their pleasure for the occasion and recounseled DTI for offering a discussion board for novices to study profession possibilities and the necessities for expert success.
Learners additionally displayed a number of the prototype merchandise evolved and different initiatives as a part of the truthful.