Gulf English School (GES) has held the GES Career Fair for the 10th consecutive year.
The fair was inaugurated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony by HE Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim al-Thani, chairman of Al Faisal Holding, in the presence of representatives from participating partners.
Gulf English School’s annual career fairs bring together Qatar’s leading public and private sector institutions, offering them the opportunity to showcase career advancement opportunities, vacancies and businesses to prominent Qatari talents.
The event serves as a networking and knowledge-exchange platform, whereby local competencies learn about changing job market dynamics across Qatar’s key growth sectors, explore career choices and connect with the country’s leading players and organisations for future employment opportunities, according to a press statement.
GES invited students from Year 9 upwards from other Qatar schools to attend the 10th edition of the fair to meet with companies and universities and to understand what they could offer in terms of careers or courses.
The statement noted that a good number of schools attended the fair and ensured that their students benefited from this opportunity, get to know more about the participating parties and have a closer look on the opportunities they were providing.
The participating parties included Baladiya, Al Faisal, Aamal and Ezdan as platinum sponsors, Tadmur and Al Ahli Hospital as gold sponsors and Al khaliji and QIIC as silver sponsors, in addition to 37 other parties that included embassies, universities, commercial companies and institutions.
Mona El Helbawi, principal of GES and adviser to the chairman, said: “We are extremely delighted to witness the great participation in the 10th version of GES Career Fair.”
The GES Career Fair aimed to give older students in Qatar the opportunity meet potential employers and colleges where they may choose to study.