GCU Career Fair receives warm response

The Career Fair 2013 at the GC University Lahore received an enthusiastic response as thousands of the University’s graduates and final year students flock to the Career fair to explore employment opportunities in reputed international and national organizations, besides seeking information about the available foreign scholarships. As many as 40 noted organizations set up their stalls at the Career Fair organized by the GCU Career Guidance and Placement Center and provided the students information about the available positions in their organizations. The companies’ executives also conducted on-campus interviews to shortlist the candidates. Besides cellular companies, a couple of media houses also set up their stall and interviewed the students for the posts of copy editors, anchors and reporters.

GCU Vice Chancellor Prof (Meritorious) Dr Muhammad Khaleeq-ur-Rahman and NETSOL Chief Executive Officer Salim Ghauri were the chief guests at the Career Fair, while GCU Director Research, Innovation and Commercialization Prof Dr Muhammad Zakria Butt, Director Facilities Yousaf Bashir and Placement Officer Hassan-ul-Haq were also present on the occasion. The Vice Chancellor visited stalls of all companies and discussed with the company executives their recruitment polices and criteria. Prof Rahman said that GCU did not only concentrate on theoretical teaching but also laid a particular stress on the confidence and character building of its students, so that they can perform exceptionally well in their professional lives.  

GCU VC is talking to company executives while visiting stalls

Talking about the Career Fair, GCU Placement Officer Hassan-ul-Haq said the fair was organized every year to build a strong foundation for professional career of students so that they could excel in market. He hoped that more than hundred students would get job through the Career fair this year. However, he also said that “the activity stands fruitful if even only one student gets a good job opportunity from it.”

Later, the Vice Chancellor gave away shields to the representatives of the companies. He also appreciated the active participation of the students and multinational companies in the fair.

(17-05-2013)

GCU’s students to teach at under-resourced schools

The students of the GC University Lahore would teach at the under-resourced government schools in collaboration with international organization “Teach for Pakistan” and work for improving communication skills, personality development, knowledge enrichment and confidence-building of students, said GCU Dean Faculty of Science and Technology Prof. Dr. Ikramul Haq while addressing a meeting of GCU final-year graduate (honors) students who have volunteered themselves for the cause.

Prof. Dr. Ikram-ul-Haq said that the GCU Career Guidance and Placement Center is going to a sign an agreement with “Teach for Pakistan” for deputation of the best of these volunteers at different under-resourced schools, so that they can coach, educate and motivate students of these schools by employing modern teaching methodologies which they have learnt at GC University Lahore. He said that more than hundred Ravians have volunteered themselves for teaching at the government schools. Teach for Pakistan Director Recruitment Mariaum Ahmad said that they would also pay scholarship money to the selected students who would teach at these schools besides giving them acknowledgment certificates. She said deputation of these bright students at under-resourced schools would also improve educational environment of these schools. She hoped that ever year, they would depute dozens of Ravians at different under-resourced schools of Pakistan.

(02-02-2012)