Monday, August 27, 2007

Career Clinic 2007



How did 'career clinic' sound to you? Are you familiar with this kind of programme? Well according to Dr Tariqur Rahman, people go to clinic when they fell sick. Sometime People go to clinic to have medical check up on them. So what make people go to 'career clinic'?

On Saturday, 18th August 2007, a Career Clinic was organized at our very own Kulliyyah of Science's Main Auditorium by Training and Career Development Bureau, Science Students’ Society. 40 students from various courses in Kuantan Campus have attended the workshop. Even though the number of participants was far away from the targeted participants, it was not a barrier for this programme to achieve its objectives. This is the first ever workshop organized by this bureau and with the theme “Career on the Go”, this workshop was a success. Aiming in developing and building self-confidence and self-esteem among the students of IIUM (especially from Kulliyyah of Science) and equipping them with important skills required during job quest, this programme was definitely what the graduating students are looking for.

Our honorable VIPs for that special day were Dean Kulliyyah of Science, Prof. Dr. Ridzwan Hashim and Deputy Dean (Student Affairs),Kulliyyah of Science, Assoc. Prof. Dr. Amad @ Ahmad Aman.After several changes on the speakers invited for this workshop, 2 well-known person at last made it to come and share their valuable knowledge and experience with the participants. Dr. Mohammad Tariqur Rahman from Department of Biomedical Science was the first speaker on that special day presented an interesting talk on ‘Effective Presentation Skill’. In this slot, 2 lucky participants were chosen to demonstrate on how to present a given topic in front of audiences before and after this session. Amazingly their presentation did improve after that session! From this talk, participants benefit heap of important points that we fail to practice in our presentation.‘Your talk is a GIFT to your listeners, so don’t disappoint them as they have invested time for you’. Resume and interview are 2 important things that must be given great attention in seeking job. These 2 things will actually give our first impression to the employer. Realizing the importance of these subjects as well as the need for the students to know this knowledge, a talk on Resume-writing and Interview Skills was included in this Career Clinic.

The speaker for this slot was brought specially from Gombak Campus for this programme. The Head of IIUM Endaument Fund, Tuan Haji Abu Bakar B. Sidek was the person responsible to fill the participants with the information about this topic. And with his simple yet professional way in delivering his presentation, the participants will definitely remember the important points that he delivered. All in all, the workshop is a big success to the organizer. Two thumbs up to them for their very good work!

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