Gulf English School holds ninth Annual Career Fair

The Peninsula

Doha: The Gulf English School held the ninth Annual Career Fair last week from 8am to 3pm. 
It featured more than 32 exhibitors having an equal range of companies and universities and opened by Sheikh Faisal bin Qassim Al Thani.
It provided direct access for students to learn about careers available and attended by large business organisations in the fields of human resources, banking and finance, medical, petrochemical engineering, hotel industry, law, sports, communications and airways, among others, in addition to the Ministry of Interior.
The fair was also attended by universities in Qatar and those from the UK, the US and Ireland. It was a fantastic opportunity for students to engage with companies and universities to begin to plan their future.
The fair would not have been possible without the sponsorship provided by Faisal and Aamal Holdings, Ezdan holdings, Al Khaliji Bank, Ahli Hospital, Balaydia, Woqod and QIIC. 
The school sports hall was transformed in a beautiful indoor garden and water feature provided by Balaydia.
Seven other Independent schools brought students to the event, with each student having a detailed workbook to enable them to get the most from their visit.
The most exciting feature was that the fair was organised by the current year 12 AS and International Baccalaureate students, who were involved in every aspect of developing the event from securing sponsorship, inviting companies, schools and universities, designing art works, decorating and staging the event. 
Mohammed Al Kuwari, a student involved in the event, said: “We learnt a lot about working as a team and how it is important when planning a big event and its organisation.”
Khloud Al Mohannadi, another student who was part of the design team, said: “With different backgrounds we still worked together, helped and supported each other, it was such an amazing experience.”
Frank McCarthy from RCSI (Bahrain Campus) said: “We are invited to a lot of such events and this one has been particularly well-organised and planned, it was fantastic that the students did the planning, they have been amazing.”
Another participating student said until she attended the event, the university she wanted to apply for was not possible. She said her participation gave her the opportunity to find out that she could apply and she had done already.
Councillor Sheila Jenkins, along with Sam Hollis, Counsellor, who supported the students to hold the event, said, “It amazes me every year to see the developing maturity of the students who work so hard to create a spectacular event and how they come together as a team, learning new skills and achieving great things.”
The fair was the biggest at the school and a success.