Career development in the 21st century is defined as the process of managing life, learning and work over the whole lifespan. Because the labour market is constantly changing, students need to learn how to choose, develop and manage their career.
The Career and Employment Centre at Bahrain Polytechnic is a unit that helps students make career and learning choices and helps them gain the knowledge, skills, attitudes and behaviours to effectively manage their career. As a Bahrain Polytechnic student you can use the Career and Employment Centre for making decisions, for planning, for support and for information at any time during your studies. Furthermore, the Career & Employment Centre works closely with industry partners to provide students and graduates with internships, part time and full time and opportunities in Bahrain and around the world.
CEC Unit Roles and Responsibilities
Career and Employment Centre Roles and Responsibilities:
- Providing careers advice and information services to meet the needs of the Polytechnic community
- Preparing students for workplace learning and decision making
- Providing access to labour market information
- Assessing the need for, and responding to, graduate development programs
- Providing group workshops and individual career counselling sessions for students and alumni
- Helping students and alumni with finding, using and evaluating information for their career planning
- Providing students with academic advice in consultation with Faculty Academic advisors
- Helping students and alumni in their search for work opportunities and training prospects (summer, Part-time, permanent employment post graduation)
- Providing training for students and alumni in how to write CVs and application letters and how to succeed in interviews
- Organizing events to promote career development awareness as well as sharing opportunities with students
- Providing equitable access to career development resources and relevant tools and systems
- Exploring and implementing innovations and technological advances that increase information access to career relevant online data
- Evaluating the services to students and faculties, to continuously improve services
Ways we can help you
- A drop-in service for quick questions about course and career choices.
- Career counselling & 1:1 appointment https://careeremploymentcentre.setmore.com/
- Occupational and labour market information.
- Visits to your class.
- Job opportunities posts to your email and the industry connect portal
Services
- Career groups
- Self-help services and computer-aided guidance
- Workshops and training sessions
- Preparation for co-operative education and work-integrated learning
Guest speakers from industry and government
- Summer and part-time vacancies
- Scholarship information
- Employment information
- Graduate information
- CV writing
- Job search coaching
- Job application support
- Career events
- On-campus recruiting
Employment and Employability
Bahrain Polytechnic’s concern does not finish when students complete their studies. It also extends to its graduates. The Polytechnic conducts periodic phone surveys to monitor graduates’ achievements with regard to their employment. Bahrain Polytechnic has followed this practice since it had its first batch of graduates and results to date are very encouraging. Our Career and Employment Centre continues to help our graduates in the process of obtaining employment.
Employability Skills
Bahrain Polytechnic missioned to prepare its graduates to be work ready in order to adapt to the economic dynamics of the local, regional and international market. We used the conceptual approach to define Employability at the institution and created a contextualized Employability framework. The position of the learners in the framework indicates the acknowledgment of the institution of the services that rotate around them.
Graduates Recruitment Event
Bahrain Polytechnic offers graduating students the opportunity to market themselves in front of numerous employers from various industries in order to be noticed and get employment opportunities. The graduates have a few minutes to present themselves on stage in front of many Human Resource managers and hiring companies on why they should work at their company. These graduates are also given the opportunity to network with professionals and get their individual interviews during the event. This service is offered by the Career Employment Centre.
Useful Links and Resources
Useful Videos
- What is the Future of Work? – World Economic Forum
Useful Links
Links: Self Assessment
Links: Occupational Information
Links:Job search engines
- The 10 Best Job Search Websites of 2022 (thebalancecareers.com)
- Indeed
- Bayt
- Gulf Talent
- Monster Gulf
- Glassdoor
- Jobs.laimoon
- MOL job portal on Bahrain.bh
- Majra
Links: Labour Market in Bahrain
Contact Details
Yusra Al Hussaini, Chief, Career & Employment Center
17897325
Maryam AlChuban, Career Advisor
17897492
Hashim Mohammed, Career Advisor
17897141