KWASU organises career exhibition

The Counselling and Career Services Centre (CCSC) of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, has organised a programme tagged Career Fair Exhibition for students and fresh graduates of the institution.
The programme in its maiden edition provided an avenue for the graduating students to display their talents and exhibit what they have for the labour market.
Speaking at the event, Mrs Olabisi Adedigba, the Coordinator of the centre, noted that the objective of the fair was to bring together KWASU students, different organisations and employers to meet the yearnings of the university to produce graduates who would not be job seekers but employers of labour.
Adedigba explained that collaboration with the organisations was necessary because they were in the best position to lead the students’ right, adding that they would be able to point out what the market needed and what the students were expected to bring to the labour world to attract potential employers.

“As graduating students of this great institution going into the world of work, it is important to intimate them with the information they need to be relevant graduates in the market. This fair will give them a unique insight into that which they need, to be relevant in the market especially in the 21st century,’’ she said.
Dr Yomi Akindele-Oscar, an Associate Professor of Health and Counselling Psychology at Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, in his paper titled: Habits of Highly Effective Job Seekers in a Down Market,  advised the students on the appropriate precautions and habits expected of a job seeker.
He warned that the career-life journey of an applicant is filled with challenges, adding that only graduates who are adaptive to change can survive and win the race of employment.
In her address titled: Vital Strategies to Maximise your Career Success Dr Mary Ogechi Esere, a lecturer at the Department of Counselling Education, University of Ilorin, stressed that self-discovery was the key to a successful career.
While identifying the importance of the possession of team spirit in any chosen career, she said: “No matter how hard you work or how many brilliant ideas you may have, if you can’t connect with the people who work around you, your professional life will suffer’’.
She advised against pessimism, poor-self-confidence and low self-esteem, saying they were anti-career.
For, Kwara State University, all activities were geared towards building the individual and a great nation while developing everyone to become elements of change.
In his presentation, titled: Building an enduring entrepreneurship drive before and after graduation, Dr Muritala Awodun, Dean, School of Business and Governance, said career life was full of obstacles. He explained that failure was not falling to the ground but the inability to rise after one has fallen.
In his remarks, Vice-Chancellor of the institution, Prof AbdulRasheed Na’Allah, said the event was to ascertain the activities of the university as a university for community development.

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