The Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) held its 8th annual career Fair on Monday, February 6, 2017. The purpose of holding this annual event is to provide LUMS students and the participating companies a common platform where they can interact with each other. LUMS has been successfully hosting the career fair every year to provide students an opportunity to find various career directions with exciting job opportunities and get to know the requirements of the industry.
The recruiting companies also get the chance to identify their ideal candidates. This year more than 90 leading companies from multiple industries such as FMGC, Engineering, Education, Financial Institution, Information & Technology, and Development participated in the LUMS Annual Career Fair 2017.
Commenting on the relevance of the event, Vice Chancellor LUMS, Professor Dr S Sohail H Naqvi said, "LUMS is proud to host its annual Career Fair 2017, which brings local businesses and future employees together. Such events create opportunities for students/graduates to understand the requirements of the job market so that they can prepare themselves accordingly. This will not only support students to peruse their ideal careers but will also boost our economy by lowering an existing mismatch in the employment market."
This event was a mutually beneficial affair, both for the graduates and the employing organisations. The representative of the companies provided the students career advice and shared the requirements of the job market. Every organisation had its own recruiter's booth where they conducted on-spot screening interviews and collected resumes of students and graduates who visited the fair.-PR