Hessa Salem, Career Development &Alumni Affairs Senior Associate

Hessa Salem

Career Development &Alumni Affairs Senior Associate

Kuwait Technical College

Location
Kuwait - Al Kuwait
Education
Bachelor's degree, English Language and Literature - Minor: Translation Studies
Experience
11 years, 3 Months

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Total years of experience :11 years, 3 Months

Career Development &Alumni Affairs Senior Associate at Kuwait Technical College
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • My current job since October 2023

➢ Provided comprehensive career planning services to students to define and develop realistic goals.
➢ Develops, updates, and implements career development activities.
➢ Engages students in career planning assessments and assists students in developing a career plan.
➢ Provides mock interview support and training to build a resume, complete an application for employment
and search for a job and interview.
➢ Connects students with appropriate internships.
➢ Reaching out to corporate and alumni partners on local and international levels to improve and develop expected to graduate students’ skills.
➢ Helped in organizing multiple seminars, workshops, career fairs and graduating projects events.

Senior Student Career Services Officer at Kuwait Technical College
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • August 2021 to October 2023

➢ Provided comprehensive career planning services to students to define and develop realistic goals.
➢ Develops, updates, and implements career development activities.
➢ Engages students in career planning assessments and assists students in developing a career plan.
➢ Provides mock interview support and training to build a resume, complete an application for employment
and search for a job and interview.
➢ Connects students with appropriate internships.
➢ Reaching out to corporate and alumni partners on local and international levels to improve and develop expected to graduate students’ skills.
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➢ Helped in organizing multiple seminars, workshops, career fairs and graduating projects events.

Senior Student Advising Officer at Kuwait Technical College
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • January 2021 to August 2021

➢ Developed a system to advise and follow up with:
o Newly enrolled students: By encouraging them to get Honor Student Scholarships by achieving minimum required GPA.
o Retention list students (Academic Warning, Probation, and Suspension): Throughout comprehensive
counselling.
o Attendance warning (1st Warning, 2nd Warning, and Course Absence Dismissal): By closely following up
with students starting.
o Expected to graduate students: by closely advising them how to achieve desired GPA that would allow
them to continue their future studies from diploma to bachelor’s degree (2+2).

Student Affairs Officer at Kuwait Technical College
  • Kuwait - Al Ahmadi
  • October 2019 to January 2021

➢ Developed a system that helped in following up with:
o Newly enrolled students: By encouraging them to get Honor Student Scholarships by achieving minimum requiredGPA.
o Retention list students (Academic Warning, Probation, and Suspension): Throughout comprehensive
counselling.
o Attendance warning (1st Warning, 2nd Warning, and Course Absence Dismissal): By closely following up
with students.
➢ Cultural and Educational Events that raise students’ awareness to their surrounding environment and society:
(Orientation Day - Clubs Orientation - Teacher’s Day - Breast Cancer Awareness Day - United Nations Day - International Day - Health Awareness Day - Kuwait National and Liberation Day).

Social Media Executive at Ghaliah
  • Kuwait
  • September 2018 to December 2018

Social Media Executive

Human Resources Summer Intern at Alghanim Industries
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • July 2018 to August 2018
Teaching Assistant at Kuwait University
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 2018 to July 2018
Freelance Translator at -
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • January 2013 to February 2018

Translating from English into Arabic and vice versa.

Assistant at Kuwait University
  • Kuwait - Al Kuwait
  • June 2012 to January 2018

Type official correspondence.
•Respond to students’ and faculty members’ inquiries.
•Supervise group activities.

Student recruitment at Kuwait University
  • Kuwait
  • February 2016 to January 2018

•Worked in Student Recruitment Program.
•Assisted professors in monitoring exams.

Education

Bachelor's degree, English Language and Literature - Minor: Translation Studies
  • at Kuwait University
  • January 2018

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Specialties & Skills

Microsoft Word
Microsoft Excel
Microsoft Access
Microsoft PowerPoint
TRANSLATING to both Arabic and English
MICROSOFT OFFICE
ORGANIZATIONAL SKILLS
Ability to work under pressure
Editing & proofreading

Languages

Arabic
Expert
English
Expert

Training and Certifications

ICDL (Training)
Training Institute:
مركز الخوارزمي لتدريب الحاسب الآلي
Date Attended:
October 2011
Duration:
70 hours