Senior Career Counselor
Qatar University
Total des années d'expérience :19 years, 3 Mois
• Counsel male students, staff and alumni in individual and group settings concerning career-related matters.
• Responsible for designing, implementing, supervising and assessing career programs for colleges (Arts and Science, Medicine, Islamic Studies, Pharmacy and Health Sciences).
• Assist in fostering and maintaining relationships with multitudes of campus entities (i.e., Assistant Deans, Academic Advising, Student Counseling, Student Learning Support, Student Activities, Student Retention, Foundation Program, External Relations and Graduate Studies.)
• Represent QU Career Services in the MENASA NSPA and NACE communities.
• Represent Career Services Center in different on-campus events and fairs.
• Present frequently to faculty and staff groups, student organizations and classes.
• Support the recruitment, orientation, training and supervision of Student Workers (Peer Helpers), and ensure proper on-boarding and ongoing training.
• Deliver a wide range of workshops and training programs to students (Leadership, Team working, Career Excellence, Career Planning, CV Writing, Interview skills, Oral Presentation, etc.).
• Develop, organize, coordinate, and supervise career planning activities and services for the campus.
• Provide Assistance in relation to job placement activities and services involving students, and alumni.
• A member of many QU strategy execution committees such as (Strategic Enrollment Management Planning, Second Year Student Experience, First-Year Student Experience, Pre-University Recruitment, Professional Development for Student Affairs practitioners and Early Alert System).
•Designs, develops and leads the implementation of the Career Development Strategy
•Connects the career development strategy with the Center strategy
•Manages the planning & implementation of the department annual budget
•Sets the basic schedule of career development activities during the year
•Leads and manages the development of different development programs for specific groups of employees and talents
Regularly assess the results of the CD programs
• Promotes Career Development programs in the state of Qatar
•Leads the deployment of different assessment tools (http://guidance.bedaya.qa)
•Sets the methodology for the assessment and development centers
•Builds the functioning relationship with the top managers
•Leads, manages and develops the team of Career Development advisors
•Leads strategic organization wide projects focused on the development of high potentials and young leaders
•Manages Bedaya’s partnerships under Career development umbrella
•Conducts 1:1 career coaching sessions with different group of ages (especially with youth above 22 years), and assists applicants to develop their career plans.
•Contributes in Bedaya’s Boys Secondary Schools outreach efforts (more than 19 schools outreached in Qatar)
•Delivers soft skills workshops and Career Guidance training programs
•Interviewing people one to one or in small groups to discuss career or education options.
•Helping young people to draw up action plans for employment, education and training and supporting them to achieve these goals.
•Researching careers, options and support organizations to meet people's needs.
•Providing advice on Resume, applications, job hunting and interview techniques.
•Running small group sessions or larger presentations on all aspects of careers work and topics related to personal development.
•Helping people to understand the current job market.
•Using skills assessment tools, career planners, psychometric tests and personal inventories.
•Keeping up to date with labor market information, and professional and academic developments by visiting employers, training providers and training events run by educational and professional bodies.
•Working closely with other staff members in the planning and coordination of career outreach and programs such as Job & College fairs, and employer panels
•Identified training and development needs within an organization through job analysis, appraisal schemes and regular consultation with business managers.
•Designed and developed training and development programs based on both the organization's and the individual's needs.
•Considered the costs of planned programs and kept within budgets.
•Worked in a team to produce programs that were satisfactory to all relevant parties in the organization, such as line managers, accountants and senior managers at board level.
•Developed effective induction programs.
•Conducted appraisals.
•Devised individual learning plans.
•Produced training materials for in-house courses.
•Assisted in managing the delivery of training and development programs.
•Ensured that statutory training requirements were met.
•Evaluated training and development programs.
•Helped line managers and trainers to solve specific training problems, both on a one-to-one basis and in groups.
• Network related hardware and software installation
• Users troubleshooting (help desk)
• Responsibility over all interactions with the financial system software package ACCPAC.
• Responsibility over all interactions with the manufacturing system software package
MISYS (for manufacturing & Products cost).
• Responsibility of implementing & configuring all Security devices, which are.
1. Websense software (URL filtering)
2. Bluecoat Appliance (Hardware Proxy)
3. Cyber Guard Appliance (Hardware firewall)
Note: with 1 week training at GNS EGYPT
• Developing business Reports (database reports) for whole management levels.
• Developing Company Intranet, which includes Project management, client troubleshooting, and IT management system capabilities.
• Administer Company Mail Server (Microsoft Exchange Server 2003) Back end, and front end.
• Administer Blackberry Enterprise Server (In co-operate with Vodafone)
• Implement and Administer VPN connection between company branches Headquarter and Distribution Center.
Professional Diploma in Computing
Pre-master in using use and integrate technology within education