Career Skills Workshop

Awhile back I wrote the article below about a great experience I had with a friend visiting and bumping in with some energetic University of Virginia students who were briefly in Venda:

 

 

"School officially opened the 14 of July and the Office of Community Engagement did not wait for all students to return before getting back to business. In collaboration with some visiting University of Virginia students and United States Peace Corps Volunteers, a group of 10 SAMP students spent 3 days building their career skills such as CV and motivational letter writing, appearance and poise, presenting skills and how to get experience before applying to a job. Participants were in small groups and did 4 sessions a day for a total of 2 hours in the evening.

 

With SAMP’s focus on academic excellence, this was a great chance for participants to refine their skills and build their internal motivation for their course of study at the University of Venda. The presenters came from various backgrounds such as medicine, finance and the social sciences, along with various amounts of experience. After 3 days of presenting, each SAMP participant was a part of their own mock interview. Participants catered their CV and motivational letter to match a particular job description that they were interviewed for by two presenters.

From the results of the mock interviews, it was apparent that the SAMP participants gained a lot from the Career Skills Workshop. All participants were given individual feedback on how they performed. Many participants sent follow-up emails to their interviewees thanking them for their work and informing them that they will continue to improve their skills to make them more hirable at graduation."

I took these pictures:

When people just go and do what they like to do and teach people how to do it, it seems like winning happens.