"There is only one thing common among us all, that is, we are all unique. Each one of us is promised a destiny, a unique place to belong and to excel. Jobs we do are mere spaces of exploration helping us to uncover this destiny. And being guided by this destiny is what makes our journey magical." This is what we learned from the Career Crafting Session organised by SevenSages and powered by The Daily Star. SevenSages is an organisation working with Human and Organisational Development. Creating local resources for the Global Enterprises is its service mantra.

The coach for the session was Indroneil Mukerjee who has been a Transformational Coach for about 17 years and has touched the lives of around 5,000 individuals. This session was unique in many aspects. A lot of students wonder what they want to become, what they are good at, and fumble on the readily available options even if their potential lies in something else.

A lot of professionals also waste a lot of time doing things they don't want to do, and as a result they cannot utilise their full potential, get average results and end up frustrated. This session gave the participants guidance on why it is very important to find their destiny, why it is important to understand what that one thing is that they are good at, and act upon it by doing some interesting soul searching exercises. Whatever roles we take on in our lives are 'outside-in' reactions. Never for once do we try to explore our innate preferences and the innate potentials one is meant to grow towards. Whereas, when we can understand our inner potential and choose things accordingly to complement it, we will only save time and flourish more in life. We will not only respond to the opportunities given to us, but we will be able to breakthrough and create our own opportunities.

In the keynote, Faheem Tanveer Ahmed, former Head of Business, SAP Bangladesh and current CEO Of Crossways IT LTD said that, "We need to produce more white collar graduates whose sights will be set on not only Bangladesh, but the whole world. I dream of a day when a Bangladeshi will become the next Steve Jobs or Sundar Pichai and we want to help our young graduates in achieving this dream." 

While talking about employability, our special guest, Hasinul Arefin, Compensation and Benefits Manager, British American Tobacco, Bangladesh said that, "Never lie in your CV or your interview. Represent yourself smartly, exactly like who you are. Understand your strengths and weaknesses, only then jobs will find you."

Dr. Tamgid Ahmed Chowdhury, Assistant Professor in the School of Business and Economics, North South University talked about the top five things MNCs and local large companies in Bangladesh want, as well as what they don't want. Both the guests emphasised on the fact that students should always craft their strengths and weaknesses first, and accordingly start their career, one should never run after the "hot jobs" in the market. They also appreciated this career crafting sessions, adding that we need more sessions like this for the students in Bangladesh.

Shuvashish Roy, Strategic Project Planner of The Daily Star, presented the newspaper's new youth-centric brand campaign #JoinTheJourney to engage and inspire the nation builders of tomorrow during the program. This wonderful experience of self-exploration ended with a certification ceremony.