The Career Service office (CSO) of University of Liberal Arts Bangladesh (ULAB) held a day-long Career Fair for the current students and alumni with motto "Connect to the Future" on February 25.

The chief guest of the fair, Naser Ezaz Bijoy, CEO of Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) and President of Foreign Investor's Chamber of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) said, "People make mistakes during their good times. On the contrary, hard times help people to become more complete." He advised the students to be prepared to take all sorts of challenges. ULAB's VC also gave a speech during the event.

Jamal Uddin Jamy, Director of Career Services, ULAB informs, "The objective of organising such an event was to ensure a scope of corporate jobs for the graduates of ULAB as well as give them an insight about the country's top organisations."

After the Inaugural Ceremony, a panel discussion on "What will it take to shape the workforce of the future", a workshop on resume writing, and a training session on Communication and Negotiation Skills took place. The workshop and training session were facilitated by Niaz Ahmed, the CEO of Corporate Ask and Ejazur Rahman, the Managing Director of Mind Mapper.

A total of 64 multinational and national companies and organisations such as Grameenphone, Standard Chartered Bank, Dhaka Bank, Marico, Lanka Bangla Finance etc. took part in the job fair, collecting a large number of CVs from potential candidates.