AL’s career workshop garners huge response among youth

Bangladesh Awami League's initiative "Career Workshop" has attracted the country's youth and has been receiving a huge response since its inauguration on January 9.

Interested candidates can log in to career.albd.org till midnight of January 30 to apply for this workshop, the organisers said yesterday.

"CRI always lays youth on the top of the priority ladder, which is why we pinned our efforts to this project," said Tonmoy Ahmed, coordinator of Centre for Research & Information (CRI), one of the partner organisations of workshop.

CRI is dedicated to advancing the prime minister's plan to ­build strong manpower.

"­The youth have greatly welcomed the idea and we are getting immense response from them. Six thousand youths have already registered for the workshop and there are more on the way.

"We will organize the first batch in February, which prioritizes underprivileged and marginal youths and madrasa students. Our overarching goal is bringing in all-inclusive developments by tying up with the main workforce," Tonmoy added.

"We planned the training project after discussing with experienced human resources experts. Resource persons from different industries and services have already tied up with our project," said Sufi Faruq Ibne Abubakar of Gurukul Online Learning Network Pramukh, one of the organisers of this project.

"We are inviting accomplished people of the country to this initiative irrespective of caste and creed. There is a simple hack for youths. Every youth must have a well-defined career plan to become the best version of themselves," Faruq also said.

The young generation is leaving no stone unturned to deliver their best, said Shamsun Nahar Chapa, secretary of AL Education and Human Resources Sub-Committee.

"But they often find themselves in dilemma about how they should plan their future. The Education and Human Resources Sub-Committee of Awami League featured this initiative to relieve them of that dilemma and help them pick up what career path best works for them," she said.

"We will endow them with guidelines on how they will thrive in their professional landscape. Our job is to guide them on how they can choose the right path and reach their professional milestones," Chapa further said.

Many youths feel lost about their career due to a lack of guidance. Consequently, their potential often remains untapped. To turn that tide around, Awami League came up with this initiative to endow the young generation with career guidelines.

"Career Workshop: Initiatives to develop youth efficiency and work-plan" was organized by the sub-committee on Education and Human Resources of AL in association with CRI.

According to organizers, the massive infrastructure built by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina will help youths harness their potential to the highest level.

Despite achieving academic feats, the country's youth does not possess ample knowledge about the modern workplace.

By the time a generation fully understands their financial career, their prime is gone. Moreover, there is still much to be worked on in our youths' participation in career-oriented education, the organisers also said.