The Enugu State University of Science and Technology Management, Tuesday, inaugurated Career Services Directorate to raise the employability scope of staff and students of the institution. Speaking during the inauguration, the Vice Chancellor, ESUT, Professor Aloysius-Michaels Okolie, said that the Centre was equally launched in the University to properly guide the staff and students in their research, teaching and community service endeavours.
Prof. Okolie reiterated the support of the University Management in ensuring that the Centre realized its goals.
In her address during the inauguration/workshop, the Director of the Centre, Professor Uzoamaka George-Okafor, explained that the philosophy behind the Centre was rooted in the commitment to empowering individuals to explore, understand and achieve their professional goals.
The Director further explained that Career Services play crucial role in providing career exploration and advancement, skills development, job search strategies amongst others. She also noted that Career Services provide guidance and support which align with personal values and interests, adding that the vision of the Centre is to professionally empower ESUT students and alumni through teaching, research and community engagement for holistic career growth in the evolving job market.
While presenting the topic of the workshop entitled ” An Overview of Career Services for Employability: Students’ Orientation for Exploration,” the Programme Facilitator, Prof. Harry Obi-Nwosu, said that “Career Services is fundamental in making students to understand who they really are.”
Nwosu, a professor of Forensic and Clinical Psychology and the the Director, Centre for Counseling and Career Development, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, equally said that Career Services gives the students proper orientation to know what is ahead of them in their chosen course of study.