Under the supervision of the English Language Center, and in cooperation with the Joint First Year Deanship and the patronage of Her Excellency the Deputy Director of the English Language Center, Dr. Sahar Al-Zahrani, a ‘job fair’ open day was held on Wednesday 27 Rajab, 1440 A.H., under the supervision of the English Language Center Coordinators in Al-Shisha, Ms. Layal Al-Ahmadi and Ms. Sahar Baitul-Mal. During the day, the female students innovated different companies showcased the services of these companies and announced job opportunities in their companies. The female students presented invaluable information pertaining to every company, which showed the great effort exerted in the administrative and scientific stream in teaching specialized English to the female students of the Joint First Year (administrative and scientific stream). Moreover, this showed the serious search about the specialized information and how to showcase it in the best way and the excellence in using the terminologies studied in the classroom.
The female students presented different information pertaining to each group using various methods, such as presentations, stereographs, boards, role playing, competitions, and attractive techniques for displaying the content. Some of the companies that were represented in this activity were an ocean exploration company, a travel and tourism company, an events management and gift packing company, a medical services company, a coffee products company, a fashion company, an air hostess recruitment company, and an engineering firm that provides architectural and gaming engineering services.
This activity attracted the attention of the female administrative and scientific stream students and gained a great turnout on the part of the academic staff at the English Language Center in Al-Shisha and the affiliates of the Joint First Year. It was an outstanding activity with regard to preparation, display and viewing. These efforts culminated in success and were characterized with a spirit of cooperation among the female students in the different groups. Positive comments were received from event visitors.
Her Excellency the Deputy Director of the English Language Center, Dr. Sahar Al-Zahrani, praised the efforts exerted by Ms. Layal Al-Ahmadi and Ms. Sahar Baitul-Mal in organizing this creative work. She also praised the efforts exerted in preparation by the female students in the administrative and scientific stream, helped by their teachers in the English Language Center. Moreover, she commended the efforts of the activity coordinator and all the academic staff members, and expressed her appreciation for their devotion in ensuring the success of the extra-curricular activities related to the English language courses to promote the female students' learning outside the classroom. She also expressed her thanks to the Vice Dean of the Joint First Year for Scientific and Administrative Streams, Dr. Haifaa Hijazi, for her support of the female affiliates of the English Language Center. For her part, Dr. Haifaa extended her thanks and appreciation for the staff and students of the English Language Center involved in the event.