NBC PARTICIPATES IN AISEC’S 2009 CAREER FAIR
The National Bank of Commerce (NBC) was among the participants in this year’s Career Fair organized by AISEC on 7th and 8th March held at the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM) main campus. The two-day event brought together over 30 participants representing various companies, organizations, and institutions with over 1500 students from higher learning institutions attending. NBC has in place a human resource program where it recruits 15 top performing university graduates and then fully sponsors their post graduate training in South Africa. The NBC’s graduate program developed in 2006 started to be implemented in 2007recruits graduates annually and offers them various posts at the bank. Speaking to students visiting the NBC stall at the fair, NBC’s Recruitment and Selection Manager Mr. Blasius Lupenza said that NBC in collaboration with the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Dar es Salaam have a special program whereby they pick top performing students and train them on various banking skills and offer them opportunities to work at the bank. “NBC is the number one graduate employer and our aim is to equip graduates with required skills and competence to work for the bank in key areas such as retail banking, auditing, credit risk management and treasury” added Mr. Lupenza. The two-day program of event consisted of seminars on academic skills and exhibitions. On the first day, there were workshops and trainings in which the participating companies and organizations conducted seminars and trainings on certain topics in relation to building capacity of the students. On the second day, participants had stalls in which they ran exhibitions on their profiles and products to all students and had a chance to interact with them the whole day. Speaking to the press AISEC University of Dar es Salaam’s Vice President External Relations Ms Edith James said that the career fair is gaining popularity among companies because 30 companies participated this year compared to 13 last year. “AISEC is an International Student organization and we have an Exchange Program where by graduates from other universities apply for training to work abroad, and companies that participate in the career fair also get the opportunity to recruit the students to work for them as per their demands” added Ms James. The Career Fair is an annual event organized by AIESEC in Tanzania that seeks to bring employers and prospective employees together through an informal but interactive gathering. Through this event a large number of companies are brought together in one location where students get to explore their career options. The first career fair was held in 2001 and it has continued to grow and gain popularity among companies and students through the years.
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