Look for a place where you will learn and not a place to get money,” Baysah urged the audience that included prospective graduates and students. “You can gain all the knowledge and have all the skills, and if you don’t know people who know people, then you know nobody,” Mr. Baysah said. “When you choose a mentor, choose well, because mentors will have influence over you,” Mr. Baysah told the prospective graduates. “It was important that alumni [association] come in to help develop students’ skills through this career day program,” Delamy said, while promising continued mentorship for the students. He said the move is based on research which has proven that several university graduates are unable to sit interviews or to write curriculum vitae properly.

Source: Front Page Africa November 25, 2020 05:15 UTC