The Human Resources Development Fund (HRDF) of Saudi Arabia has signed a partnership agreement with Rawabi Holding, a Saudi Arabia-based industrial services establishment, to implement five intensive programmes designed to develop the skills of Saudi youth.

The programmes will also include organising talent exhibits and training career counsellors.

The deal was signed by the director general of the HRDF Ibrahim Al-Moaiqel and CEO of Rawabi Holding Group Osman Ibrahim, who inaugurated the “Career management and employability skills framework” workshop in Riyadh recently.

The workshop is a fundamental part of the career education initiative, which aims to enable Saudis to make educated career decisions and to improve their overall career management skills, thereby improving the education and employment outlooks overtime. The framework was developed through intensive consultation with different key stakeholders in Saudi Arabia, and is based on international best practice in career management skills framework policy development.

Noaf Abdulaziz AlTurki, vice president - corporate services of Rawabi Holding Group, said: "Rawabi Holding is fully dedicated to elevating the level of this exhibit in order to increase career and job awareness of young people and students in cities where the project will be implemented. This will be achieved through a number of programmes and by strengthening community partnerships with other sectors.”

Under the agreement, the Rawabi Talent Exhibit will be held in several cities to reach out to Saudi youth across the spectrum and provide them with opportunities to meet experts in various industries.

Over the last few years, the Rawabi Talent Exhibition has benefited more than 47,000 male and female youth. – TradeArabia News Service