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Bedaya holds summer camp for 70 students

DOHA, September 1, 2015

The Bedaya Center for Entrepreneurship and Career Development hosted a summer camp for 70 univeristy and high school students.
 
The Bedaya Summer Camp included several workshops focusing on communication skills, personality analysis, leadership skills, business development and CV writing, said a statement.
 
The students had a fun introductory workshop at Aljazeera Café located in Katara to kick-start the summer camp.
 
Other fun activities were also on the agenda such as visits to the Aqua Park, Museum of Islamic Art and the Sheikh Faisal Museum, parasailing, and art and hand crafting sessions.  
 
At the end of the camp, students were given job shadowing assignments in several major local companies based on their career interests. 
 
The companies involved were QNB (for those interested in a business and marketing career), Sidra (aimed at students interested in administration and medical careers), QF Legal department (for budding lawyers and paralegal aspirants), QChem (for those interested in petrochemical engineering), HMC (for students considering medical careers) and Aljazeera network (appealing to those interested in media and PR careers).
 
Reem Al Suwaidi, general manager, said: “Bedaya’s Summer Camp gave students who attended a great opportunity to use their summer holidays in a very productive way to learn some key workplace skills and further their career interests by experiencing working in their chosen career in job shadowing placements.”   
 
The camp tops several major initiatives and activities Bedaya has achieved this year in career development that have already benefitted approximately 2,000 Qatari youth, said the statement.
 
It has also offered job shadowing opportunities to some 200 students to date to help them identify the ideal career path for the future to match their skills and personality. - TradeArabia News Service



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