Yesterday we had the pleasure of hosting our first ever career event. It was fantastic. Students from across different universities got to network with industry experts, acquire some career wisdom and munched on some delicious refreshments.

The day consisted of three panels, with experts in business and technology, media and communications, and psychology and health sciences. 

We had the honour of hosting the female bosses from the different sectors and they shared their journey to how they got to where they are – from the head of verticals at Careem Now’s Madiha Sattar and Tiktok’s regional communications director, Gita Ghaemmaghami, with local entrepreneur, Gbemi Giwa giving out some tips for how to make some money at university. 

The media and communications panel hosted Jade Worsley from Dance FM UAE, Azza Zarour, one of the region’s most acclaimed presenters and influencers, along with our very own editor, Kavita Srinivasan and Facebook, Instagram & Whatsapp’s product lead, Priya Patel-Chomel.

The final panel, psychology and health sciences, took us on a journey with founder and MD of Lighthouse Arabia, Dr Saliha Afridi, along with life coach Regan Hillyer and founder of Illuminations Wellness Centre. 

It was so incredibly useful and even had a short meditation session during the panel! 

It was a fantastic day, and the start of many more to come. 

See yah at our next career event!