"Human Resources and Emiratisation" and "Nafes": More than 5000,<> Emiratis benefited from career guidance services

More than 5000,2023 Emiratis have benefited from the career guidance services provided by the NAFES program in cooperation with the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation from the beginning of <> until the end of March.

Ahmed Al Nasser, Assistant Undersecretary for National Human Resources Development at the Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation, said: "The career guidance services aim to qualify Emirati cadres at the state level, prepare them to compete in the private sector, introduce them to its challenges, and educate them about the skills and professions required in the targeted economic sectors, in addition to supporting their work in jobs appropriate to their abilities, qualifications and potential, by holding individual and group counseling sessions, and assessing the professional tendencies of job seekers as well as their workers.

He added that the career guidance sessions focus on several axes, most notably the advantages of working in the private sector, job search tools, understanding the requirements of the labor market, and developing individual development plans to increase the chances of those enrolled to obtain suitable jobs that enable them to be partners in driving the prosperity of the private sector and contribute effectively to promoting the growth of priority economic sectors that support the national economy.

He explained that the importance of vocational guidance stems from its contribution to raising the employment index of citizens in the labor market and enhancing their professional stability, stressing the importance of the role of employers, parents and educational institutions in the success of vocational guidance.

The number of individual counseling sessions held since the beginning of this year amounted to more than 4500,3000 sessions, distributed into two categories: the first was job seekers and included more than 1500,<> citizens, while the second category included workers in the private sector, and <>,<> national employees with no more than two years of practical experience benefited from its counseling sessions.

More than 500 citizens benefited from the group counseling sessions that were distributed over three workshops, where the first session aimed to develop the skills of new workers, employees who face challenges in the work environment, and job seekers, and the session included how to develop and activate oneself in building a system of personal and professional success, and raise the level of self-esteem among participants by developing a sense of self-responsibility towards success in life and its industry, and identifying the most important secrets of self-industry and life industry, and the workshop allowed attendees to discuss how to acquire Practical experiences that enhance the competitiveness of the new graduate, how to deal with the negative ideas surrounding society about the private sector, and how to overcome the pressures of work in it.

The second workshop was attended by about 160 new workers and job seekers, and aimed to introduce the concept of psychological stress and its causes, identify feelings in a correct way and their impact on human professional life, and learn some skills to relieve work pressures, and the attendees of the session discussed how to employ and develop skills and competencies in the work environment, adapt to work in the private sector, deal with different cultures in the work environment, and manage feelings so that they do not affect the performance of the required tasks.

The third workshop was attended by about 200 male and female citizens, which is on a "competitive and positive work environment", and the workshop worked to introduce the worker to the concept of quality of life in the work environment, and how to develop an action plan to create quality of life in the work environment and private life, and to identify the concept of quality of life, and the healthy environment at work, and set limits for it.

It is planned to continue holding group sessions periodically during the coming period, focusing on the needs of the target groups of job seekers and new national workers.