AUK Hosts its 4th Annual Career Fair

Twenty-eight Kuwait based companies packed into the auditorium at the American University of Kuwait (AUK) today, to participate in the university's 4th Annual Career Fair, an event that continues to be successful and well-attended year after year.

President of AUK, Marina Tolmacheva said AUK is very pleased to welcome, once again, so many distinguished companies at the Fair, an event she describes as very beneficial to AUK students and graduates who "have a great deal to offer to their employers. They bring professional knowledge, communication and problem solving skills."

"Education at AUK opens the door not only for employment," Tolmacheva said "but for career building, and we appreciate employers' interest in our graduates."

Lulwa Al-Fouzan, recruitment officer from the Platinum Sponsor, National Bank of Kuwait (NBK), spoke on behalf of the company, "we are pleased to be here and are looking forward to input from AUK students, many of whom are already working at NBK as part-timers, and will hopefully continue building their careers with us."

Two companies, Deloitte and KIPCO Asset Management Company (KAMCO), took part as Gold Sponsors of the event. 

Mona Ead, from Deloitte Human Resources, said they were "very happy to be at AUK, one of the region's most prominent universities, and look forward to hiring excellent talent from within Kuwait."

Arab Investment Company, Ernst & Young, and Impact & Echo/BBDO all participated in this year's Career Fair as Silver Sponsors. Salam Al-Rujaib, Vice President of Arab Investment Company, said "it is important for companies to participate in career fairs, our company's goal is to invest in young minds, and we are therefore affording the opportunity to students to train in the summer in preparation for the job market."

The other participating companies were Alghanim Industries, Al-Bazie & Company, Ali Abdulwahab Sons & Co., Al-Watan Daily, Central Bank of Kuwait, Arabian Motors Group, Bayt.com, Burgan Bank, Global Investment House, Gulf Bank, Gulf Insurance Company, Hyundai, International Turnkey Systems, KPMG, Kuwait Oxygen & Acetylene, Leo Burnett, Manpower and Government Restructuring Program, M.H. AlShaya Company, The Sultan Center, Wataniya Telecom, ZAIN, as well as the hosts, American University of Kuwait.