AUL yearly job fair aims at halting youth brain drain

In coordination with its Orientation and Guidance Office, the University of Arts, Sciences and Technology in Lebanon AUL, School of Tourism and Hospitality, organized yesterday its 16th job fair under the title, ‘AUL, Your Second Home for Communication’. Held at AUL Beirut campus, the exhibition was sponsored by president of the university, Adnan Hamzeh in the presence of more than 65 financial, banking and hospitality institutions, in addition to local and international eateries. On the occasion, the dean of the school of tourism, Bashir Mizher, stressed the importance of such events in maintaining a continued connection between students and the local labor market. AUL, he said, has for years run similar undertakings to facilitate vocational training, and then, the recruitment of its graduate students at companies in need of the various talents. Hamzeh, for his part, considered Lebanon to be a hub for promising youth skills which unfortunately are lost due to emigration. Job fairs like this, Hamzeh noted, enable students to communicate and collaborate with job generating establishments after graduation. (Al Diyar, May 6, 2016)