Career Guidance Session For Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Students

The University of Nairobi Office of the Dean of Students and Career Services, hosted an eye-opening and informative career guidance session on the 4th of October 2022.The career guidance session for first year students of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. The program which commenced at 3:00 PM at the University of Nairobi’s Main Campus Taifa Hall was lined with great speakers and doyens in the work industry that were brought in to offer clarity to the first year students on course selection and adequate preparation for entry into the work force.

The students benefited from the wise and experienced words of speakers such as Mr.Livngstone Makori, a career consultant for Corporate Career Academy, Ms Selystine Musemi, a professional psychologist and alumnus from the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Mr.John G.Mwati Executive Director for Transcending Africa Leadership Foundation. Other notable attendees were Mr.Johnson Kinyua Ireri, the Dean of Students and Naomi Nyaboga Head of Section,Office of Career Services.

Some of the themes handled were the importance of a degree and how it can lead one into a suitable career, understanding ones identity and how it can be used to inform ones career identity, personal branding for the job market and the future of work as influenced by the new wave of technology.

The dean of students, Mr Johnson Ireri Kinyua, highlighted the importance of adjusting to the change in the job market by learning various technical skills that set one apart from other. He emphasized the importance for this as a way of marketing oneself and adjusting to the new technological era. From all the speakers of the day, the message was similar; that students needed to embrace technology and adjust by learning various technical and soft skills that allowed them to be better adaptable.

The students reported the career guidance session as very fruit full and informative. Especially with the impending inter-faculty transfer, students felt more aware and informed. Students felt much better equipped to begin their university journey and prepare themselves for their future careers. A similar goal echoing in the minds of all the students and that is to ‘hit the ground running’.

By Mary Oloo