Career Seminar 2019 took place successfully in June 2019
With the aim of offering a closer look at IT companies in Danang and providing career guidance, a Career Seminar was held in June by our 2nd-year students for all PN Vietnam students.
PN Vietnam’s annual Career Seminar was a huge success in early June 2019. This was an opportunity for all students to find out more about the companies and thus be able to prepare for a more specific orientation for their future job.
1/ Research and Preparation
By tradition, second-year students handle all the tasks of organizing the event by themselves. This year, thanks to the support from Da Nang Business Incubator (DNES) and the author of the book “They will never know”, the 2019 Career Seminar was bigger and held in the amazing venue of DNES.
In order to prepare for this event, the students were divided into 6 groups and had to carry out in-depth research into the companies: Competitive advantages, requirements, recruitment mechanism, and so on. Then they set up meetings with the company representatives to get more information and a better understanding of the companies. During the meetings, companies such as Orient Software, MGM technology Partners, Enouvo IT Solutions and Agility IO gave the students some of their reference publications, as well as T-shirts and gifts.
Many thanks to the companies that donated T-shirts and gifts
Moreover, besides the content, the students were also required to design banners for each company booth and set it up in advance. They put their hearts and enthusiasm into the preparations to ensure the success of the event.
2/ Fruitful efforts
As expected, the event went very well.
Whereas last year’s event target was to clarify essential IT skills and soft skills to improve students’ employability, Career Seminar 2019 shifted the focus to companies’ competitive advantages and demands. As a result, the students were expected to be able to define clearly what to do to meet the needs of their targeted companies.
Student presentation on the company Enouvo
During the event, second-year PN Vietnam students showed their efficiency with detailed, informative, yet lively, presentations on the four companies mentioned above, along with Axon Active and LogiGear. Starting with a general introduction about each company’s history and working environment, the speakers then gradually dug deeper into its working and training system, its technologies as well as benefits and requirements in light of the event’s objectives.
After the presentations, came the most exciting part of the day – the Q&A session! The attendees eagerly raised numerous questions, such as the programming languages used or the recruitment criteria in the 6 companies. In this part, students were glad to have the companies’ representatives handle the questions and to provide an “insider’s view“. Additionally, alumni working in the companies also joined the event and shared their experience. This inspired the students and helped them gain more confidence to improve themselves.
Company representatives and PN Vietnam’s alumni had some sincere exchanges
Mr. Phung, Intern Supervisor at Orient Software, expressed his feelings about the event:
“Thank you PN Vietnam for choosing Orient Software to be one of the 6 companies to be presented at the Career Seminar. Through this event, Orient Software had an opportunity to share details of our working culture and environment with PN Vietnam students. We also hope the cooperation between Orient Software and PN Vietnam will continue to develop over the long term.”
Smiles on the faces of participants
The Career Seminar created a wonderful opportunity for our students to meet with the companies and thus obtain better visibility of future career options. This could have not have been achieved without the amazing support from our partner companies and sponsors, towards whom PN Vietnam would like to express heartfelt gratitude.