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The kingdom’s job seekers, company delegates and members of the ministry flocked to the Diplomat Radisson Blu Hotel Residence & Spa to participate in the informative Career Empowerment Week.
The event, which will run until tomorrow, is being held under the patronage of HE Jameel bin Mohamed Ali Humaidan, the Minister of Labour and Social Development. It was oragnised by Golden Trust Training & Consultancy to address “The Impact of the Fourth Industrial Revolution on the Training and Vocational Education Needs” with the aim of identifying solutions to the challenges faced by employers and leaders in empowering, developing and sustaining their work force.
Latifa Mohamed, manager of Human Capital Development, said: “This is the second edition of the Career Empowerment Week and it is basically related to the impact of the fourth industrial revolution on the training and vocational needs in the work force. Employees from all levels came together to benefit from the opportunity to network, generate ideas, share the best practices and be inspired.
“This Career Empowerment Week is addressing different issues, how to reskill and redevelop employees and the workforce in order to enable them to keep up with the new developments that are happening in the market.”
Around 150 people registered to attend the conference which was held on the first day of the event featuring speeches and presentations from the Minister of Labour and Social Development, including from Dana Bukhamas, director of human resources for Zain Bahrain, from Dr Abdulla Alhamid, managing partner of Intermid Consultancy, engineer Fouzi Abdulrahman Bubshait, the vice president of strategic human capital programmes, Saudi Arabian Mining Company. Dr Lulwa Al Mutlaq, founding president of Golden Trust & Consultancy, also conducted a presentation on spreading the culture of training and vocational education among the employees and job seekers. The conference ended with a panel discussion identifying the challenges faced by the employers and leaders.
The Career Empowerment Week also includes a series of executive training workshops entitled “Understanding and Dealing with Derailers at the Workplace”, “Coaching Towards Increasing Corporate Competiencies and Productivity”, “People Management Using Transformational Leadership” and Critical and Analytical Thinking in Solving Complex Problems”.
“The first workshop basically discussed dysfunctional behaviours and how it impacts work,” added Latifa. “The workshops have been designed and developed based on national and regional studies and were hosted by elite regional and international facilitators and trainers to share their experiences and knowledge.
“On the first day, we had a lot people form the Ministry of Labour, individuals representing universities and individuals representing media companies, whether it’s from the government or private sectors.
“They discussed how to enable the workforce to stay in line and develop their skills without actually impacting the loss of jobs. We already have unemployment issues. In order to get over unemployment, we are simply trying to find a way to develop peoples skills without them having to leave work.”
The first edition of the Week was held back in 2015 by Golden Trust. The training and consultancy company was established in 2007 and is now institutionally listed under the national qualification frame work. The training and consultancy company develops training programmes and delivers professional certifications.
