College

1. Go to the Career Center on campus at least once a semester and then every month when you are a senior.
2. Believe in yourself, believe in something and have someone believe in you.
3. Success comes from inside of you.
4. In addition to your college degree, employers will want to see multiple internship experiences. Your competition has them.
5. Start building your resume early in your college career. Don’t wait until you get back from spring break of your Senior year.
6. Be nice to your faculty. You’ll need them someday to serve as a reference for graduate school or a job.
7. Get clarity and focus on the three types of jobs you will pursue: 1) Ideal Jobs, 2) Back-Up/Realistic Jobs, and 3) Survival Jobs.
8. Come up with your own personal and professional definition of success and don’t let anyone else define it for you.
9. Your first job is a period of adjustment. It’s like being a freshman all over again. Be patient and learn the ropes.
10. Think of your first job as a stepping-stone that can help you get closer to your Ideal Job.
11. Show up early and stay late.
12. If you are self-aware, self-confident and self-disciplined you will go very far in life.
13. Take advantage of everything that college has to offer. Suck the life-force out of it. If you do, you’ll have no regrets.
14. Most jobs today are not for life. The time to start preparing for your next job search is the day you take your new job.
15. Eliminate poor grammar and slang from your speech.
16. Resist the temptation to use work time to conduct personal business like email, phone calls and combing the Internet.
17. An employer cares about how productive you are. They don’t really care whether or not you’re professionally fulfilled.
18. Starting at the bottom is not beneath you; it’s expected.
19. An employer wants to know, “Can you do the job? Are you willing to do the job? Can we stand you when you do the job?”
20. Don’t get sloppy with your behavior. It can run you into trouble later on.
21. Share your life, but don’t over-share.
22. Stay focused and don’t get distracted by Facebook or other social media sites. Cut your addiction to the Internet.
23. Know when you need to work independently and know when you need to be a team player.
24. You can never say “please” and “thank you” enough – it goes a long way.
25. If you perpetually smile and look people in the eyes you are likely to get the same in return.
26. Employers hire for attitude and train for knowledge. Enthusiasm is the road to success.
27. Clean up any “Digital Dirt” that’s on the Internet. Your online reputation IS your reputation. Create it, build it and protect it.
28. Keep your commitments. Habitually cancelling is a C.L.M., Career Limiting Move.
29. Keep in mind that success is the first attempt after failure. We all have made mistakes. Don’t sweat it; just learn from them.
30. Devote a great deal of time to practicing your interview skills. Have a Mock Interview at your campus Career Center.
31. You won’t reach your career goals if you let someone else drive your career. Go from passenger to driver.
32. If you take your career seriously, others will take you seriously. If you care about others, others will care about you.
33. Ask for help, but don’t suck up too much of anyone’s time.
34. How you dress is a reflection of your self-image. Dress for not where you are, but for where you want to be. Be neat.
35. Have a clear vision for your life. Set personal and professional goals every year and develop an action plan to achieve them.
36. It is highly likely you will go on to graduate school. Carefully pick the right degree and program. It’s expensive if you don’t.
37. Network your brains out and carefully build your LinkedIn Contacts. You will be changing jobs, and you’ll need their help.
38. Givers Get! It starts with you.
39. Most communication is non-verbal. Pay attention to what you say. Pay closer attention to what you say when you’re not talking.
40. Have regular meetings with your boss to discuss your progress. This can save a lot of misunderstandings and headaches later.
41. A person’s most basic human emotional need is to be heard. Listening is a critically important skill in the workplace. Talk less.
42. Stay in your first job out of college for one year, preferably two to three. Anything less is job hopping, and it doesn’t look good.
43. The world is very small and increasingly interconnected. Play nice. Don’t burn any bridges.
44. Don’t chase after money. It tends to be a poor long-term motivator. Do what you love and the money will follow.
45. Pursue meaningful work that makes a difference. The meaning of life is to make a difference. Do work that you value.
46. Build an emergency fund just in case something goes wrong at work. Find a financial planner and start investing immediately!
47. Set up a budget and stick to it. Don’t get into credit card debt. Always live below your means.
48. Don’t wait for opportunities. Go out and hunt for them.
49. Where you go in life is up to you.
50. Go be somebody.

Written by Dr. Tom Denham
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When Marketing Academia Met (& Meant) Business

On Saturday, May 18th, over fifty marketing professors and professionals gathered at the University of Strathclyde Business School’s Dubai campus for the third annual ‘Middle East Marketing Academia Meets Practice’ roundtable.

“We appreciated the strong community turnout and enthusiastic participation that contributed to an enlightening exchange of ideas this year,” said event chair Dr.Catherine Demangeot, a Senior Lecturer at Strathclyde Business School UAE.

The morning began with a thought-provoking academic keynote by Dr.Ron Bradfield, Strathclyde Global MBA Director and an expert of scenario planning, on the potential future scenarios of social media. Dr.Bradfield discussed the recent escalation in social media use by businesses and consumers alike, and the new but widespread assumption that social media – as we know it – will become an increasingly important market channel. Dr.Bradfield challenged the safety of that assumption by presenting a variety of high-impact potential outcome states in which social media structure, function, and importance could change in the future. In many of these scenarios, the social media marketing strategies of inflexible organizations would be put at high risk of failure.

Participants then broke into separate groups for poster presentations and lively discussions about their track of choice: Branding in the Middle East, Cultures of the Middle East, Social Media Routes to Market, or Islamic Marketing.

Four rapporteurs later presented brief overviews of the ideas discussed in the various tracks’ groups, and brainstorming on each topic was extended to the entire audience. As branding specialists weighed in on approaches to social media and Islamic marketing experts shed light on how to satisfy the needs of a multicultural population, the extension of expertise across academic/practical and topical boundaries raised interesting questions to be explored in the coming year and discussed further at the 2014 roundtable, when academics and practitioners will again convene to explore the particular challenges and opportunities offered to marketing practitioners and researchers in the Middle East.

Additional food for thought was provided by practitioner keynote speaker Ali Faour, a Director at Memac Ogilvy who shared his insights from 19+ years of regional marketing, public relations, and corporate communications practice. Using specific examples from his experiences with an impressive range of well-known global and regional brands, MrFaour discussed how the explosive development of the UAE has been accompanied by a host of marketing industry revelations. Before encouraging audience questions,he provided sage advice about using research to better understand Middle East markets and customers, but not allowing ourselves to fall victim to paralysis by analysis. Highlighting the courageous approach of local companies that approach marketing and business growth as if the sky were the limit, he encouraged marketers to take initiative and try out new approaches without fear of failure, but rather with a willingness to learn, adapt, and respond.

About Strathclyde Business School:
Winner of the Times Higher Education UK University of the Year 2012-2013, the University of Strathclyde is one of only 57 institutions in the world to hold all three major international accreditations (AMBA, AACSB, and EQUIS) for its MBA programme, which is also accredited by the UAE Ministry of Higher Education & Scientific Research. In the recent 2013 Financial Times Global MBA rankings, Strathclyde Business School ranked in the top 100 MBA programmes in the world, and in the top 25 in Europe. The University of Strathclyde was established in 1796 as ‘the place of useful learning’ and this remains its mission today: to combine academic excellence with social and economic relevance. The university is committed to the advancement of society through the pursuit of excellence in research, education and knowledge exchange, and through creative engagement with partner organizations at local, national and international levels. With a UAE presence that was established in 1995, Strathclyde Business School offers part-time executive MBA programmes via state-of-the-art campuses in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi. For more information, please log on to www.strath.ac.uk.

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The 2013 robotics competition is being held by the Abu Dhabi Education Council (Adec) in partnership with the Abu Dhabi Centre for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (ACTVET). Over 1,500 public and private school students from across the UAE are expected to participate and hope to represent the UAE at the international level which will be held in Indonesia from November 15 to 17.

Working under the theme ‘World Heritage’, the district competition will run till May 31. Out of the 379 teams, 18 of the best performing students from each district will be shortlisted for the UAE finals. The regular category competitions will be held on May 31 while the open and football categories will be held on June 1.

District teams will consist of the best three under-13 years olds; best three under-16 years olds and best three under-20 year olds in the regular category; and best five across all age groups in the open category and finally best four in football.

“Adec has been assigned since 2008 to organise the national WRO qualifying competition for all the students in the UAE, which is why with each passing year we add more features to the competition,” said Dr Najla Alraway Alnaqbi, Educational Technology expert and e-Learning manager at Adec.

“This year’s national qualifying competition has spread out in various ways, we are basically bringing the competition to students, each student will be provided with a venue, instead of having them travelling for two to three hours to compete,” she added.

WRO is the largest international robotic competition for students who compete in teams to assemble robots that will participate in challenges to solve a specific problem. The WRO platform allows young students to learn and apply their knowledge in science, engineering, maths and computer programming to build an intelligent robot.

© Khaleej Times

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Evolvence Capital said last week it would begin expanding its network by opening early-childhood education centres and setting up branch campuses of UK independent schools in Dubai and Abu Dhabi, starting this September.

“As a company we have recognised the primary market as the next big area for expansion,” said Mark Atkins, head of academics and education at Evolvence Knowledge Investments, the company’s education division.

“If you look at the statistics on population, it is very heavy at the younger ages.”

Evolvence set up its first school, the Dubai campus of the 456-year-old UK Repton boarding school, in 2007.

The group will open Formarke School, a UK preparatory school, in Dubai and Repton-Abu Dhabi in September.

Two new nurseries are scheduled to open this year and next, in Safa Park and Al Wasl.

“We are looking to bring premium brands to the country because of what is happening with the population at the moment,” said Mr Atkins.

“Two thirds of the population is in the 20 to 30-year-old bracket. They are staying longer and that means there is always a capacity for good schools to come in.”

A recent report by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA), Dubai’s private schools regulator, confirmed an impending shortage of spaces in primary schools.

The authority expects the school-going population to reach 450,200 children by 2023. The highest rate of growth seen this year occurred in the kindergarten phase, with an increase of 14.7 per cent.

According to Dubai Statistics, about 26 per cent of the population will be under the age of 14 by 2020.

“It is expected that this high growth will lead to continued growth of student enrolments,” said Dr Abdulla Al Karam, director general of the KHDA.

Mr Atkins said the company was looking to provide 6,000 schools spaces in the next three years, of which 25 per cent will be for pupils aged five and under.

But will parents be able to afford the cost of those seats?

A survey of 1,016 parents in the Middle East conducted by the consultancy Booz and Co in 2011 found Emirati parents were ready to pay up to Dh16,252 a year for private education, while expatriates were willing to extend about Dh11,500.

Repton Dubai charges between Dh46,325 and Dh92,650 a year, with an option for boarding taking the cost up to Dh152,650.

Brighton College in Abu Dhabi, another UK brand school, charges between Dh47,530 and Dh72,680 a year for classes up to Year 11.

Leila Hoteit, a principal researcher at Booz, said the demand for schools at these prices was among parents looking for social prestige.

“The clientele typically comes from a combination of families well established in business and civil service,” Ms Hoteit said.

In the UAE, that includes demand from expatriate professionals.

“There is also a latent demand for boarding options from high-net-worth families in some of the countries in the region where a comparable quality of education is not available in a safe environment,” Ms Hoteit said.

Mr Atkins said he understood parents’ concerns about high fees, but the cost of running the school justified it.

“The money is going straight back into education, getting the best resources and teachers in,” he said.

“This is very expensive to get into, especially if you are doing it really well.”

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© The National

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The distribution took place at UNRWA’s Toulkarem School in the Palestinian camp of Burj al-Barajneh, in the presence of students, parents and teaching staff.

“Education is a priority for both UNRWA and the Palestinian refugee community and this will remain so, despite the ongoing humanitarian crisis of Palestinian refugees from Syria,” said Roger Davies, the deputy director of UNRWA affairs in Lebanon.

Davies thanked UNICEF for its support to UNRWA, particularly in light of the Syrian refugee crisis.

“We are fully committed and we support UNRWA’s efforts to ensure Palestinian children from Syria go back to school,” said UNICEF Lebanon’s deputy representative, Luciano Calestini.

In the past, UNICEF has also assisted Palestinian refugee children from Syria with in-kind donations.

© The Daily Star 2013

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The ministry has already begun receiving applications, and will continue to do so until June 13.

Shaikh Hamdan Bin Mubarak Al Nahyan, Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research said: “The objective of these scholarships is to ensure the graduation of qualified and globally competitive manpower through the creation of a distinctive education environment to add new successes to the achievements of the previous ministry that will together be turned into a tangible reality.

“The ministry’s vision includes the establishment of a higher education coordination council, setting out unified university admission policies and striking a harmony between ministry and state policies towards meeting the UAE’s 2021 goals.”

The scholarship applications can be found on the ministry’s website www.mohesr.gov.ae or at the ministry in Abu Dhabi.

© Gulf News

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The Minister of Education Humaid Al Qutami honoured the winners at the ceremony which aims to devise a clear criteria for measuring managerial and occupational excellence as well as encourage continuous development and improvement in education.

“When we decided to launch the award the ministry was confident that there will be many competent and experienced people in the educational field that deserve to be honoured and encouraged to increase their contribution in developing their performance. The award will also help in documenting their performance,” added Al Qutami.

The minister also announced the launch of two new categories in its next cycle for the next academic year — Outstanding Customer Service and Educational Studies and Research.

The chairman of the Higher Committee for Quality at the ministry Marwan Ahmad Al Sawaleh said that the award received many applicants in its first cycle.

“We have launched the award in order to achieve the highest degree of excellence and leadership in providing educational services. There was a strong demand as over 180 applicants applied for the award’s thirteen categories,” said Al Sawaleh.

In total the award honoured a total of 33 winners.

One of the winners, Maria Mahmoud Al Ansari, who won in the educational category, commented on the win saying, “I am very happy that I won because I did not apply myself but was nominated by others. Winning this award and being honoured by the ministry itself acts as a testimonial to my hard work.”

Noora Al Dhanahani, who is a teacher in Al Raheeb School for Primary and Secondary Education in Fujairah, won the Khalifa Award. She said that she expected to win, “We had a workshop in our school that defined what the award was about and I have already won many awards and I did well in the evaluation and interview. Winning this award means a lot because it is by the UAE ministry of education and it is a nation-wide award.”

Other winners include the Dubai Education District which won in the best education district category and Umm Al Quwain district which won in the best educational service category.

© Gulf News

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Interested applicants should send two documents, a letter of interest and a CV, to Dr. Mark Rush, Dean, College of Arts & Sciences, e-mail: cashr@aus.edu. In the subject line, please enter “Application for Visiting Professor of Mass Communication.”

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Duties and Responsibilities
To Work, and develop relationships with the outlet Administrators to ensure the very best standards are implemented and maintained.
To ensure strict compliance with all relevant Hygiene and Safety legislation and requirements
To ensure that the industry best practices with regard to Safety and Hygiene is maintained
To champion a training culture within the Food and Beverage outlets to ensure that all employees are fully aware of their responsibilities.
To constantly review the product range to ensure that all key quality standards are maintained.
To ensure that outlets deliver to contractual agreements.
To be the first point of contact for the Sharjah Municipality Environmental Health Officer, and be responsible for investigating any alleged food poisoning cases and reporting such instances to the Operation Support Services Manager.
To organize regular secret shopper visits and prepare reports accordingly which are shared with the outlets.
To be responsible for the management of all non-food and beverage outlets.
To develop relationships with all of our auxiliary partners to ensure that all our students, staff and faculty are well served.
To be the first point of contact in relation to all inquiries related to auxiliary services, including text book ordering, gowns and rings for the graduation ceremony.
To act as backup to the Administrator, Operations Support Services.
To conduct regular health and safety audits.

Required Skills
The ideal candidate must be fluent in English, will have worked in the food and beverage industry in a supervisory position and have a food hygiene qualification. Experience of the UAE hygiene regulations are an advantage, as is the ability to speak Arabic.

If interested, applicants should submit a cover letter and curriculum vitae with the names of three references to recruitment@aus.edu. The position applied for should be mentioned in the email subject line.

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Specific Duties
Co-ordinate the work flow and assignment of the Secretary, Administrative Assistant and Senior Administrative Assistant, including regular review of workload and support of team
Supervise the Office Attendant
Meetings/events coordination within the College and American University of Sharjah authorities
Assist in preparation of the CAAD budget, including collecting and compiling budget requests and, in consultation with the Dean, preparing final budget submission to the Provost
Act as budget control officer, including the issuing of a spending plan, signing authority for purchases (i.e., 1st and 2nd approvals in purchasing process, signing for goods and/or services when originator is unavailable), and preparation and dissemination of budget reports to the respective chairs/director/coordinators
Prepare for and attend meetings of CAAD Faculty and Dean’s Administrative Council (CAC), including preparation and distribution of agendas and minutes
Assist in preparation of national and international accreditation documents;
Maintain faculty and staff personnel files, including preparation of faculty files for contract renewal and promotion
Assist the Dean in other administrative matters as may be requested from time to time

Qualifications Required
Bachelor’s degree
Efficient organizational, administrative and time management skills
Ability to respond and deal effectively with the University community and the general public
Excellent communication skills in written and spoken English
Competence in current technology, computers and information systems
Thorough familiarity with public relations and media initiatives

If interested, applicants should submit a cover letter and curriculum vitae with the names of three references to recruitment@aus.edu.  The position applied for should be mentioned in the email subject line.

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