Smithson Launches The Career Readiness Project in Mosul

A Beacon of Learning
Established in 1967; Mosul University is one of the largest research and higher education centers in the Middle East and the second largest university in Iraq after Baghdad University.
The university includes twenty collages, seven research centers, six consultation offices, five medical clinics and hospitals and six museums in addition to a number of management directorates. Over the years, the university has graduated countless Iraqi and non-Iraqi scientists, doctors, writers, artists and politicians; Ibraheem Al Ja’fari, Rozh Noory Shawais, Father Suhail Qasha and Ahmed Zawaity are a few of the prominent notables that come to mind right now.
Since its establishment, it has been a center of coexistence and a catalyst of healthy discussion between Iraq’s many different religions and nationalities.

Post ISIS War
Around 65 percent of the university was destroyed, says Yunus Karim, director of communications for Mosul University as Iraq’s second largest university was under the control of anti-education extremists for three years. Recently reopened, both students and teachers see the possibilities for a better Iraq on campus. Although the signs of war are still visible on both the buildings and the faces of the students; that has not stopped an estimated 35,000 students from starting class.

Student Work Readiness
The students require some form career readiness learning to prepare them into Iraq’s workforce; therefore, Smithson Institute of Performance Learning is launching the Career Readiness Project to be hosted by the Career Development Center-CDC in the university campus. We aim to train 1000 students from March 2019 to March 2020; these will compose of students that are in their last year of studies, to achieve maximum effect.
The courses will include: CV Writing and Interviewing Skills, Business Email Writing, Workplace Professionalism & Etiquette and Body Language Training. These subjects have been carefully selected in collaboration with the CDC according to the specific needs of the majority of the students. Smithson Institute has created specially designed curricula based on what is most needed in terms of soft skills by the current Iraqi market.

Background
Smithson Institute of Performance Learning is a training establishment from Smithson Ltd. Our Institute uses certified trainers and internationally recognized courses in high demand categories such as Accounting and Finance, Marketing & Sales Leadership, Management and Human Resources.
This project is one of our Corporate Social Responsibility-CSR initiatives in an effort to contribute to the development of Iraq’s young workforce.