CAREER DAY 2006

On 6 April 2006 the annual Career Day took place in Sansour Hall – The Social and Cultural Center. Brother Daniel Casey welcomed the participants and gave the main speech and Mrs. Sabella introduced the participating guests.

Fifty six participating institutions from different segments of Palestinian Society participated in this event among which two ministries were represented: The Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Labor.

Different leading companies participated such as the Palestinian Telephone, Cellular Companies, The National Beverage Company, The National Insurance Company, Spitany Company , Nestlee Company, Ghargour Company, and The Electric Company. Few hospitals were present such as The Arab Society for Rehabilitation, Caritas Baby Hospital, Al-Muhtaseb Hospital, Augusta Victoria Hospital from Jerusalem, Beit-Jala Hospital, St Joseph Hospital from Jerusalem, and The Union for Medical Labs.

Other Centers and Organizations were present as well, such as the Holy Land Trust, The Peace Center, The Palestinian Counseling Center from Jerusalem, The Counseling and Training Center for the Child and the family, Al Saraya Center from Jerusalem, and the Creche. The Latin Patriarchate was represented and a good number of private schools from Bethlehem and Jerusalem, such as Terra Sancta, Pius VI School for the deaf, Zuhour El-Amal, Nour Al-Bara', SOS, and Bishop's School (Al-Mutran) from Jerusalem, and the Melkite Catholic School from Beit Sahour.

The Ambasador Hotel and the Guiding Star were the only two representative of the Hotel Management and Tourism enterprises. Several accounting companies were present as well, such as Al Tamimi, Al Wafa, Khader and Co.The Bank of Jordan was the only bank participating in this year's career day.

Different Social Welfare and Women's organizations were also present, such as The Working Women's Organization, The Welfare Shelter of Al-Ezariyeh, St. Nicolas for The Old Aged.

The turn out of the day was excellent, even though it was coupled again this year with another activity. We have asked the participating organization and companies to give us their feedback and send us by fax the number of students they have hired through this event from the years 1995-2005. The Career Day Committee also has met and evaluated the event ,a few ideas and suggestions were made for next year's event.

In conclusion the feedback from everybody was very positive and encouraging, as all members of the committee were satisfied with the excellent turn out of students as well as the different participants. They all are willing to serve on this committee for the coming academic year as well.