{"id":45577,"date":"2022-04-02T10:24:14","date_gmt":"2022-04-02T10:24:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/kepler-students-taken-through-opportunities-available-at-the-labour-market\/"},"modified":"2022-04-04T07:00:50","modified_gmt":"2022-04-04T07:00:50","slug":"kepler-students-taken-through-opportunities-available-at-the-labour-market","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/kepler-students-taken-through-opportunities-available-at-the-labour-market\/","title":{"rendered":"Kepler students taken through opportunities available at the labour market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The school helps bright students from Rwanda and the region to pursue Bachelor degree through existing partnership with Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU) from the United States of America (USA).     <\/p>\n<p>The activity held recently is part of \u2018Career Fair\u2019, an annual event during which students are linked to employers and recruiters to get first-hand information on available job opportunities.  <\/p>\n<p>Karoli Kolokonyi, the Director of Careers and Alumni Affairs at Kepler has said that the event is meant to help students get first-hand information on available opportunities.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe organize this career fair with the aim of helping students to get real information of what is taking place at the labour market, learn about required skills and competencies to deliver on efficiency among others. This guidance serves as a strong foundation for future career,\u201d he said. <\/p>\n<p>Apart from getting information, Kolokonyi revealed, the event paves the way for new opportunities as students network with companies seeking to recruit interns or employees.<\/p>\n<p>Teta Leila, a student from Kepler has said that they delighted with the support to learn new life skills and get insight into employment process.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe event helps me to link up with potential employers, where they might contact me during recruitment,\u201d she said.  <\/p>\n<p>Teta shares the same thoughts with Pacifique Ishimwe who explained that the event prepares him for the labour market.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get chance to interact with different companies which provide information on needed employees and competencies. Besides, I create new connections that it becomes easier when it is time to seek full time employment or internship,\u201d he revealed.  <\/p>\n<p>Lvey Moindi, an employee working with Tech Supporter highlighted that the event is a good opportunity to bring to limelight their activities and link up with potential employees who might contribute to companies\u2019 growth. <\/p>\n<p>The Career Fair held on Thursday 31st March 2022 brought together 29 companies including Tech Supporter, Harambee, DTM, One Acre Fund, AWE, IGIHE Ltd and MTN Rwanda among others.  <\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-41686 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/agahe.jpg\" alt=\"IGIHE Ltd was among companies that took students through available job opportunities.  \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-41687 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/agahe_3.jpg\" alt=\"MTN Rwanda  also took part of the Career Fair. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-41689 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/agahe_1.jpg\" alt=\"Students were eager to learn new realities at the labour market. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-41690 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/ag-4.jpg\" alt=\"Kepler students who attended the event in a group photo. \" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-41688 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/agahe_2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>{University students pursuing studies through Kepler program have been linked to potential employers in Rwanda during an event in which they were taken through opportunities available at the labour market.} <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[72,75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-45577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-featured-news-home","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45577\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45577"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=45577"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=45577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}