Tamheed, a technology based career guidance psychometric tool contextualised for the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region was successfully launched at the Qatar University career fair. After the first week of implementation the following feedback was provided by the Tamheed Representatives.
What a buzz it was! Young Qatari men and women returned day after day with their siblings, colleagues and friends. At 8:30 pm last Thursday as Tamheed Advisors were packing up their computers, three more young women arrived, and requested just one more round of assessments and counselling.
Every young person walked out Amazed, Changed.
Below are some initial case-studies – and this is just the beginning!
A Qatar University student, completed the session at the university prior to the fair. Her sister, who was amazed at the accuracy of her personality profile and how it had made her think differently about her career, wanted one of her own. After completing her session she brought in her friends, sharing how amazed she was that a system could know her so well!
An earnest and academic bridge student at Qatar Foundation, was applying to universities and finding it difficult to decide what to be – she could see herself as a nurse, as well as a business graduate. She had this to say after the assessment: ‘ I liked the assessment and see it very useful, and I think it would be amazing if you made high school students take this test.’
A further individual who attended the workshop at QU, and then brought all her friends to the Qatar Career Fair, said,’ I was at the workshop, it was amazing! I really hoped to know about myself and my personality to feel the confidence about my major at the university. The test helped me a lot, and the result was SO ME! Thank you very much.’
A young Qatari, who completed the assessment and counselling on a friend’s recommendation was initially sceptical, but he walked away convinced that all students in his college needed to go through this experience. ‘I know my friends so well,’ he said, ’but not myself. I had not realised that some of my personality traits were strengths I could use in my career. It is really valuable. Everyone needs to do this!’
Young people walked in not knowing who they were or what they wanted. They walked out with a sense of their own uniqueness, of the opportunities they had, determined that they would build upon these strengths and look for opportunities that harness them.
They would then go out and try to explain what had happened to their friends, and ask them to complete the Tamheed process so they could share, compare, discuss. And so it grew.
By now, you must be curious about what the fuss is all about? Find out more at www.tamheed.org.
A special thanks goes to the Tamheed representatives for providing all of the above information.