Martin Dow presents IBA Career Fair 2018 Sponsored by Habib Bank Limited

February 19, 2018: Martin
Dow and Habib Bank Limited partnered with the Institute of
Business Administration (IBA), to present this year’s IBA Career
Fair as their title and platinum sponsors respectively. The
event which is hosted by the IBA Alumni & Placement Society in
collaboration with the IBA Career Development Centre saw more
than 80 leading national and multinational organizations
participating to make it the largest career fair in the
Institute’s history.
Representatives of various companies along with the IBA’s senior
management attended the event including Acting Dean Dr. Sayeed
Ghani, Associate Dean Dr. Huma Baqai, Patron of Alumni and
Placement Society Mr. Jami Moiz and Head Alumni Affairs,
External Relations and Resource Mobilization Ms. Malahat Awan.
Chairman, Martin Dow, Mr. Jawed Akhai said: “We are honored to
have had the opportunity to be the title sponsor for IBA’s
Career Fair. This fair not only provides students with the ideal
environment to interact with various national and international
companies but it also helps them in better figuring out their
career paths.”
The IBA Career Fair also serves as the perfect avenue for
prospective employers to scout for the best talent and bring on
board the best employees for their organizations. Currently,
over 4000 students are enrolled in various disciplines at the
IBA. The core strength of the IBA, having developed over 60
years of excellence, emanates from the 13000+ alumni who have
graduated from the rolls of the Institute to date.
Martin Dow also had a stall set up at the event where students
could interact with the team and find out about career
opportunities. Dr. Muhammad Qamarul Hassan who is a pioneer and
the leading expert on “Personality Type and Personality Type
Based Performance Improvement Solutions” in the region was also
present at Martin Dow’s stall to conduct personality tests for
the students.
Habib Bank Limited stall attracted the students where their
senior management including Mr. Jamal Nasir, Head - Human &
Organisational Development and Mr. Nassir Saleem, Head – Global
Operations had one-on-one and group sessions with the students
and recent graduates interested in pursuing a career in Banking
and provided them career advice.
Having developed a state-of-the-art online portal, IBA’s Career
Fair was the first paperless career fair of its kind, with all
students and companies interacting through the digital medium
for CV/Profile access and downloading capabilities. Other
sponsors for the event included Bogo as the Bronze Sponsor and
Pepsi as Beverage Partner.
