CDC Overview

Career Development Center helps the students to identify, plan for, and achieve their career goals. CDC does this by offering information, advice, training, and resources. Under the GRAP’s reform area of “Women Public Sector Employment” Career Development Centers (CDC) is working in the University of Agriculture Faisalabad.

Career Development Center is working in the University of Agriculture Faisalabad In connection with the Gender Reform Action Plan (GRAP).

Government is facilitating (by providing financial and technical assistance) to public sector universities and colleges to better prepare their graduates for public sector employment by establishing CDCs.

CDC is working in order to encourage students toward Public Services Placement and make them to attain decision making positions. This center would be equipped with materials giving details of terms and conditions of competitive examinations, recommended textbooks, and strategies for taking such examinations. CDC invites members of commissions, women in civil services and eminent scholars to provide valuable personal insights to the aspirants of these examinations.

Career Development Center also develops linkages with recruitment agencies of the public sector entities so that vacancies are intimated to them and they in turn pass on the information to their graduates.  

This center is also to take care of the skills development aspect for better preparing the university students to the needs of modern day corporate world in the newly emerging fields of Management, Banking & Finance, Telecom and other developing sectors. The students are to be trained in the area of résumé writing, interviewing skills, job search strategies, Graduate Record Examination (GRE) preparation, communication skills, IT etc.

Career Development Center University of Agriculture Faisalabad produces several major career fairs; courses in Decision-making, Career Planning, and Career Development; career-related educational programs and workshops.

Vision

“To develop youth of Pakistan in achieving  educational, career and professional goals by having equal opportunities to play effective role in country’s growth”

Mission Statement of CDC

“To become a hub between students of university and organizations for well judged career decisions by inculcating in them market oriented skills which enhances their creativity and enable them in finding their unique position”.

The Career Development Centre provides impartial and confidential advice and treats all students with respect regardless of gender, religion, family status, disability, political persuasion, socio-economic background or any other factor. All students, whether existing or prospective, can expect to receive fair and equal treatment.