Career Counselling

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Career Counselling

The Career Counselling Program helps UAE nationals improve their skills and capabilities by providing both individual or group counselling as well as career assessment services with professional career counsellors. The application also enables participants to explore a variety of guidance and awareness offerings as well as other services to identify their capabilities, skillset, and professional interests in order to determine the most suited occupations available in the job market.

Intended Participants:

Job Seekers

Private sector employees

Private sector partner

Enhancing the readiness of job seekers and equipping them with the right tools to apply for jobs in private sector institutions, while promoting a professional culture that supports effective career planning.

New Employees:
Promoting the concept of continuous learning and development among Emirati employees in the private sector, while fostering a culture of private sector work and supporting the integration of Emiratis into the workplace environment.

Private Sector Employees:
Ensuring the continuity and sustainability of national human resources in the labor market through a career mentorship plan that helps them overcome challenges and supports their stability and well-being in the workplace.

Raising awareness among private sector companies to create an attractive and motivating work environment for national talent, promote best practices for attracting Emirati professionals, and highlight the importance of defining clear career development paths for national talent.

Career Counselling for :

Individual Career Counseling	Group Sessions	Assessing Professional Orientation
Get in touch with a career counsellor and seize the opportunity to learn about the most effective strategies and tools to utilize during and after your job search. Speak to the career counsellor about the challenges you are facing to expand your career choices and receive support with building your personal development plan.	Group career guidance workshops include various awareness and guidance topics presented by specializes career counsellor	Discover your personality and learn about your capabilities and professional orientation to build and strengthen the skills that will guide you to a successful career path.

Career Counselling for Job Seekers :

Objectives:

Raise awareness about labor market requirements and equip individuals with the necessary tools to apply for jobs in private sector institutions.
Motivate and empower them to join the workforce by highlighting the benefits of working in the private sector.
Help individuals identify their personal strengths and career interests to choose the most suitable profession.
Promote a professional culture that supports effective career planning for a sustainable professional future.

The Job Seeker's Journey:

Register on the Nafis platform.
Be classified based on the target categories and assessment results.
Apply for a career interest assessment according to the target category.
Book a career guidance session on an available and convenient date.
Receive booking confirmation via email, including the session link (note that the session is recorded).
The career mentor develops a guidance plan and may refer the job seeker to the “Kafa’at” or “Experience” program as needed.
Document the outcomes of the guidance session directly on the Nafis platform and monitor the individual development plan for the candidate.
Attend follow-up sessions with the career mentor after three months.
Track the candidate’s employment status and provide the necessary support.

Career Counselling for Private Sector Employees :

Objectives:

Overcoming workplace challenges to ensure stability and balance in the work environment.
Enhancing job integration and adaptability to different work environments and cultures.
Raising awareness of job rights and responsibilities to achieve job satisfaction.
Educating and guiding Emiratis to develop a plan for their career advancement.

Private Sector Employees' Journey :

Beginning of Employment (New Employee Career Counselling )

Focusing on preparing citizens for work in private sector establishments by introducing their rights and duties, the mechanism of their development, and the future of their career. Emphasis is placed on adapting to different work environments.

During Employment / Stability

Motivating citizens to improve their performance, wellbeing, job harmony, integration with different cultures, productive interaction, and achieving career advancement and work-life balance. Guiding citizens to develop a plan for their professional growth.

Before Resignation

Pre-resignation guidance service for citizens working in the private sector.
Raising awareness among citizens before making the decision to resign and conducting an interview with one of the specialized counselors in proactive exit interviews to discuss and consult about the reasons for resignation and the challenges faced, aiming to make the appropriate decision.

Career Counselling Topics

Career Path Planning
Strategies for Obtaining the Right Job
Exploring the Job Market and Its Requirements
Self-Assessment of Abilities and Career Interests
Job Stability and Competency Development
Developing Personal and Professional Skills and Competencies
Building and Enhancing the Resume (CV)
Benefits of Working in the Private Sector
Stress and Time Management Skills
Integration and Adaptation to the Work Environment
Job Interview Skills
Overcoming Challenges in the Workplace

Career Interests Assessment Tool

An effective tool used to empower job seekers registered on the Nafis platform to identify their interests, desires, and abilities for better integration into the job market. This is based on aligning their preferences and skills with the most suitable job fields, which contributes to job stability and proper career path planning.

Purpose of the Career Interests Assessment:

To uncover the spontaneous traits and characteristics inherent in the job seeker, providing career counselors with a comprehensive perspective about the individual, enabling them to match these traits with the requirements of available jobs in the labor market.

Impact of the Assessment on the Job Seeker:

Revealing the latent traits and characteristics of the job seeker and identifying their abilities, interests, and personal desires to select the most suitable jobs available in the labor market.
Self-awareness: Helping the job seeker discover their strengths to enhance and areas needing development to align with their future career path.
Empowering the job seeker to plan a career path that suits their capabilities and potential, achieving growth and job stability.
Achieving job alignment and stability, increasing job satisfaction, and enhancing effective performance.

Comprehensive Assessment:

The ideal tool to gain a comprehensive overview of the job seeker's capabilities as well as their fit at the level of each organization and position. It also provides suggestions for future development and includes all three types of assessments mentioned.

Assessment of Professional Motivations and Interests

Assessment of Intellectual and Mental Abilities

Assessment of Behavioral and Personality Trait

This assessment is recommended to determine performance potential, identify professional interests, support job matching and selection, and pinpoint development and training needs.

Creativity: Interest in creative professions and activities that involve imagination, innovation, and original ideas.
Conventional Work: Interest in careers that require organization, such as office management, information organization, or attention to detail.
Entrepreneurship: Interest in independent work; energetic and enthusiastic individuals with a clear interest in persuading others and presenting plans and ideas.
Investigative Work: Interest in technical professions that require research and theoretical capabilities.
Realistic: Interest in practical and physical jobs, such as outdoor work, mechanical tasks, or hands-on activities.
Social Interaction: Interest in serving people and meeting the needs of others.

Analytical and Deductive Ability, and Responsiveness to Learning (Thinking and Learning Style).This assessment is recommended for candidate selection, job fit evaluation, and predicting job performance and learning capability.

Deductive Reasoning: Understanding ideas expressed by others through logical thinking and reasoning.
Numerical Reasoning: The ability to comprehend numerical representations of ideas and correctly calculate the outcomes of numerical problems.
Verbal Reasoning: The ability to use words and phrases as a means to understand an idea or perspective.

Exploring Personality Dimensions Most Aligned with High Performance .From conscientiousness to flexibility and perseverance, this assessment covers all traits that contribute to predicting future performance.

Social Interaction: Tendency to trust and enjoy engaging with others.
Compassion: Tendency to be cooperative, supportive, and inclusive of others.
Diligence: Tendency toward thoroughness, organization, and taking responsibility.
Emotional Stability: Tendency to display self-confidence, calm presence, and effectively manage difficult situations.
Openness to Experience: Tendency to appreciate new ideas and activities.
Energy: Tendency to take initiative quickly and act with enthusiasm.
Objectivity: Tendency to favor logical reasoning over intuition.
Flexibility: Tendency to overcome obstacles and bounce back quickly from difficult situations.
Persistence: Tendency toward determination and perseverance.

Development Opportunities from Using Career Interests Segmentation in Employment within the Labor Market

Empowering the Nafis Program: Enabling the “Nafis” program, which aims to enhance the competitiveness of Emirati talent, to achieve its initiatives related to increasing the number of citizens efficiently employed in the private sector. This is done by linking the results of career interest assessments of job seekers with available private sector job opportunities, thereby supporting job stability.
Building a National Database: Creating a national database categorized based on the characteristics and traits of Emirati job seekers, contributing to the improvement of development and empowerment programs. This helps bridge the skill and competency gaps in alignment with labor market demands.
Providing Scientific and Data-Driven Insights: Supplying scientific references and data-driven justifications for designing and adopting development policies and initiatives. This is especially useful in adjusting behaviors, orientations, and skills that enhance job opportunities for nationals.
Supporting Strategic Planning: Equipping senior leadership with insights to plan impactful and promising future projects aligned with the nation’s vision and strategies. This is achieved through the extraction of general reports and insights on the tendencies, characteristics, and capabilities of job seekers.
Offering Specialized Career Guidance Services: Delivering tailored career guidance services that direct and recommend job seekers toward roles that best match their personal and psychological attributes, contributing to long-term career stability.

Career Guidance Library
A collection of awareness and guidance materials designed to provide essential information, advice, values, and recommendations. These resources aim to meet the realistic needs of Emirati talent, enabling them to plan their career paths effectively, understand the skills and competencies demanded by the labor market, and secure suitable job opportunities. Additionally, the library promotes job security for Emiratis working in private sector companies.

Awareness and Guidance Materials Available on the Nafis Platform:

Awareness and Guidance Manuals
Publications
Video Clips

Comprehensive Awareness Guide (Career Guidance Toolkit)
Career Toolkit for Emiratis Working in the Private Sector

Link to the guide (Arabic version)