Georgetown’s School of Foreign Service in Qatar hosted its first-ever career fair last Thursday in Doha. Open only to SFS-Q students, the fair included representatives from 24 companies, including ExxonMobil, BP, Al-Jazeera Children’s Channel, the Brookings Institution, and the Qatar News Agency.
“The companies didn’t have the full breadth that you might see at a larger career fair, but the organizations did represent the gamut of industries where an SFS graduate would be an asset,” SFS-Q Director of Public Affairs Charles Nailen wrote in an e-mail.
Nailen said that he felt that the inaugural career fair had been a great success overall and mentioned that most of the school’s 150 students chose to attend.
“[I] believe that there were some initial interviews done on site,” he wrote. “Unlike in the US, people weren’t just referred to a website, but were able to submit resumes on site.”
Although spending has slowed in Qatar due to the global recession, according to Nailen the country’s economy is still relatively strong and SFS-Q graduates remain in high demand.
