Bolga: Dansyn ISO holds job fair for employers and job seekers
Dansyn Innovation Social Organization, a non-profit organization operating in the Upper East Region has organized a job fair in Bolgatanga, the regional capital of the Upper East Region aimed to complement the government’s effort at addressing the graduate unemployment problem in the country.
The 2020 Job Fair was attended by employers and job seekers under the sponsorship of the Mastercard Foundation, Young Africa Works Project, the World Bank, and the Ministry of Communication. It afforded employers the opportunity to share with job seekers the necessary qualities needed for gaining employment.
Prominent organizations present at the program were the Ghana Tech Lab in Accra Ghana National Association of Entrepreneurs, Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU), Cyber Ghana, a non-profitable Cyber Security Organization.
The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Dansyn Innovation Social Organization, Mr. Daniel Nang, explained that his outfit decided to bring the employers and job seekers together so as to help address the challenges of unemployment among graduates.
He said Dansyn Innovation Social Organization with funding support from Mastercard Foundation Young Africa Works Project, World Bank, and Ministry of Communication in June 2020 this year trained many youths in the areas of Mobile Apps and Web Development through the support of the Ghana Tech Lab in Accra.
Mr. Nang indicated that, while many of the beneficiaries have gained employment, others are also in incubation with Dansyn ISO, adding that, this will enable the youth to gain employment and also employ others.
The CEO stated that Dansyn Innovation Social Organization, a non-profit organization for some time now has been supporting youth entrepreneurship with Training and Skill Development in Information Technology to Make an Impact in the Community by Enhancing the Economic and Social Status of the People with special emphasis on women.
A Lecturer at the Bolgatanga Technical University (BTU) who doubled as the Network Administrator of the University, Azure Richard, advised graduands to be very mindful of the way and manner they use social media and hinted that most employers use social media as a window of employing job seekers.
He warned good attitudes and behavioUrs are paramount in this era of ICT, as employers often refer to it before recruitment.
He also warned the general public to be very mindful about the way fraudsters use social media to defraud others and announced that the BTU is seeking accreditation from the National Accreditation Council Board to run diploma and degree programs in Cyber Security and Forensic Studies.
He stated that Cyber Security and Forensic Laboratory at the BTU is being funded with the support from the Royal Academy of Engineering, UK and Lloyd’s Register Foundation, UK. Mr. Azure indicated that the early next year 2021, the BTU would run short courses in Computer, Ethical Hacking, Forensic Investigation for local professionals in ICT as well as established Cyber clubs in Junior and Senior High Schools to begin teaching young graduates in Cyber Security and Forensics.
The founder of the Ghana National Association of Entrepreneurs, Dr. Winfred Akapanga who schooled the job seekers through the topic “Marketing and Social Media”, indicated that the central government alone could not provide jobs for the teaming unemployed youth.
He stressed that innovative ways of empowering oneself was crucial in the use of social media to brand, market, position oneself, or products to appeal to local and international customers.
The founder entreated the young graduates to form an association and to help market the products of businessmen in the region who do not have the capacity to use social media to market their products.
Dr. Akapanga said, in this age of Informational Communication Technology, Businesses cannot thrive without deploying the use of social media and as young graduates.