Doha, Qatar – Qatar Career Development Center (QCDC), founded by Qatar Foundation (QF), in collaboration with the Ministry of Labour (MoL), and the Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MoEHE), launched today the Winter Edition of its job-shadowing program ‘My Career – My Future,’ at Multaqa (Education City Student Cetner).

Running from 28 December 2025 to 1 January 2026, the Winter Edition gives students a structured opportunity to experience real work environments through direct job shadowing. This edition places a special emphasis on the Financial Services sector, alongside selected placements in Healthcare, Logistics, Manufacturing, Information Technology and Digital Services, and Construction; a more specialized approach intended to provide deeper exposure to priority sectors.

“The value of job shadowing is that it turns career ideas into lived experience,” said Saad Abdulla Al-Kharji, Executive Director of QCDC. “When young people step into real workplaces, meet professionals, and see what skills are truly needed, they become more confident and more intentional about their academic choices. This Winter Edition is a focused, practical model, especially with its emphasis on financial services, made possible through close collaboration with our national partners and the host organizations opening their doors to our youth.” 

Maha Zayed Alruwaili, Assistant Undersecretary for Educational Affairs at MoEHE, stated:
“This experience is not simply a traditional training opportunity; it is a vital bridge between education and work, between knowledge and skill, and between theory and practice. It offers a space for self-discovery, building career awareness, and laying the first foundation for a mature career journey—grounded in confidence and a deep understanding of one’s strengths and future choices.”

She added: “We can only link this achievement to Qatar National Vision 2030, particularly its first pillar—human development—which aims to build a generation equipped with knowledge, skills, and values, capable of contributing actively to national development and progress, and of innovating and excelling across diverse fields.”

Mohammed Salem Al-Khulaifi, Acting Director of Qualifying and Skills Development Department at MoL, said: “The launch of the Winter Edition of the ‘My Career – My Future’ job-shadowing program helps introduce students to real workplace environments and the foundations of professional conduct. It also gives them direct opportunities to explore the nature of career roles and engage with specialists; strengthening their readiness for the future and supporting MoL’s efforts to advance the goals of the national localization plan ‘We Work for Qatar,’ in line with the Third National Development Strategy.”

The program follows a five-day format, beginning with an opening briefing at Multaqa to introduce participants to program goals and workplace expectations; transitioning to on-site job shadowing at host organizations to observe daily operations, engage with professionals, and gain first-hand insight into roles, skills, and workplace culture. Participants who complete the program will receive a certificate of participation detailing their completed work hours.

the Winter Edition supports national human-capital priorities and forms part of broader national efforts to prepare youth for higher education and the labor market, strengthen early career readiness, and support a future workforce capable of contributing to a diversified, knowledge-driven economy.

Qatar Career Development Center

Qatar Career Development Center, founded by Qatar Foundation, aims to help the youth, particularly but not restrictedly students, across all Qatar’s education system’s tracks and stages, including the youth with special needs, to identify and fulfil their education and career goals. The center offers them high quality bespoke career development programs, services and activities, seeking to mobilize, educate and support them on how best to make and implement sound career decisions and plans, grow and develop professionally, and achieve their life goals in such ways that best contribute to Qatar’s development and prosperity.

In addition to the youth, Qatar Career Development Center targets a diverse group of individual and organizational stakeholders collectively referred to as the influencers of youth. This group primarily includes career practitioners and human capital professionals, academic advisors and administrators, parents and policy makers. The center engages them in various initiatives, projects and programs whose purpose is to educate, empower and support them in relation to their highly vital role as shapers and even definers of the youth’s future.

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