Career Development Services Company, iSpark held the fifth round of the Traverse Summit at Arabella Country Club. This year’s summit focused on high school students and their exposure to practical experiences in the market additionally, equipping them with new skills that will help them enroll and excel in the labour market.
During the summit, around 4000 students attended and engaged in different fun activities, self-development seminars, as well as several competitions, workshops, and career awareness sessions across different industries and businesses. They were also entertained with musical and artistic performances. Over the 2 days, students were inspired by talks, panel discussions and success stories from a variety of speakers including actress Hend Sabry, Egyptian scientist Elham Fadaly, who won the Physics World 2020 award, along with Yahia Elderaa, Egyptian handball champion, the content creator Eslam Hossam, and various other influential figures.
“The fifth round of the Traverse Summit offered as usual a set of benefits, such as internship opportunities in several companies and scholarships, as well as connecting students with professionals from deferent industries to help them out with their career choices.” explains Mostafa Hashisha Co-founder and Chief Growth Officer at iSpark–the career development startup that powers the Traverse Summit.
“The summit contributed significantly to qualifying and empowering students before entering university, in addition to finding distinguished job opportunities before and after graduating from university” confirmed Hashisha.
“We are proud to play a role in empowering youth with the knowledge they need to make vital decisions about their academic and career path. Through the different activities that happen during the summit, we enhance students’ and youths’ exposure to the labor market and entrepreneurship”, highlights Ahmed Salem, Traverse event organizer.
It is worth mentioning that the Traverse Summit is held annually for students helping them make the right choices regarding their careers and personal development. The summit this year had various exhibitors such as Vodafone Egypt (STEM Program) and MINT by EGBANK. Furthermore, the Summit also included a number of universities British University in Egypt, ESLSCA Business School, The Knowledge Hub Universities, Sinai University, Arab Academy for Science and Technology, Business and Hotel Management School Which is a program under the Business School in Badr University, EU Business School, University of Hertfordshire, and Universities of Canada in addition to, 50 other local and international educational organizations.
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About iSpark
iSpark is a specialized personal and career development company focused on youth and young entrepreneurs. Established in 2015 By Ahmed El Rosy and Mostafa Hashisha, iSpark has a number of programs that help prepare students for a solid fruitful future. Their programs include Young Professional that helps link high school students with their career aspiration through edutainment, Reveal, a career exploration workshop program that exposes students to careers they may not be aware of, Traverse a two-day summit that links students with universities, influential speakers and the Young Entrepreneur which provides students with the knowledge and skill needed to become future entrepreneurs.
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