Doha, Qatar: – Qatar Career Development Center (QCDC), founded by Qatar Foundation, concluded its participation in the annual National Career Development Association (NCDA) conference held in San Diego, California, USA.

Saad Al-Kharji, QCDC's Career Programs & Services Manager, and Abtesam Yousuf, Career Programs & Services Lead, represented the Center at this significant 4-day long gathering.

QCDC actively engaged with conference participants and career development professionals at NCDA by offering a detailed brief on QCDC’s programs and services as a leader in career guidance and development regionally and in Qatar. 

Saad Al-Kharji, QCDC’s Career Programs & Services Manager, emphasized the importance of the center's presence on international platforms, stating, "Engaging with international experts enables us to adopt up-to-date knowledge and exchange global best practices, adapting them locally to enrich our programs and services.”

Al-Kharji added: “The exchange of ideas and innovation is more prevalent than ever. Engaging with the global community and making our mark internationally have become crucial to youth empowerment in order to advance sustainable human capital development goals.”

NCDA’s annual conference gathered career development practitioners, facilitators, educators, counselors, specialists, and a diverse array of career development professionals.

QCDC's participation in international career development forums aims to enhance collaboration with global partners, adapt specialized knowledge locally, pioneer innovative career development strategies, and highlight Qatar's progress in cultivating a skilled workforce.

-Ends-

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.

To learn more about Qatar Career Development Center's initiatives and programs, please visit the website: www.qcdc.org.qa
To stay updated on our center's activities on social media, follow our accounts on: Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, X, and LinkedIn.
For any media inquiries, please contact: qcdc@qf.org.qa