In order to provide students with maximum assistance regarding career choices, job search and academic counseling (etc.), OCSAR has been conducting individual advising program officially from Summer 2013. This advising is not restricted to career services and academic help only but also goes beyond that to help students explore their strengths, interests, weakness and transferable skills. Students can seek help for personal issues too, especially if these, as is often the case, impact on their academic grades and performance. The facilitators and advisors, who are the core staff of the OCSAR guide students to enhance self-awareness and rationalize their choices and pursue suitable career paths. The advisors will always be open to aid students, as well as to encourage and motivate them in all that they pursue professionally and even personally if required. OCSAR works closely with the Counseling unit and makes relevant referrals for psycho-social counseling of graduating students if needed.
CV is the first marketing tool students get to make a good impression on a potential employer. A top-quality CV will considerably boost their chance of getting a face-to-face interview. It will make all the difference in obtaining the position they want.
OCSAR helps students to tailor their CV and cover letter according to the market trend in order to get shortlisted for their dream job interview.
In order to provide the current students and recent graduates a platform to communicate and create a network with the recruiters and the employers, OCSAR organizes a number of networking sessions and seminars conducted by renowned organizations from different industries.
OCSAR assists employers by providing them a platform to create awareness about their organization within the student body. At the same time, we provide opportunities for the organizations to identify and attract good quality graduates by conducting career seminars, networking sessions and by attending career fairs.
To choose their best fit and meet their human resource needs from our pool of candidates, OCSAR helps employers by facilitating on-campus recruitment sessions. Our aim is to provide employers with the most relevant CVs after a short listing procedure and provide them with quality students that fit their recruitment needs best. We recognize the importance of this recruitment event not only for students who are preparing to enter the professional world, but also for recruiters who are hiring talents for their organization.
OCSAR intends to create a bridge between the industry and academic life by fostering partnerships with the employers from different sectors and engage them as trainers in its flagship program “Professional Skills Development Program (PSDP)”. This collaboration helps the students to learn more about the professional life and industry and to prepare themselves for the job market by minimizing the gap between academic learning & hearing from the practitioners. Companies on the other hand can also enlighten the students about their organization, recruitment process, activities, etc. Eventually the organizations can utilize the platform of OCSAR to become attractive as prospective employers and to find it easier to recruit graduates and commit them for their professional years.
OCSAR offers registered Alumni the same services that currently enrolled students receive. As Alumni, you can request appointments, participate in on-campus recruitment sessions, attend career seminars & fairs and also utilize our physical as well as online resources. Also, registered alumni members in OCSAR website get the chance to apply for jobs directly from the OCSAR’s online job portal.
With the aim of keeping all previous graduates connected to the University, OCSAR is working to maintain a database of all graduates of Brac University. By maintaining relationship with them, OCSAR wishes to ensure that their skills and knowledge to be beneficiary for the development of the university; we also want their expertise to be utilized to enhance the value of the current students. We encourage all Brac University graduates to help foster this long term, mutual relationship to sustain the market position of the number one private university of Bangladesh in QS Asian University Ranking.
OCSAR organizes alumni meet & other networking events exclusively for Brac University alumni. Registered alumni can attend these programs to spend some quality time with your friends and most importantly network with other alumni for job opportunities, professional and personal advancement. They can also help the existing students in developing their professional skills and finding potential career.