Page 8 - Newsletter-Sep-2015

Newsletter The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Pakistan CA Pakistan Seminar & Job Fair at Karachi were Junaid Ahsan, CEO Talent Experts International, Abdul Basit, company secretary & CFO Indus Hospital and Syed Zafar Imam, group HR head Ghulam Faruque Group; at Lahore, Shafeeq Ahmed, HR chief from Allied Bank Ltd. and Dr. Shahid Zia, director Research and Development (R&D), Akhuwat Foundation; and at Islamabad, Farhan Riaz Malik, assistant vice president Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited and Nisa Mirza, Human Resource Development specialist for Russels International. The speakers highlighted the key aspects of modern workplace and underlined the expectations in the Islamabad competitive job market for CAs. They focused on how young CA professionals need to plan and take extra care to secure their position in corporate arena. Council member Rashid Ibrahim, FCA was the chief guest at Islamabad who shared valuable guidelines on how CAs can be an effective part of the corporate world. The addresses were followed by Q&A sessions. Renowned companies participated and put up their stalls at the job fair. On spot interviews for initial screening of positions available were arranged by a few organisations. The job fair provided information, contacts and interview experience for the young CAs. Karachi Companies collected resumes; on spot screening was also carried out by some organisations. The organisations which participated in the job fair included at Karachi: Unilever Pakistan Ltd., Meezan Bank, Al Meezan Group, Ghulam Faruque Group, AJ Mirza Pharma, UBL Fund Managers, Arif Habib Commodities, KPMG Taseer Hadi & Co., Deloitte Yousuf Adil, Shield Corporation Limited, Aga Khan University Hospital, Indus Hospital, Siddiqsons Group, F.R.A.N.T.S & Co., BDO Ebrahim & Co., Orix Leasing Pakistan Ltd., Silk Bank, and Martin Dow Pharamaceuticals (Pakistan) Lahore Ltd.,; at Lahore: Parker Randall A.J.S., BATA Pakistan, The Marketing and Communication Department Descon Engineering Ltd., Abacus Consulting, KPMG (MARCOM) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants Taseer Hadi & Co, Haleeb Foods Ltd., The Professional of Pakistan (ICAP) arranged CA Pakistan Seminar & Consultants, MCB Bank Limited, Allied Bank Limited, Job Fair on August 22, 2015 at ICAP Houses Karachi, BDO Ebrahim & Co., Berger Paints Pakistan Ltd., and Lahore and Islamabad. The initiative provides a unique Coca Cola Beverages Pakistan Ltd.; and at Islamabad: networking opportunity that puts different employers Pakistan Telecommunication Company Ltd., Askari under one roof and offers a chance to freshly qualified Bank Limited, Kulsum International Hospital, ZONG chartered accountants and trainee students to Pakistan, MOL Pakistan Oil and Gas Company, Fauji network with potential employees for a wide range of Fertilizer Company Ltd., Deloitte Yousuf Adil, BDO employment opportunities. Ebrahim & Co., A.F. Ferguson & Co., and Ernst & Young Ford Rhodes Sidat Hyder. The event brought together The participants got a chance to get a preview of the organisations and potential job candidates under one changes in the modern corporate world and also have roof and served as a platform for an open and wide a dialogue with industry professionals. The speakers range of employment opportunities. 8 September 2015