JA in A Day: CSR with Oracle Nigeria.

By Tobe Ifeanyi - December 10, 2015

Careers with a Purpose (CWAP) was sponsored by Oracle and Stronghold to train students in senior secondary schools in Oke Imesi, Ekiti State on Positive Values, Life Maxims, Ethical decision making and Noble purpose. The program was completed in three (3) schools with 468 participants between ages 11 and 20. During the CWAP sessions, the participants were trained on the following;

• Positive Values: Value was defined to the students as a person’s belief and ideals, students were told the importance of value in all aspect of daily existence and in career choice.

• Ethical Decision: Students explore the differences between a Job and a Career and learn how they can apply their skills, interests and value to a career with a noble purpose. Here the participants are made to understand that their skills, interests and values match multiple career options.

• Noble Purpose: Noble Purpose was explained as a passion to pursue meaningful work that benefits society. Skills; as a person’s talent or abilities- could come naturally or be developed through school, work or other study. Interests were explained as a person’s preferred activities or hobbies. Students were encouraged to keep their skills, interests and values in making when searching for the ideal career.

• Work readiness skills: Here the participants Examine the concept of values, develop critical thinking, speaking and leadership skills. They are exposed to ethical behavior which helps them understand the world of work, discover and reach their full potential in life.

Key Learnings:

Participants were given clarification on the difference between a Career and Job

Participants were briefed on career cluster and each industry was explained to them

Participants were divided into four (4) groups to generate answers to questions on how to create an action plan to decide where and how they will proceed

Participant were exposed to life skills they can explore to generate income.

Participants were introduced to key terms like; Skills, Interests and Values.

Outcomes

All the participants went through training on concepts like: Noble purpose, Your choices, Take action and Work readiness skills, which were all captured during the training sessions. They gained knowledge that will enable them explore ways they can make noble and purposeful career choices.

The program increased the student’s knowledge and ability to apply life skills to making their life and the entire society better, it has enhance their work readiness skills, help to widen the participants knowledge on industries and different careers in each industry.

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Special Thanks to our generous sponsors and patrons for facilitating this edition of Careers With a Purpose (CWAP):