Qatar Airways participates in Doha Career Fair organised by Texas A&M

Qatar Airways hailed a successful participation at Qatar’s fifth annual spring engineering recruitment fair, Careers for Engineers 2012, organised by Texas A&M University in Doha.

The day-long event, held at the university campus in Education City, was aimed at soon-to-graduate engineering students to interact with future employers from organisations across Qatar and find out about key positions and scholarship opportunities. 

The American university currently has over 400 students enrolled in engineering undergraduate programmes. Qatar Airways Chief Executive Officer Akbar Al Baker said that the airline’s participation in the career fair was part of its continued recruitment drive to hire employees across the company, in line with its expansion programme.

“Qatar Airways has grown tremendously in the last 15 years with a strong workforce of over 20,000 employees and we are continuing our ambitious expansion strategy with more opportunities for new recruits,” he said. “The career fair proved to be an excellent opportunity for students to meet with company representatives and make a positive step towards a career with one of the world’s fastest growing airlines.”

Qatar Airways National Scholarship Programme Senior Manager Dr. Kholode Al-Obaidli said that the response was exceptional during the career fair from students who were interested in job opportunities, internship and scholarship programmes with the airline.

“We participated in this event to educate and create awareness about the numerous opportunities that the aviation industry avails to engineering graduates,” she said.

“The airline’s National Scholarship Programme was launched last year and has been well-received by the student community in Qatar. We hope to participate in many more of such events and look forward to identify and nurture Qatari talent.”

Qatar Airways’ National Scholarship Programme (QRNSP) is designed to financially support youth in their post-secondary educational pursuits, with an optional work experience component that provides internships throughout their programmes, as well as full-time employment with the airline upon graduation. 

This year, QRNSP is offering 35 scholarships for undergraduate university studies and 25 scholarships for the Aircraft Maintenance Engineering Scholarship programme. More information can be found at www.qrscholarship.com.

This weekend, Qatar Airways takes part as a sponsor of the fifth annual career fair in London organised by the Embassy of the State of Qatar in the UK. The event is aimed at Qatari undergraduates studying in the UK.

Qatar Airways currently operates a modern fleet of 105 aircraft to 112 key business and leisure destinations across Europe, Middle East, Africa, Asia Pacific, North America and South America. Last year was a landmark 12 months for Qatar Airways, which inducted 15 new destinations to its network, and won the coveted Skytrax Airline of the Year Award.

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