RIYADH —

Saudi-based Glowork has announced that the 6th edition of its annual A Step Ahead Career Fair will be held on Oct.1-3, 2018 in Riyadh at AlFaisaliah Hotel in Prince Sultan Hall.

Titled ‘A Step Ahead’ Glowork, the largest women’s employment and recruitment related event in the Middle East, is endorsed by the Human Resources Development Fund.

The three-day event features more than 80 leading local, regional and international companies that will have booths offering female jobseekers and university students advice on their future career paths as well as conducting interviews for currently available job opportunities. A Step Ahead 2017 Career Fair saw the participation of 84 companies and attracted 40,000 attendees, and 45 workshops were hosted.

This year’s agenda includes influential speakers from various companies in MENA including Paul Turner Regional Director at Havas, Saudamini Dubey Managing Director at Accenture Digital Middle East and Turkey, Ghalia AlSukait Assistant Brand Manager at Procter & Gamble, Eng. Aseel AlHamad Board Member at SAMF, Julie Leblan CEO and Founder of My List, Dr. Moudhi Aljamea (PhD Computer Security) at CEH Security Strategies and President, Entrepreneurship & incubator at IAU, Elias Khalil Managing Director at Lilly Saudi Arabia, Cor Noltee Design Thinker at Cornoltee, Reema Alharbi Benefits & Events Section Manager with the HR Services team at STC, Majed Alkhurayef Acting VP and Head of the Recruitment Department at Riyad Bank, Saeed Alharbi (Assoc CIPD) GM of HR at Olayan Financing Company, Mounia Hadjidj Head of HR at Sephora Middle East, Nihad Shelbaya Public and Government Affairs Manager at ExxonMobil. — SG