Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, minister of education, is accompanied by Sheikh Abdulaziz Al-Turki, Rawabi Holding Group chairman, touring the fourth annual Rawabi Talent Exhibit in Al-Khobar. Rawabi Group's CSR manager Hanaa Al-Moaibed is also seen. — Courtesy photo Saudi Gazette report AL-KHOBAR — Over 10,000 youths benefited from the Rawabi Talent Exhibit 2014. The annual talent exhibit of Rawabi Holding Group concluded here with the visit of Prince Khaled Al-Faisal, minister of education. The minister was accompanied by Dr. Abdulrahman Al-Mudaires, director general of education in the Eastern Province and other senior officials. Prince Khaled praised the Rawabi Talent Exhibit's (RTE) outstanding efforts in mobilizing volunteers to educate youth about the importance of career planning. The exhibit, launched on April 20 by Prince Saud Bin Naif, Emir of the Eastern Province at Prince Sultan Center for Science and Technology in Al-Khobar, works to enlighten youth about career planning globally through several digital and face-to-face activities. Sheikh Abdul Aziz AlTurki, chairman of Rawabi Holding Group, congratulated the organizers emphasizing that organization of the exhibit for four years in a row proves the success behind the idea of offering practical and scientific guidance to the youth. "As part of Rawabi Holding's long-term strategic vision, our exhibit aims to expand to other areas in the Kingdom with the support of the Ministry of Education, Human Resources Development Fund and the Eastern Province based companies to pave the way for long-term CSR partnerships," he said. This year's activities took the exhibit on a remarkable digital curve as it was also capable of developing career guidance digital tools such as the series of short interview videos highlighting local success stories titled, “Akoon” distributed by Seen TV and the “Career Compass” a free mobile application (available in both Arabic and English) which provides a career tendencies test “ColorQ” and a comprehensive database of universities with career oriented and job related information. On its part, the Directorate of Education in the Eastern Province, an active partner of the exhibit, facilitated the coordination of school visits to the exhibit. In total, the Fourth Annual Rawabi Talent Exhibit registered 10,500 visitors on the ground and over 25,000 career tendencies tests were taken via mobile phones. In parallel, the Akoon series featuring Saudi success stories, produced by Nasser Abduljalil and broadcasted on Seen TV, saw the first episode featuring Naif Al-Qahtani's story — CEO of Logistics Solution Services (LSS) and businessman, member of Asharqia Chamber of Commerce — reach 100,000 views.
