The Career Guidance & Placement Center of GC University Lahore was established in 2002 with aims to work for the enhancement and development of students in terms of academic and scholarly endeavors. It also strives for the placement pursuits of students. The purpose of the center is to provide up-dated and advanced information to the students for their academic and professional development. It also helps the students to make appropriate choices at the right moment and develop insight for appropriate decisions. The Career Guidance and Placement Center (CG&PC) office is led by a trained and full time Clinical Psychologist aims at providing assistance and guidance to the students for helping them in making their career choices, academic planning and to explore future professions and placement opportunities based on their personal needs and current opportunities.
Mission & Scope Statement
Career Guidance Center provides an extensive set of services focused on assisting students, in the career planning process. These services aid the comprehensive identification and promotion of the expertise and values that GCU students acquire from the academic environment.
The Career Guidance Center offers counseling to students to help them identify talents, interests and values in making educated career choices. We conduct workshops and presentations on various topics (interview techniques, career expectations etc) strengthening students' skills to better respond to the demands. Student Counselor's career guidance system designed to examine interests, self-rate abilities, evaluate experiences, and prioritize values in order to identify compatible occupations. We try to help students discover career planning by organizing information about oneself and occupations, providing ways to bring this information together to make good decisions. This system also has a complete database of Career Counseling related areas. The Career Center provides information about graduate and postgraduate academic programs, subjects selection, subjects descriptions, career profiles etc.
Our Goal
- Assists students with jobs, college applications, and scholarships
- Uses achievement and aptitude tests to help students evaluate their skills, interests and abilities
- Helps students learn new job skills including: networking, resume writing and interviewing
- Evaluates the students' educational background and help them develop realistic goals
- Trains students in resume writing and help them locate foreign scholarships and jobs abroad
- Helps students make achievable career goals
- Advises students to resolve problems and issues in the workplaces
Our Objectives
- To help students make appropriate and realistic career choices and career direction.
- To guide students to develop their academic career interests in line with their short or long term goals.
- To manage and give information regarding scholarships.
- To look for the range of career profiles for students'.
- To help students prepare for interview and develop their communication skills
- To organize various activities such as seminars / workshops / lectures / trainings etc.
Services
- Guidance & Counseling
- Scholarship Information
- International Advisory Services
- Placement Center
Information about Scholarships
- Financial Aid
- Local Scholarships
- HEC Scholarships
- Others
- Scholarship offered through CG & CP
Confidentiality
Confidentiality is very important part of counseling service. I do not reveal the names of my clients to anyone & no one will know if you are using the Student Counseling Service.
Working Hours
- Appointments are available from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. weekdays. (Friday 9.00 a.m. to 11.45 a.m)
- Students have to visit the counseling service to make an appointment.
- Appointments may be fitted into any gaps in your academic timetable.
Canceling and Missing Oppointments
- Keeping appointments and being on time is part of the personal commitment to counseling you must make.
- If, due to an illness or a rare emergency, you are unable to keep your appointment, you should contact me and cancel the appointment as far in advance as possible.
Other Facilities
This Office provides different facilities like Career Resource Library, Computer LAB, Seminar Room and Symposium Hall.
Location
The CG&PC office is located at the Ist Floor of the Student Service Centre adjacent to the Main
Cafeteria