Career guidance is critical if university students are to make the most of opportunities available for them.
Analysts argue that even with high unemployment statistics, it is not all gloom on the job market. Youth unemployment rates stand at 64 per cent. 
“There is a lot of unemployment on the market but as employers we are fighting for talent. So there is a mismatch between the employer and the graduate coming from university,” Monitor Publications Limited (MPL)’s head of human resource Moses Ssesanga, shares.
Changes in technology and in the job market mean that even the available jobs require specific education and training. 

Against this background, MPL will hold the second edition of the MPL Career Fair under the theme; The Youthful Entrepreneur: Innovate or Die!
The fair that was initially scheduled for today at Makerere University Business School (MUBS) has been moved to November 6 at Kyambogo University over what Ssesanga described as “unavoidable circumstances”.

Prof. Elly Katunguka, the Vice Chancellor of Kyambogo University, believes career guidance is a game changer for students.
“This isn’t just a career fair, there is Entrepreneurship in it and the angle coming in is that of practicability. Most students haven’t had career guidance since secondary school so this helps expose them to available opportunities,” Prof. Katunguka said.
“They will meet with people who have made in business including fellow students. They will get to appreciate the pitfalls that come with managing business and how they can handle challenges,” he added.

So why do universities have to wait for companies like MPL to hold career fairs? 
“You know most of the teachers are not involved in business, they can only teach the theory. They don’t really have the real life experiences of business. We shall get to learn from people who have made it or those who are trying to make it,” Katunguka shared.
Motivational speakers Michael Niyitegeka, Samuel Bakutana, Charles Ocici and Ethan Musolini, will grace the occasion that will enable students network and learn from potential employers.