MICROSOFT ROZGAR AMBASSADOR

ABOUT THE PROGRAM

A Microsoft Corp. Initiative that provides a complete ecosystem to support Employability/Entrepreneurship for Youth Workforce Development. 

Microsoft hired ambassadors across Pakistan to it launch the first of its kind youth employability portal in Pakistan (www.rozgar.work). Ambassadors were required to work closely with Microsoft Pakistan to create awareness about the portal and conduct training workshops around the themes of entrepreneurship, women led business, resume building, Job search, scholarships and online courses.

 

COMPETITION ENTRY

Each candidate was required to submit a creative video entry introducing themselves and explaining how can they help Microsoft in this initiative. Below is my submission.

AS AN AMBASSADOR

As an ambassador I completed a series of training with Microsoft Pakistan and then conducted multiple workshops in rural areas of Pakistan to educate college students regarding the portal and how it can help them with entrepreneurship, use of social media for running online business, taking online course for skill development, resume building, job search and scholarships. 

LEARNINGS

  • 1. The concept of online courses and startups was very new to students and was widely appreciated
  • 2. Students were inquisitive about free lancing and suggested that to be a part of the portal
  • 3. General concern was how is rozgar.work different from other sites such as rozee.pk
  • 4. They found the idea useful but pointed out that the portal is a bit complex. The main features such as uploading CV should be on the main page.
  • 5. They were concerned if the portal has an age restriction and how can young children get the most out of it
  • 6.  Major concern was that Chiniot is a district but it was not there in the list of cities while registering
  • 7. Students and teachers were very enthusiastic. Students gave a pledge to their teacher that they will use the portal, upload their CV’s and make it viral thereby pressurizing us to post jobs from their region as well.
  • 8. The link to upload one’s CV is inactive. They wanted me to show them how to upload their CV but I couldn’t because the link was not functional.