Students and graduates came face to face with potential employers at the annual CPUT Career Fair hosted at our Bellville Campus on Tuesday.

The Career Fair, which moves to the Cape Town Campus on 14 August. boasted some of the biggest industry names like Siemens, General Electric, Lafarge, Distell and the Department of Labour to name just a few.

For the first time students also had access to hundreds of job adverts thanks to live streaming monitors that advertised vacant posts for companies not exhibiting.

The Student Career Portal which enables students to load their CVs for potential employers to view was also launched.

Anyone interested in attending on the 14th should bring along their CV’s as well as a pen and notebook to jot down important contact information.

Manager for Co-operative Education, Fundiswa Nofemela, says students should take the opportunity of attending a career fair seriously and come prepared with plenty of questions as well as doing research on potential employers.

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The CPUT Convocation’s Dry Campus initiative strives towards a substance abuse- and gender-based violence-free campus.

The initiative is supported by the Office of the Vice-Chancellor and the Advancement Department and a thought-provoking event, attended by a range of stakeholders, was recently held at the Bellville campus.

The external stakeholders included SAB Miller, Distell, National Liquor Traders, the SA National Taxi Council (SANTACO) and SafeClick24.

In his opening remarks Vice-Chancellor, Prof Chris Nhlapo, said alcohol consumption is a risk factor for many health and safety problems in South Africa, including sexual and domestic violence, homicide, assault and road traffic accidents while chronic illnesses, including cardiovascular disease, are exacerbated by alcohol.

He said that if one chooses to use alcohol, it was important to do so appropriately.

The audience was touched by guest speaker Brandon “the white kid” Smit, who shared his life story.

This was followed by a panel discussion, led by programme director and moderator Andiswa Mrasi, with the panel consisting of Zukiswa Gaqavu from Distell, Lucky Ntimane from the National Liquor Traders, Ivan Waldeck from SANTACO, Nonkosi Tyolwana, Acting Dean of Students and Convocation executive member, Athenkosi Nyangiwe.

Some of the topics discussed included safety onboard taxis, programmes to help curb substance abuse, responsible drinking and taking personal responsibility for one’s choices.

The panel also engaged in a lively question and answer session with audience members.

Registrar Sello Mokoena encouraged students to “do what you think is right for you”.

“The decision that you take at your youth level has the potential to affect you throughout your life. So, if you take good decisions now you have paved a very good life for you going forward. But if you make mistakes … that has the potential to ruin your life.”

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