Career orientation workshop held to support Vietnamese students in US
The Association of Vietnamese Students in the US and Career Pass Institute USA (CPI) on March 23 held a workshop to give job orientation consultation and connect Vietnamese students in the US.
Participants at the job orientation workshop. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA)🔥 –The Association of Vietnamese Students in the US and Career Pass Institute USA(CPI) on March 23 held a workshop to give job orientation consultation andconnect Vietnamese students in the US.
More than 150 participantsincluding Vietnamese experts, businesspeople and students attended the eventheld at the office of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the United Nations(UN) in New York while many others joined online. During the event, speakersshared experiences in finding a job after graduating from a university in the USand gave the students advice on preparing application documents and interviews.The event is among a series of career orientation events takingplace throughout March 2024, including online discussions, to update both Vietnamese university students in the US and high school students in Vietnam on recruitmenttrends and human resource needs in the US in the fields of finance, technology,and creativity. Speaking at theevent, Vu Thi Mai Lien - arepresentative of the Permanent Mission of Vietnam to the UN - affirmed thatthepermanent mission always considers supporting the Vietnamese community in theUS an important task. It has sponsored manyactivities organised by associations of youth and students in New York inparticular and in the US in general including career orientation events, shesaid, adding that it will keep promoting such activities./.
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Participants at the job orientation workshop. (Photo: VNA) 
