To foster the talent of our youth, it is important to ensure a sustainable future of our youth with skills necessary. The ongoing situation of COVID-19 crisis threatens the continuity of global skill development. According to UNESCO, about 70 percent of the world's students are unable to attend educational institutions. To remedy this situation by responding to the unfolding economic crisis and to explore the opportunities for the youth of technical and vocational education and training (TVET), Bangladesh Open Source Network is proud to recognize World Youth Skills Day (WYSD) on 15 July 2020.
Most of the time delivering your best in the interview is not possible because of your fear, anxiety, and nervousness that limits you. If you want to get hired for your dream job, then you have to turn your anxiety to your excitement to overcome your fear. To build confidence among our girls to prepare for any job, Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN) organized a workshop on 27 June 2020 titled “Best Version of You VS Interview”
A memorandum of understanding (MOU) has been signed between Bangladesh Open Source Network – BdOSN and bdapps. It was held dated 25th June 2020 via online meeting places. In this journey, together they will collaboratively work on the women digital empowerment activities by organizing grooming sessions, meetups, workshops, and many more.
The combo of information, communication and technology have brought the whole world to our fingerprints. In the modern era of technology, economic empowerment is not a big deal for a lady only if she has the spirit and determination. In recent age, a career in content writing comes with endless opportunities as it requires only excellent writing skills. There is no need to have a specialized degree or course in the field of Content Writing. Anyone can build her career in this sector with limitless potentiality. To explore the opportunities and to encourage our women in this sector Bangladesh Open Source Network organized a workshop on Career Opportunities in Content Writing on 23 June 2020.
An eye-catching resume can get someone to a job interview as it primarily reflects you with your immense potential to an employer. So, it is important to develop an accurate and complete resume to get closer to a dream job. Considering this issue an online job preparation workshop was arranged by Bangladesh Open Source Network on 21 June 2020. This workshop was aimed at providing a clear concept about developing a perfect resume. This workshop was graced by professional resume writer and CEO of CorporateAsk Niaz Ahmed.
In today’s competitive job market, it is important to have an up-to-date resume to increase chances of getting an interview. This is why, a workshop on job preparation was conducted on 16 and 17 June 2020 at online google meet. This workshop is designed to help our girls with a complete schooling of preparing an eye-catching resume, a complete cover letter and exclusive interview guidelines. This two-day workshop was attended by a total 30 participants. This workshop was arranged by Bangladesh Open Source Network under its three-year ESDG4BD Project.
Growing a small business is the toughest challenge for any new member of the entrepreneurial world. It takes considerable effort, sufficient practical knowledge and organized strategy of making profits by using various methods. Rapid growth of any business does not happen overnight, it follows several steps to move forward. Most of the people of our Bangladesh invest much to any startup without doing any study or research about these steps. As the consequences, most of them drop out within very short time. Considering this issues, Bangladesh Open Source Network conduct a camp on How to Grow Your Business.
Business plan is the pre-requisite of starting any business. A written document of this plan can shape a business in a systematic way. From this concept, a two-day workshop on “Writing a Business Plan” was held for women entrepreneurs. It was held on 20 and 22 May 2020. This interactive workshop aimed at showing the process of writing a complete business plan that works for running a business. A significant number of participants took part in this workshop to understand the structure of a business plan. This workshop was designed and conducted by Munir Hasan, General Secretary of Bangladesh Open Source Network (BdOSN).
এদেশের প্রায় এক কোটি বা তারও বেশি মানুষের প্রাতিষ্ঠানিক চাকরি নাই । এদের কেউ রিকশা চালায়, কেউ দিন মজুরি করে সংসার চালায়। কোভিন ১৯ এর ফলে তারা এখন কাজ করতে পারছে না। করোনার আগে কত প্রতিষ্ঠান রোবট দিয়ে কাজ করিয়েছে। কিন্তু এখন রোবট ফেলে মানুষকে কাজে লাগাচ্ছে। এতে যেন একজন কর্মীরও চাকরি বাঁচে। এছাড়া, পরিবর্তিত পরিস্থিতিতে অনলাইনেই বিশ্বের যেকোনো জায়গা থেকে পড়াশোনার সম্ভাবনা তৈরি হয়েছে।
আইসিটি সেক্টরে এদেশের মেয়েরা কিভাবে ক্যারিয়ার গড়তে পারে, কিভাবে সফল হতে পারে অথবা নিজেদের স্থিতিশীল অবস্থান ধরে রাখতে কি করণীয় সেসব নিয়ে এই সেশনে কথা বলেন আইসিটি সেক্টরের চারজন প্রতিষ্ঠিত নারী। দীর্ঘ যাত্রায় নিজেদের অভিজ্ঞতা তুলে ধরার পাশাপাশি, একজন আরেকজনকে প্রশ্নোত্তরের মাঝেও ওঠে আসে নানা কথা।