As part of our ongoing commitment to enabling our students find gainful and fulfilling employment when they complete school, we recently welcomed Edmund Seong as the new Head of the Employment Programme. Edmund has over 12 years of experience in people development and organisational transformation around Asia. Edmund and his team will be focused on supporting students to excel personally, and achieve their full potential in their careers in their chosen fields.

A lack of exposure means that students are not sure about what options they have for good jobs in Cambodia. They also find it difficult to communicate well to potential employers and that impacts their confidence and initiative at work.  Edmund hopes that building a comprehensive programme will enable his team to address these challenges. He hopes that by profiling students, the team can better understand the individual interests and dreams of students, and then systematically give them the tools by which to pursue those interests and dreams.

At the moment, the Employment Programme team is creating an integrated syllabus that helps students develop core soft skills to help give them the ability to independently learn and grow, their confidence and self-management, and their exposure to personally and financially fulfilling work.