LAHORE: Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) held its 8th Annual Career Fair on Monday with the aim to provide its students and the participating companies a common platform to interact. More than 90 leading companies from multiple industries such as engineering, education, financial institution, information and technology, and development participated in the fair. While commenting on the relevance of the event, LUMS Vice Chancellor Dr Sohail Naqvi said, “LUMS is proud to host its annual Career Fair 2017, which brings local businesses and future employees together. Such events create opportunities for students to understand the requirements of the job market so that they can prepare themselves accordingly”. This will not only support students to peruse their ideal careers, but will also boost our economy by lowering an existing mismatch in the employment market, he said adding that LUMS has been successfully hosting the career fair every year to provide students an opportunity to find various career directions with exciting job opportunities and get to know the requirements of the industry. He further said that the recruiting companies also get the chance to identify their ideal candidates. Sohail also said that the event was a mutually beneficial affair, both for the graduates and the employing organisations. The representative of the companies provided the students career advice and shared the requirements of the job market, the vice chancellor said. Every organisation had its own recruiter’s booth, where they conducted on-spot screening interviews and collected resumes of students and graduates, who visited the fair.