Professional Development Archives - The Arab-American Business & Professional Association

“I never realized how important networking was. One thing I wish I had known starting out was just how human the job market really is.

Are you interested in working for the largest American non-governmental organization operating in the West Bank and Gaza? ABPA Institute has a partnership with American Near East Refugee Aid (Anera) to place students into internships.

An internship provides some concrete experience that you can use in interviews when you start looking for a full-time job after graduation and helps you to learn more about an industry or company and narrow down what types of activities or tasks you enjoy or dislike.

Yasmine Mattoussi writes news reports on Middle Eastern countries, copyedits manuscripts, and writes book reviews as an intern in the publications department at the Middle East Institute.

Through ABPA Institute’s Internship Placement Program, Ibraheem Al Ani was placed at Washington Headquarters Services (WHS) as a Civil Engineering Student Intern in February 2020.

Life is about taking adventurous routes to achieve your dreams, approached with ambitious drive and determination.

Ahmed Al-Habsi, an undergraduate student at Purdue University hopes to work within the energy industry where he aspires to create a positive influence by enhancing current methods, improving sustainability, and employing renewable resources.