Databank Foundation Young Leaders Mentorship Programme (YLMP)

As part of the mentorship programme, a mini seminar was held on the 6th of July 2012 at Accra High School on the topic "Career Development and Study Skills". Mrs Felicia Ashley, HRM of Databank, was the resource person for this mini seminar.

According to her, Career development is a process. It’s not a one day dream. Below are some questions she asked the mentees and junior mentors to ask themselves in terms of career development.

Why do I want to be there?

Where do I start from?

What role must I play in getting there?

In summary, as discussed, to know what career path to tread, we must know ourselves; watch out for our areas of interest, know our values, beliefs, abilities and most importantly pray about our career.We can develop our careers through workshops; career counseling and through mentoring programmes.

 In terms of the role we can play ,Felicia advised that we  look out for role models in the fields we are interested in, engage our mentors, and be hardworking. Careers are constructed through choices. The choices we make in life would lead to our desired goals. As young ones, we must learn to be dedicated and focused. To butress her point she made reference to the bible. “Hard work will put you before Kings”

We again learnt some few tips on studying skills. She touched on the relevance of having personal timetable and encouraging study groups not forgetting to go over what has been taught in class.
In conclusion, we gathered that it is very important to plan our studies. We must balance our time adequately for all courses, take active part in group discussions and solve past questions. Above all we must commit our ways and plans into the hands of The Almighty King.

It was a very fruitful session with Felicia Ashley, Head of Human Capital, Databank Financial Services Limited. God Bless you Felicia!!!