Mukalla/ January 3, 2022/ University media

On Monday, the Accounting Club of Al-Ahgaff University held an evening entitled the impact of the use of LinkedIn and social networking sites on the accounting and auditing student in the labor market, and it is considered the third event since the establishment of the club.

It was presented by the club's president, Nawaf Badr Baghouza, who spoke about many important axes in the student's career in accounting and auditing.

He started talking about sites such as Coursera, edX, Udemy and others that offer courses from international universities in various fields of life, including the fields of accounting and auditing.

Then he moved to the LinkedIn application, where he initially showed a video clip talking about the importance of the application in finding jobs and exploiting the idea of ​​personal branding to build a reputation for the student in the labor market, then he reviewed his personal account on LinkedIn as a realistic example.

After completing LinkedIn, he moved to the Twitter application and reviewed some of the distinguished names interested in accounting and their tweets, and showed the impact of using the Twitter application in that it is a very effective way to acquire accounting knowledge.

Finally, he showed a video clip of an interview with Ms. Samar Al-Hajouri, colleague of the Saudi Organization for Auditors and Accountants, as well as Mr. Fahad Al-Enezi, a value-added tax specialist. As they discussed many important aspects such as their university experience, the reason for choosing professional degrees, the importance of using social networking sites and the need to pay attention to the basics of accounting to advance in the career ladder.

The event was attended by students of the Accounting Department from all levels, and there was a high turnout of new students from the first year of the club's activities.