DW BUREAU / Chandigarh A 3-day International Workshop on Industry Readiness: Identifying Trends and Enhancing Skills was organised from May 4 to May 6 by the Placement Cell, Government College of Education, Sector ? 20 D, Chandigarh. The Coordinator of the Placement Cell and the Convenor of the workshop, Dr. Ravneet Chawla on Day one introduced the theme of the workshop. Dr. A.K. Srivastava, Patron of the event and Principal of the college extended welcome to the Chairperson, Dr. Maria H. Nadeem, Director of Communications ARICON, Board Member of The London Institute of Skill Development and the Resource Person/ Trainer, Neha Sharma Bhullar, Counsellor, The Australian Counselling Association for the workshop. Dr. Sapna Nanda, Dean of the college and the Inaugural Convenor, greeted and introduced both the Chairperson and the Resource Person for a being a part of the 3-day workshop. She also elaborated on the importance of career development and how it is necessary in the teacher training and education programmes. The workshop included a detailed discussion on ideas related to career development and the skills required to be a potential candidate for any job or career a person chooses where Neha Sharma Bhullar was the trainer for the same. The Day 1 of the session was on the topic "career: a synopsis of career, career development and career approach", where Neha gave the participants a basic know-how of Career Development and what exactly is the distinction between a job and a career. The Day 2 session talk was on the topic, "be work ready: an international guide to employment and employment skills", in which Neha elaborated more on the topic and gave the participants an intricate demonstration of Career Planning and the various ways in which one can up skill themselves and make use of them in the field they are willing to work in. The workshop was concluded on May 6, the Day 3 of the whole workshop with the topic, "scope and trends in career development: troubleshooting", where Neha welcomed various queries from the participants. The International Workshop was an interactive and a splendid learning session where over 75 attendees, largely students of the host college, joined in and participated and also put their queries up for the speaker and the Chair of the session, Dr. Ravneet to answer. (editor@dailyworld.in)