The Amal Career-Prep Fellowship: Syllabus 

 
Overview 
The goal of the Amal Fellowship is prepare graduating university students for the workplace, specifically by 
enabling them to develop their professional and business skills (e.g., communication, teamwork, leadership, 
and problem-solving). We will focus first on developing the skills needed to get a job and secondly on the 
skills needed to excel once on the job.  
 
Amal Fellows 
The Amal Fellow is someone the Amal team has uniquely selected because we believe they have the 
passion to improve themselves, they are willing to work hard to achieve their goals, and they have the 
humility to realize that it will take a team effort in order to achieve their dreams.  
 
We have had over 10,000 applicants for the Amal Career-Prep Fellowship, and we will have selected 
approximately 4000 Amal Fellows. 
 
Fellowship Learning Outcomes 
Our focus in this Amal Fellowship is to collaborate with each individual Fellow in order to develop his/her 
skills. Specifically, our goal is that -- at the end of the Fellowship -- each Amal Fellow will be able to do the 
following: 
I. Resumes, Application, Cover Letters: W ​ rite convincing and effective job applications, 
resumes and cover letters, in order to maximize the chance of securing interviews  
II. Communication: ​Communicate clearly and concisely, particularly in English and especially 
during interviews and eventually inside the work environment 
III. Confidence: O ​ vercome nervousness and low confidence, especially during interviews, in 
order to clearly communicate their ideas and experiences 
IV. Professional Behavior​: Make a quality first impression and ensure that they continue to 
conduct themselves in a professional manner, both in interviews and work-related scenarios 
V. Career Planning:​ More clearly identify and understand their short and long term goals, and 
develop/implement a strategy that will allow them to achieve those goals 
VI. Leadership: ​Identify the key principles from the most influential leaders of our time and 
begin developing/applying these principles in their own lives 
VII. Problem Solving: I​ dentify the source of each problem and develop a strategy/action plan for 
overcoming that problem  
VIII. Positive Thinking: A ​ ppreciate the role and power that our thoughts and attitude have 
towards our success in life, and be able to better control those thoughts 
 

 
  

Fellowship Results 
Through hard work and persistence, the Amal Fellows have been able to secure quality jobs after 
completing the Fellowship: Within three months, over 80% of Amal Fellows looking for jobs have been able 
to secure quality jobs.  
 
It’s important to note, however, that this tremendous success is not because Amal is providing the Fellows 
references or placement, but because the Fellows are working extremely hard to develop their skills and 
apply for jobs. In fact, of all the Fellows that have gotten jobs after the program, only about 20% of those 
jobs have been at companies where Amal Academy has a relationship.  
 
Fellowship Curriculum Overview 
The following is a brief overview of the content/curriculum that we will cover over the 3-month Fellowship, 
so that the Fellows can mentally prepare for the sessions in advanced.   
 
Module 1: Laying the Foundation 
● Session (S) 0: ​Learning how to learn, Overview of Amal Fellowship, rules and policies 
● S1: 4​ Amal Principles of Progress: Amal, Khudi 
● S2:​ 4 Amal Principles of Progress: Kam Kam aur Kam, Eck aur Eck Giara 
● S3: K ​ nowing yourself: Exploring your personality, understanding your past experiences, identifying 
future paths, setting SMART goals, career counseling 
 
Module 2: Getting the Job 
● S4:​ Researching for jobs, applying for jobs, business writing  
● S5:​ Resume writing 
● S6:​ Cover letter writing, email etiquette 
● S7:​ Interview assessments  
● S8: I​ nterviews: Intro to PASSENGER framework; Passion: Conducting research on company, 
punctuality, dressing appropriately, being energetic 
● S9: I​ nterviews: Audience: Knowing your interviewer, Specific: Being specific by giving examples and 
quantifying results. Support: Giving and receiving feedback from your peers 
● S10: ​Interviews: Engaging with interviewer; Nonverbal: body language, handshake, listening 
● S11: ​Interviews: Gratitude: How to send a thank you note and show appreciation. Equip: Preparing 
for interviews. Real: Being your authentic self 
● S12:​ Amal principle – Going the extra mile, applying in-person, mock interviews 
● S13: ​Elevator pitch, embracing failure 
● S14: ​Creating LinkedIn profile, Amal Stories 
  
Module 3: Succeeding on the Job 
● S15:​ Becoming the most valuable team player: kindness, communication 
● S16:​ Mock interviews 
● S17: ​Positive thinking 
● S18: ​Problem solving   
● S19: ​Productivity (time management) 
● S20: ​Career management and living a life of purpose  
 
Module 4: Reaching Your Potential in Your Career 
● S21​: Everyday leadership  
 
  

● S22: ​Mentorship and networking  

● S23:​ Lifelong learning 
● S24: ​Work life balance, stress management, mindfulness (Location: Old Lahore Tour)  
  
 
Fellowship Projects 
Each week there will be approximately 5-6 hours of online courses and project work. These projects are 
critical, as Fellows cannot expect to develop skills without applying them outside of the classroom. If ideas 
are not applied, then they simply remain ideas; but if they are applied/practiced, then they become skills.  
 
For example, the following is a summary of the project work for session 5 - 6 (which covers resumes, cover 
letters, and business writing):  
 
● Activity: C​ reating Your #SuperHeroResume  
● Activity:​ Apply for a position on Rozee.PK using a customized resume and cover letter 
● Activity: A ​ pply the 5 steps for an Incredible Cover Letter in order to create a 
#superpartnercoverletter  
● Business writing: A ​ pply Amal’s Guide to Business Writing to your own writing 
 
For a sample of our online course and project work, please visit: amal.teachable.com  
 
Fellowship Rubric 
Each fellow will start with a score of zero. The points earned each session will be converted into a 
percentage. First session onward, cumulative percentage will be considered. You will receive an update on 
your percentage score every week. 
 
1. Attendance and Class participation: 
i) Attendance and Class participation – 50% (10 points/session) 
You are expected to be at the venue by the scheduled time to secure 10 points. If you are even one 
minute late to a session, 2 points will be deducted. If you only attend half-session, you will only 
receive half points for attendance (i.e. 5 points) 
 
ii) Class participation (CP)  
You are expected to come prepared to the session to interact with your PM/PA and other fellows via 
insightful comments, interesting questions and responses to other fellows’ queries. PM/PA might 
pick any fellow at random to take part in a certain discussion.  
 
2. Online courses and Project Work – (40%)  
i) Online Courses – 20% (10 points/course) 
You are expected to enroll and complete online courses within a stipulated time. Within each 
course, PM/PA would monitor and evaluate your comments. You can achieve a maximum of 10 
points in one course.  
 
ii) Project Work (PW) – 20% (20 points/PW) 
You are expected to work on out-of-session assignments every week.  
 

 
  

3. Final Project- 10% 

This is a project that will allow you to implement the skills learned throughout the fellowship , and 
you will be working in groups towards this project. 
 
Drop Out Policy:  
Given the duration of the program is only 3 months, the policy has been designed so that fellows can have 
maximum learning from the experience and can develop the skills properly that the fellowship is intending 
to develop. 
 
● 2nd week: Missing more than 2 sessions and 2 courses in the second week would result in an 
automatic drop from the program. 
● You will be dropped out if you have less than 50%. 
● You need to have at least 50% to graduate.  
● Plagiarism is strictly forbidden and can result in an immediate removal from the fellowship. 
● At graduation, you will receive a certificate that will have a rubric that would explain your 
performance in the fellowship. 
 
Expectations from Fellows:  
Amal Academy expects its Fellows to: 
1. Attend all sessions 
2. Be punctual for all sessions 
3. Inform the Program Manager/Associate at least one day in advance of absence from session 
4. Meet deadlines and submit quality project work on time 
5. Submit original project work that have been produced by them (e.g., not copied from the internet) 
6. Inform the Program Manager/Associate at least one day in advance of no or late submission of 
project work 
 
To learn more information from previous batches of Fellows, kindly visit the following:  
- amalacademy.org 
- facebook.com/amalpk