CAREER & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (CPDI) is a bridge between Employment world and Academic world.

Generally in Africa, majority of the populace is obsessed with the idea of post-secondary learning as the silver bullet in the access, retention and advancement of careers and professional development. This in turn has led to a stiff competition between institutions of higher learning whose critical focus has been reduced to churning out graduates, majority of whom, lack relevant workplace competencies and skills despite having possession of the requisite academic certificates, testimonials and colorful curriculum vitae (CVs).

Even amateurs agree that graduates from most of our institutions of higher learning lack sufficient competencies and necessary skills at the workplace. Even for those who do possess them, the modern day workplace is dynamic and its demands are ever-changing necessitating a continuous deliberate effort for the enhancement of the workplace skills so as to remain relevant and competitive.

Many employers today are yearning for graduates who not only show up at the workplace with “paper qualification” but with the requisite skills for the expected tasks. Unfortunately, there has been little investment on skill based learning particularly in our institutions of higher learning. This is the gap the Career & Professional Institute (CPDI) is bridging in Kenya.

The primary mandate of CPDI is to research, design, develop and offer relevant skill-based, career exploration and market oriented short courses geared towards enhancing our clients’ vocational competitiveness, and professional skills development in the murky waters that is the ever changing and dynamic workplace.

To equip learners and emerging professionals with relevant training in practical skills through strategic partnerships while exposing them to the interconnection of global, regional and national trends in the modern day job market.

To be a leader in identification, spurring and conducting innovative skills based capacity building short courses among learners and the general workforce in Kenya.