Starbucks to launch ‘Opportunity Café’ in Saudi Arabia

Starbucks is launching its Opportunity Café programme in Riyadh, Jeddah, and Dammam on Sept. 25, the coffee chain announced on Monday.

This is the second series of the firm’s "Opportunity Café" and “Pathway to a Job" programmes in partnership with Education for Employment (EFE) that seek to empower male and female Saudi students and job seekers.

Opportunity Café is designed to teach young Saudis the soft skills that are essential for employability today. In addition to offering professional skill-building workshops on employability, the programme addresses the key challenges youth face regarding employment - from making professional CVs to giving interviews, along with other skills and tools that help the youth kick-start their careers with confidence, the firm said in a statement.

The other programme, ‘Pathway to a Job’ aimed at helping Saudi youth fast track their careers into the service sector, will be launched in a number of universities across the Kingdom on Oct. 9.