15 local and foreign university students intern at 3 companies
View(s):John Keells Holdings PLC (JKH), Ceylon Tobacco Company (CTC) and HSBC came together for “Fast Track 15″ Internship Programme for the second year, providing an opportunity to 15 locals studying in local and foreign universities to be engaged in a six-week internship programme during their summer break.
The internship programme is packed with opportunities and exposure to facilitator-based learning. This offers undergraduates to understand the career opportunities available in Sri Lanka, according to a JKH media release.
During a training session
“The programme has a unique quality of offering and hands on experience in nine different industry groups: Leisure, Plantations, Real Estate, Consumer Foods & Retail, Information Technology, Banking, Finance, Transportation and Manufacturing. While motivating and exciting the interns, the programme assists the interns to make an informed career choice,” the statement said.
“This programme changed my mind completely. I am now focused on coming back to Sri Lanka after my studies,” one student, studying abroad, was quoted as saying.
The objectives of the Internship Programme are to provide a framework to gain experiences through practical work assignments by helping students to relate their academic and educational backgrounds to the workplace, understand various aspects of the Sri Lankan job market, and provide mentoring by professionals in specialised and diverse areas.
Through this programme the interns met some of the most eminent personalities in the corporate sector. In addition, they enhanced their social networks, obtained pragmatic learning through outward bound training, developed their soft skills and advance cmmunication skills, and opened up new avenues of opportunity.
In the final week, referred to as “Project Week”, the interns were given a current project in relation to the business with real time facts, numbers and situational data in order to brainstorm, research, and offer recommendations to the management of the three companies. The interns were mentored during this week giving them a flavour of the expected delivery standards in the corporate world while leaving ample room for them to innovate and challenge the status quo with their recommendations. The closing ceremony of the “Fast Track 15″ Internship Programme was held at the Cinnamon Grand Colombo recently.
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