TECOM Investments Organises Summer Internship Programme For People With Special Needs

TECOM Investments, a diversified conglomerate and a member of Dubai Holding, today announced it has organised a one-month summer internship programme for people with special needs.

The programme has been initiated as a project by the Emirati graduate trainees of TECOM Investments’ ‘Mustaqbali’ initiative that seeks to encourage the recruitment and capacity building of UAE nationals.

TECOM hosted an awareness session for the employees of various departments where the special needs interns will be placed. The session also included a presentation by Alaa Al Herbawy, a specialist from Tamkeen, on the misconceptions involved in interacting with special needs people. The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) additionally shared a presentation on some of the requirements that special needs individuals have.

The departments that are inducting the interns at TECOM Investments are Dubai Internet City, Dubai Knowledge Village, Dubai Studio City and Government Services Operations.

Abdullatif AlMulla, Group Chief Executive Officer of TECOM Investments, said: “It is our constant effort to reinforce TECOM’s philosophy of reaching out to the community through corporate social responsibility initiatives. We believe there should be greater engagement between all sections of the community and our organisation stands to benefit from the talent of special needs people who are important contributors to the society.”

Maitha Al Suwaidi, a trainee from the Mustaqbali programme, said: “The initiative will allow us to work on a CSR initiative to better serve the organisation and the larger community. It will also give us an opportunity to put our training to practice in executing a project for special needs people.”

TECOM Investments has implemented several Emiratisation initiatives such as ‘Career House’ – a one-day recruitment event for qualified UAE nationals keen to chart their future career at any of its 11 business parks operating in key industry cluster groups, ‘Fursati’ – a similar concept targeting high school certificate holders and diploma graduates, and the ‘Reyadati’ progarmme for postgraduates.

The internship programme is supported by KHDA, Tamkeen and Grand Midwest Group of Hotel Apartments.
 

’A’ALAT ENOC’ Summer Internship Brings Families Together

Fifteen students joined their parents as interns at ENOC this summer as part of an internship programme titled ‘A’ALAT ENOC’ or ‘ENOC Family’, open for children, aged 15-18 years, of ENOC staff. The four-week summer internship will conclude on August 5.

The internship programme focuses on developing the students’ soft and technical skills, and features courses on computer skills, problem solving, customer care and English language classes. They will also be assigned a mentor and will gain exposure to different departments and ENOC subsidiaries.

Saeed Abdullah Khoory, ENOC’s Group Chief Executive, said: “As a company committed to the development of the UAE, we believe it is our responsibility to provide youngsters with real-life work skills that will help build their confidence. ‘A’ALAT ENOC’ goes one step further in bringing them closer to their families, thus helping promote work-life balance. Our unique internship programme is also a perfect way to offset the summer boredom by gaining valuable work experience and applying what is learnt in the classroom into practice.”

ENOC recently launched a training programme for 15 special needs youngsters, ‘ENOC Challenge IV’. The annual comprehensive training programme provides disadvantaged individuals with the unique opportunity to acquire critical professional skills and prepares them to join the workforce.
 

Smartworld Offers Students Internship And Training Programs To Gain Real-World Experience

Furthering its commitment to increasing the availability of IT talent in the region, Smartworld a leading next-generation ICT services provider announced today that it has opened its summer internship and training program to UAE and non-UAE national students. The program aims to encourage students to participate in today’s global workforce and gain economic independence. Additionally, Smartworld has teamed up with American University of Sharjah (AUS) to recruit students who will be employed across various departments within the company.

As part of the program, Smartworld’s team of seasoned professionals will provide interns with hands-on experience in a wide range of fields including information & communications technology, marketing, public relations, finance and human resources for a period of two months.

Eyad Shihabi, CEO of Smartworld said, “This initiative highlights Smartworld’s commitment to the region and development of students in the Arab world. We believe that this extensive program will help students gain strong business skills that they can use to develop successful careers, while they are introduced to our highly experienced team of professionals. We are glad to work with AUS and would like to encourage students from other colleges to apply and benefit from Smartworld’s Internship and Summer Training program.”

Dr. Yousef Al-Assaf, Dean of the College of Engineering, American University of Sharjah said, “Offering our students sound internship opportunities is a vital part in preparing our students and allows them to gain practical experiences as well as enhance their teaming, communication, and critical thinking and innovation skills. Our partnership with Smartworld is a major step to achieve such goals”.

Dr. Fadi Aloul, Associate Professor of Computer Engineering and Internship Facilitator, American University of Sharjah said, “These students comprise the workforce of tomorrow and such initiatives give them opportunities to gain experience while still in college and in turn help organizations to hire competent and experienced professionals. We value Smartworld’s efforts to develop the skills of students through this summer program.”
Students who wish to know more about Smartworld’s summer internship and training program can send their queries to Shurooq.altaher@smart-world.ae.
 

American Students Delegation Reviews RTA Projects

The International Training Institute at the Sultanate of Oman stated that the Dubai Roads & Transport Authority (RTA) is a cause of pride for GCC nationals, and a source of information for researchers & students in various administrative, economic and service fields.The statement was made when the CEO of RTA Corporate Support Services Sector Abdullah Al Madani received a visiting American student delegation currently on a practical training mission at the Omani International Training Institute, as part of a three-month internship in the GCC countries for the students who hail from several American universities.Al Madani welcomed the student delegation and the Institute supervisors promising to provide them with all information sought from various RTA agencies & sectors. “Diffusing the culture and furthering knowledge, particularly for academic purposes, is part and parcel of RTA policy; which seeks to realize its vision of providing Safe & Smooth Transport for All through sharing its successful experiments at the largest possible level.The student delegation and their companions from the Omani Institute attended to a thorough presentation of the achievements & services of the RTA delivered by Training & Development Section at Human Resources & Development Dep’t of the Sector, and were impressed with the economic, administrative and service development witnessed by the RTA. They stated that such a visit contributes to their internship; which includes a comprehensive tour in the GCC countries to review the key economic projects undertaken by GCC non-oil government authorities, under the supervision of the Omani Institute.The delegation, which consisted of nine students pursuing a specialty in global economic studies, pointed out that Dubai Metro was one of the distinguished and successful projects they witnessed, and added much input to their knowledge directly from the source. It also lauded the customer service system adopted by the RTA which they reviewed during their visit to RTA Main Customer Service Center, providing top-class facilities & extensive services to the public from centers spanning all parts of Dubai emirate.At the end of the visit, Marketing & Corporate Communication Dep’t at RTA Corporate Support Services Sector distributed souvenir gift items to the visiting delegation.