Thursday, July 16th, 2015 – Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands: With the long summer holiday ahead, tertiary and secondary students are actively searching for summer jobs. In line with this, telecommunications leader, DIGICEL, has partnered with the Turks and Caicos Community College to invite students into the organization to participate in a 6 week long internship Program.
For the past 5 years, DIGICEL has welcomed students of the Turks & Caicos Community College into the organization as part of the college’s internship program. The program provides promising students at the tertiary level with real world experience in the areas of Information Technology, Finance, Marketing, Customer Care and Distribution. Interns are given a chance to participate in carrying out administrative and clerical functions at the telecommunications company. In order to provide the students with personal and career development, each student is paired with a mentor who is a senior manager in the business. These mentors are responsible for showing their intern the ins and outs of DIGICEL as well as guiding them on a path to a successful and fulfilling internship with the company.
Intern, Amaano Kwatt, who aspires to be a Business Manager in the corporate world, described his experience in the Customer Care, Finance and Distribution departments as very beneficial. “I enjoyed my time here at DIGICEL and now have a better understanding of the telecommunications Industry. I have learnt so much from my rotation in the various departments and now understand how a business operates and how its departments functions.”
Donna Chapman, Human Resources Manager for DIGICEL stated that, “DIGICEL will continue to partner with the Turks & Caicos Community College and welcome interns into the organization. The program has been beneficial for both the company and students alike. We are happy to have the assistance of the interns and in turn provide them an opportunity to enhance their work experience and apply knowledge gain in the classroom into a real life work environment. Ms. Chapman further stated: “We also use the program as an opportunity to screen prospective employees. In fact, several past interns are currently working with us in permanent contract roles, so the program definitely opens the door to greater opportunities for them.”
The partnership with the Turks & Caicos Community College on this Internship Program is one way of demonstrating DIGICEL’s commitment to nation building, by providing students with their first entry into the work environment and allowing them to make their contribution to society.
DIGICEL wishes all five interns who participated in the program the best of luck in their future endeavors.
