Zain Bahrain opens new doors for summer trainees

Source:BahrainCSR

In keeping with its commitment to offer Bahrainis some of the best and most rewarding breaks in their careers, Zain Bahrain has commenced its summer internship programme for 2008 started on July. The carefully-planned Zain Summer Internship programme which promises all-round exposure to the modern workplace is always a coveted spot in the career graph of ambitious young Bahrainis and hundred university students attended a detailed assessment test at the Sheraton Hotel. Forty students qualified for the programme and of these 14 were selected as summer trainees while the rest were given temporary or permanent assignments in the telecom giant's sales or customer service sections. The assessment criteria for the internship are communication, negotiation. Teamwork, presentation and the critical thinking skills. trainees were allocated across all the departments in the company "At Zain Bahrain, we pride ourselves on a pro-active and very modern Human Resources Nouf AlSowaidi programme that draws out the best from our employees and also offers the best opportunities to gifted Bahrainis, "Our Summer Internship programme is a desired slot for talented Bahrainis and we are happy to note that this year too, we have some of these bright young men and women training with us, and perhaps joining us for a great career." Zain Bahrain has consistently maintained record levels of Bahrainisation and has over 89% Bahrainis on its workforce.