Project - Summer Internship program VIVACOM

Company

Vivacom

Category

Investor in Community

Project description

Project Aim

The main goal of the project is to identify high-potential students and develop their knowledge and skills. The company encourages young people to apply what they have learned and to continue to learn from proven professionals in various fields. The main goal of Vivacom is to support talents in overcoming the difficulties in the journey from training to implementation in a corporate environment. The project has the ambitious task of retaining young professionals in Bulgaria.

Project Target Group

The project involves students who study at Bulgarian and international universities and specialize in various fields. They have opportunity to be implemented in the telecom sector. Every year between 80 and 110 talents start an internship at VIVACOM in the country, where the company has offices.

Project Duration

The project has been run for 17 years. The traditions are upgraded every year. The internship opportunities are announced in March. The official closing ceremony is in October. The internship is 3 months and the date of appointment is in accordance with the capabilities of the selected talents.

Project Activities

The first steps are:Introduction, including history of the company, structure, vision and products; Business etiquette and corporate correspondence. When they start they go through a training in Presentation skills. Every Friday the inters introduce in teams their work in front of the others. That is how everybody becomes aware of the whole company organization. They apply knowledge, share experience, work in teams and they enjoy themselves. In 2019 we created videos in the E platform which are accessible 24/7 and give answers to most common inquiries. The talРµnts realize their ideas and perform entertaining initiatives: picknics, movie nights, games and sports. A network has been developed to share good practices, following a work-life balance.They renovated playgrounds, refined and cleaned green spaces in Sofia with the participation of CSR initiative in the project. The best were awarded at the Closing ceremony. The choice is made by a voting system specifically launched for them.

Project Results

In 2019 45% of interns remain employed by the company, while others expect to return in the coming years or after completing their education.The project is valuable for young talents. They sign their first employment contract and enter the corporate environment for the first time. They learn how to work on strategic projects, time management, communicate in a business environment and get feedback. They have specific business training and have the opportunity to work on different projects.