Sands China Launches New Internship Training Programme for Recent Uni Grads
Introduces 12 different training courses to enhance graduates' competitive advantage
(Macao,
Sept.
22, 2020) –
Sands China Ltd.
launched its new Level Up
Programme Thursday with a
ceremony at The Parisian Macao, geared at
providing career training for the company’s
interns.
As the largest
integrated resort operator in Macao, Sands
China has been committed to nurturing local
talent. In support of the internship
programme organised by the Labour Affairs
Bureau (DSAL), Sands China has been
providing recent university graduates with
three-month internships at Sands China
properties, helping them gain work
experience in one of 30 departments, ranging
from frontline operations to administrative
departments.
Sands China has
recruited the highest number of interns
among Macao’s integrated resort operators –
extending offers to around 200
candidates.
In order to provide
them with further support, Sands China has
created a tailor-made Level Up Programme –
featuring 12 different training courses
aimed at helping participants prepare for
their future career paths by developing
personal strengths and improving
competitiveness.
Dr. Wilfred Wong,
president of Sands China Ltd., said: “As the
largest operator of integrated resorts in
Macao, Sands China is taking proactive
measures to make essential contributions to
Macao’s development as an international
talent cultivation base and a world centre
of tourism and leisure. An initiative like
this new Level Up Programme for university
graduates can help equip participants with
an important set of knowledge and skills
that can prove valuable to them in their
career paths.”
Director of the
Labour Affairs Bureau Wong Chi Hong said:
“As the pandemic has affected the local
employment market, we are glad to see Sands
China supporting the government’s internship
programme. They have also developed
different training courses to enrich recent
graduates’ experience and competitiveness,
thereby helping them better prepare for
creating a successful career path in the
future.”
With the slogan
Develop a Competitive Advantage for Your
Careers, the ceremony was immediately
followed by the first of 12 Level Up
training courses that offer participants
perspectives on career development.
Understanding Yourself and Others with DISC
examines participants’ personality traits
with a behaviour assessment tool developed
by psychologists, enabling them to select
the career path that best suits their
interests and personalities. Another
upcoming course, Developing Innovative
Thinking, offers participants tools to
foster creativity and innovative thinking –
two highly important and successful
characteristics of entrepreneurs – to help
them keep abreast of the times in the
fast-moving business world.
Guests at Thursday’s
launch ceremony included Wong Chi Hong; Chan
Un Tong, deputy director of DSAL; Ho King
Lun, member of the NPC, president of the
Industry and Commerce Association of Macau,
and director of KNJ (Investment) Limited;
Anthony Zhou, project development director
of the School of Graduate Studies of the
Macau University of Science and Technology;
Jacinta Ho, advisory board member of the
Bosco Youth Service Network; Vincent Yp Weng
Keong, chief executive officer of the Bosco
Youth Service Network; Dr. Wilfred Wong; Wen
Hongyan, senior vice president of human
resources for Sands China Ltd.; and Sam
Chongnin, vice president of corporate
communications and community affairs for
Sands China Ltd.
The ceremony
featured special guest Kevin Ho King Lun, a
local entrepreneur who was invited to
present a seminar entitled Dare to Dream,
Dare to Innovate – Career Sharing Session,
as the first training course of the
programme. Ho shared his insights on how
members of the younger generation can
prepare themselves for their career paths,
such as by weighing the pros and cons of
working for a company versus starting their
own businesses. He also shared his advice
for young entrepreneurs, like the importance
of persistence and effort in order to take
advantage of opportunities for success.
Ho said:
“Opportunities are available everywhere in
the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay
Area. Whether it is starting a business or
getting a job, young people should work hard
to foster knowledge and skills to grow and
further themselves. I am thrilled to be here
today to share my relevant experience, and I
anticipate seeing Macao’s young people
making significant contributions to the
city’s economy in the future.”
In addition,
Thursday’s programme allowed interns to
enhance their competitive advantages and
explore career paths with a sharing session
led by a representative from M.U.S.T. and
participants from the Sands China Integrated
Resort Business Analyst Development
Programme – an 18-month programme designed
collaboratively by M.U.S.T. and Sands China
for graduates with relevant backgrounds, as
well as for the company’s team members, to
work as analysts.
Sands China has been
collaborating with local universities and
organisations to accelerate the cultivation
of local talent through a variety of
programmes for local university students and
graduates. These programmes, such as the
Boosting Your Resilience at Work programme
provided by the Bosco Youth Service Network,
allow participants to be mentored by
experienced professionals, accumulating
valuable integrated resort work experience
and gaining professional skills and
knowledge for their future careers. These
and other initiatives by Sands China are an
effort to support diversification and talent
development in Macao and the city’s
development as a world centre of tourism and
leisure.
Photo caption: Participants
and guests gather at a launch ceremony for Sands China’s new
Level Up Programme Thursday at The Parisian Macao. The
programme features 12 different training courses with an aim
to help participants prepare for their future career paths
by developing personal strengths and improving
competitiveness.
Photo caption: Sands China
Ltd. President Dr. Wilfred Wong (left) and Director of the
Labour Affairs Bureau Wong Chi Hong (right) speak at a
ceremony for the launch of Sands China’s new Level Up
Programme Thursday at The Parisian
Macao.
Photo caption: Local
entrepreneur Kevin Ho King Lun presents his seminar,
entitled Dare to Dream, Dare to Innovate – Career Sharing
Session, to attendees of the launch ceremony for Sands
China’s new Level Up Programme Thursday at The Parisian
Macao.
Photo caption: Participating
university graduates take the first of 12 training courses
of Sands China’s new Level Up Programme Thursday at The
Parisian Macao. The programme’s courses aim to help Sands
China’s interns prepare for their future career paths by
developing personal strengths and improving
competitiveness.