2009
| Businesses to Provide On-Site Work Experiences for Students through Junior Achievement |
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| Date published: Dec 29 2009 |
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 Throughout June-August 2009, five international companies operating in Azerbaijan will host 11 secondary school and college students, the winners of Junior Achievement Azerbaijan (JAA) projects and competitions, for the annual Job Shadow project. The initiative is a part of larger School Economics Education Program funded by StatoilHydro, US Agency for International Development, Chevron, Baker & McKenzie, American Chamber of Commerce, and Bakcell. JA Job Shadow places the most successful participants of JAA programs on job sites and provides them with the opportunity to practice work-readiness skills and explore career opportunities.
Within the initiative in 2009, StatoilHydro Azerbaijan, KCA Deutag, McDermott Caspian Contractors, Deloitte & Touche, and Access Bank provide 11 students with the internship opportunity. Instructed by their mentors – the staff member of the hosting company – the students conduct self-assessment, explore the work of the companies’ departments, learn about staff responsibilities, and receive instructions on employer expectations.
 Sheyda Mehdiyeva, the CSR adviser from StatoilHydro notes “the JA Job Shadow program is a good opportunity for companies to encourage the students to assess their skills and knowledge using career advises they obtain.” She recommends hosting JAA students as “Junior Achievement students come in for the internship program with solid business knowledge. It is mutually rewarding experience for both students and the mentors, who get to teach somebody while in the office.”
As a result of the program, the students will create personal action plans for the post-internship period.
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Junior Achievement provides teachers, and schools with concrete programmes, and allows students to learn how to put theory into practice and to understand what entrepreneurship is about. In this way students gain self-confidence and motivation, become proactive and learn how to work in a team. This is an important investment in Europe's future.