Mindanao graduates sought for PRIDE internships in major corporations

MANILA, Philippines - College graduates from Mindanao can apply for a job internship program that provides work experience for three to six months in major national and multinational corporations in Metro Manila.

The Productive Internships in Dynamic Enterprises (PRIDE) Project, implemented by USAID’s Growth with Equity in Mindanao (GEM) Program, is looking for qualified graduates from traditionally-underserved communities in Mindanao, including the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao, who wish to apply for internships in corporations that have established PRIDE partnerships with the GEM Program.

KFC Philippines, Interphil Laboratories, and Globe Telecomm are among the corporations which are accepting applications through the PRIDE Project, for management internships or technical internships at their offices in Metro Manila.

The internships provide graduates with an opportunity to build up their resumés and increase their knowledge and skills relative to the expectations and human resource needs of the corporate world. PRIDE is also aimed at increasing awareness, on the part of participating companies, of the skilled pool of potential employees available in Mindanao.

Applicants must be college graduates of any of the following disciplines: hotel and restaurant management, civil engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering, electrical engineering, electronics and communications engineering, information technology, computer science, architecture, pharmacy, or accounting.

Internships in other disciplines will become available as additional PRIDE partnerships are established between corporations and the GEM Program.

Applicants must have had a grade point average of 85 percent and above or its equivalent; be willing to serve as an intern in the National Capital Region.

Those interested in applying must send in a cover letter, official transcript of records stating their grade point average, resumé, passport photo, and letter of recommendation from a professor or prominent practitioner in the applicant’s field.

They may send scanned copies of these documents to [email protected], or mail to the PRIDE Coordinator, c/o GEM Program, Louis Berger Group Philippines Inc., 12/F Export Bank Plaza Building, Chino Roces cor. Gil Puyat Avenue, Makati City 1200. For inquiries, call (02) 8121647.