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50 THIRD QATALUM SUMMER INTERNSHIP PROGRAM CONCLUDES WITH CEREMONY AND PLANS FOR THE FUTURE Two-month program for Qatari students finishes with awards from Qatalum management and enthusiasm for the future by participants. The third Qatalum students summer their future careers, and help Qatalum internship program finished on 1st identify promising and enthusiastic August, after an intensive two month candidates from within the next period of industry exposure and generation – laying the groundwork for training, designed to help Students long-term human capital within the Bridge the gap between their academic company. studies and a real-life career in the industrial workforce – and possibly This year’s Summer Internship Program within the Aluminium industry at included ‘on-the-job’ training, computer Qatalum. training and soft skills training courses, providing opportunities for a total of A key component of Qatalum’s ten Qatari university students who Corporate Social Responsibility agenda, demonstrate exceptional ability and and its promotion of a Qatarisation an interest in the aluminium industry policy (seeking to bring bright young to benefit from a comprehensive eight Qatari nationals into the domestic week program which ran from June 11th workforce), the internship program through to August 1st. In addition, a came about in 2011 as Qatalum total of 20 high school Qatari students management sought to encourage all from the Qatar Independent Technical Qatari students, male and female, from High School participated in a two- Qatari high schools and colleges to apply week summer program from June 23rd for a valuable, intensive and fascinating through to July 4th. two-month summer program. The program would help them plan for