This year Al Salam Bank-Bahrain‘s 14th annual summer internship programme will be conducted virtually. Eleven young Bahraini graduates will be accepted onto the coveted programme. For the first time, interns will complete the two-month programme, which runs until the mid of September, working remotely from home.
The interns will undergo comprehensive training within key departments at the Bank. Al Salam Bank has arranged for an external session with the BIBF – one of the region’s leading centres for training and professional development in the banking and finance industries – to provide the interns with training, coaching and mentorship. The session will include an introduction to FinTech and to digital disruption in the banking sector.
Muna Al Balooshi, Head of Human Resources and Administration at Al Salam Bank said: “This comprehensive and truly unique programme will provide students with the valuable experience and practical skills they need to excel once they join the Kingdom’s workforce. Thanks to the feedback received from previous participants, we are able to consistently improve the programme, which now includes an intensive career planning and development session. This will play a major role in building our interns’ expertise and equip them with a broader understanding of the career opportunities available to them once they graduate.
Through these kinds of constant improvements, the programme is growing from strength to strength and continues to attract a growing number of applicants each year. This time around, in order to ensure the safety and wellbeing of the selected applicants, for the first time in the programme’s fourteen-year history, they will undertake it remotely.”
