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SCMP Reporter

An information technology (IT) and marketing competition will help graduating university students secure jobs in the telecommunications industry.

  The Enabler 21 programme, jointly organised by telecommunications giants Hutchison Telecom and Motorola, aims to stimulate the creativity of university students and offer them career opportunities.

  It will help to train the SAR's top professionals to cope with the rapid development of the industry in the 21st century.

  Stephen Ngan Kim-ying, Hutchison Telecom's director for sales and marketing (wireless), said the programme would enable fresh graduates to contribute to the latest developments in IT and telecommunications.

  'This project will not only give them the opportunity to learn more about the telecommunications in dustry in Hong Kong and worldwide, it will also equip them with the necessary knowledge to apply the advanced technology into business development projects,' Mr Ngan said.

  Graduates will attend seminars focusing on the impact of telecommunications in various areas.

  There will be workshops on portal Web site design, WAP (Wireless Application Protocal) through mobile phone services, market development, marketing communications and customer services.

   Each participant will have to submit a project either on the design of a portal Web site or a marketing plan for WAP through mobile phone services.

  They will be judged on creativity, IT applications, Web-site design, market development strategy, customer services and presentation skills.

  Ten winners will be sent to Motorola University in Chicago for two weeks' training.

  The university provides on-the- job training for Motorola employees.

  The winners will take short courses covering a wide spectrum such as leadership, management, technology, sales and marketing skills.

  They will be offered jobs with either Hutchison Telecom or Motorola after they have completed their training.

  Motorola's Greater China network solutions vice-president and general manager, Thomas Hinton, said the programme was the first of its kind in the telecommunications industry.

  'This will help us to draw the outstanding undergraduates who demonstrate excellent business and IT skills,' Mr Hinton said.

  'It's a growing trend for corporations to nurture their own pool of professionals through these training programmes.'  The deadline for applications is March 31.



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