One of the biggest expectations of fresh graduate from the university is to get a paid job. As the NYSC year comes to a close, the most important interview is about to take place. And if handled correctly, a very good internship program could lead to a good job no matter the paycheck.
An internship is an opportunity to show enthusiasm. Even if the participants don’t end up working for the company they served as interns, the experience will be the first thing people see on their resume. Therefore, the foundation of growth and professional network will be the relationships built during internship programs. It is for these reasons that the present leadership of the FUTO Alumni association set up an internship program for young graduates of FUTO.
The GTIP
The Graduate Training and Internship Programme (GTIP) is an initiative that will help fresh graduates obtain industry experience and increase the employability index of fresh graduates of FUTO. GTIP duration will be between 4 and 12 months. However, the employer determines how long to keep a set of interns under the programme.
The President of the National Executive Council of the FUTO Alumni Association, Ndubuisi Chijioke, considers that the GTIP program needs to be run efficiently and generate far-reaching successes. Therefore, more organizations need to get involved and open up learning spaces for fresh graduates of FUTO. He says that “We can start reaching out to companies we know and tell them about this programme”.
The Chairman of the GTIP program committee, Engr. Chinedu Anyanwu, strongly believes that while the interns learn and work, they can be very important in filling the organizations’ short-term personnel needs. This can be a great cost saving approach for the Organization who will not be paying full staff salary to the interns. These interns are graduates and therefore can be regarded as a raw uncut diamond in the form of ready-to-learn on-the-job Labour force accessed at the lowest cost. They can easily fall into the organization’s succession planning. The company will also have the opportunity to identify and grab best brains that they can retain in the long run.
On record from the graduate
This program has already started! it requires to go to the next level. There are many unrecorded cases of an internship within the Alumni Association community. On record, the first batch began in August 2017 with the engagement of 6 out of 10 interns assessed by the receiving organizations. The experience would be Offshore Rig Operations. Hear some of their stories…
“The experience brought about a practical exposure to most of the things taught in the classroom, read online, books or materials. It also gave me an opportunity to work with certain equipment like the shale shakers” … Anueyiagu Ruth.
“I have learnt to differentiate between sand and shale, Calculate Lag time and strokes, Monitor Trip. Mostly importantly the safety involved in Working in an Oil Field/Rig. … Looking back and Reflecting on my experiences and exposures which all cannot be on the report, I would like to thank the Company Jimcol Resources and the IDSS for giving me such an opportunity to experience such.” … Carl Uchechukwu Ede
“…within this short period of time I have learnt a lot, from little to big things. When graduating, we normally have images of how it will be like to work in an office, what will be expected of us to do, how to go about it and all that. During this little time, I have had that opportunity to learn lots of things about how to work within an office structured environment. I, learnt inventory keeping, documentation, work ethics, management and I have had a true test of my strength, tolerance, self-composition, people management, and humility.” … Opara Ikenna Francis
“Prior to the internship programme … I was a green horn – wide eye graduate of Geoscience who had no experience in the field …But the internship programme availed me the opportunity to (without been arrogant) be better than my peers. The technical know how of the field of study – mudlogging services, examination and deciphering of cuttings using microscope and fluoroscope, the fundamentals of safety as a paramount aspect of the oil and gas industry, the calculation of lag strokes, and lag time.” … EBULU, EMEKA TIMOTHY
And So
The Alumni Association will continue to pursue success stories for our graduate.
All the members and Chapters of the Alumni Association are called upon to champion this initiative through identification of organizations who will give us space for interns and to nominate interns who are available for the GTIP program.
We will be talking about the Alumni Mentorship Program in the next communication.
The chairman of the GTIP program, Engr Chinedu Anyanwu is always available to answer any questions and to provide detailed clarifications on this subject. He can be reached on 08107910558, 08189216400 and ckanyanwu@yahoo.com
