Business
GF Trainee Engineers
Gulf Air Trains 28 Bahraini Trainee Engineers in Association with Tamkeen Gulf Air congratulated 28 trainee engineers on the successful completion of their two year on-the-job-training with the national carrier of the Kingdom of Bahrain. This is the second group of candidates that have completed their two-year training with Gulf Air. The voluntary training was provided as part of the airline’s Corporate Social Responsibility programme to develop local talents. A ceremony was held at Gulf Air Headquarters in which Gulf Air Chief Executive Officer Samer Majali congratulated the trainees in the presence of Mohammed Khalil Abdulla Alawainati, Nadia Al Gosaibi and Ali Hussain Al Balooshi from BAS, also Abber Al Matooq from Tamkeen.
Business In Brief YKA Announces New CE and CFO YK Almoayyed & Sons (YKA) have announced the appointment of Declan McCluskey as the new Chief Executive (CE) and Alok Gupta as the Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). YKA Chief Executive Declan McCluskey, YKA Group Chairman Farouk Almoayyed and YKA Group Chief Financial Officer Alok Gupta
Structured Workplace Learning at KFH-Bahrain Seven trainees have recently been accepted for receiving vocational training at KFHBahrain under the Structured Workplace Learning Programme “Takween”. Hosted by the Ministry of Education, the programme focuses on providing both academic and hands-on experience relevant to job training, for secondary school students. Takween, which means “development” is a “Structured Workplace Learning Programme” aimed to ensure that secondary level school students receive the relevant organizational training needed for them to succeed in today’s job market. The programme uses logbooks that the students are required to complete while on the job. Each logbook provides the basis of a training plan for the type of activities the student would be expected to complete while in the workplace. The tasks identified in the logbook focus on developing skills that are required of all employees in today’s labour market.
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Silah CEO Joe Tawfik
Silah to Provide Trained Customer Service Agents from Bahrain to the Region Silah Gulf, a multi-award winning business process outsourcing (BPO) and customer experience provider serving the GCC region, has announced the launch of Silah Talent. A specialist manpower outsourcing service, Silah will now provide regional companies with call centre agents, team leaders and managers for their contact centres. Joe Tawfik, CEO at Silah said, “Using Silah Talent, companies will save time and money usually spent in recruiting and training staff in the essential skills required to operate a world-class contact centre operation, as well as benefiting from access to the Bahrain workforce.” Silah’s world-class training and development facility will provide the necessary expertise to Silah Talent candidates. Providing regional job opportunities for trained Bahraini call centre agents, Silah Talent will help source employment opportunities for the youth and those returning to the workforce.