Youth speak March 2021∣Youth Hong Kong
Job training face-to-face l Reskilling helps employees to adapt to a new work culture in sectors for which they did not originally train.
l 僱員重新學習新技能有助他們認識以往未曾接 觸的工作，以適應全新的工作文化。
l It also means acquiring skills that fit a fast-changing market.
l 這些新技能亦能協助他們適應瞬息萬變的市 場。
l These four young people in their 20s with previous work experience are currently unemployed because of the pandemic. l They comment on the value of upskilling and reskilling in an HKFYG programme.
l 他們跟讀者分享在青協提升技能及學習新技能 的經驗與得著。
Project Update combines a practicum with a shortterm work placement for youth in a small group in information technology, marketing, multimedia design, e-commerce and telecommunications. It involves 100-hours of face-to-face skills-updates which introduce participants to workplace practices.
Albee is currently in her fourth year of a BBA at the Hang Seng University of Hong Kong. Her ambition is to be a senior manager one day. For her six-month, face-to-face internship in 2018, she chose Binary Creation Limited 二元創意有限公司 , a company that provides STEM services and products.
JT is 28 and formerly worked in sales and marketing. She participated in Project Update last summer and feels lucky to have had an attachment with 點止學． 野 (Swag Technology Limited). She specifically wanted to work face-to-face with a supervisor who could give her hands-on experience and this company fulfilled her expectations. JT also wanted to learn more about e-marketing which is so relevant today, as well as learning about webpage construction and coding.
“Internships are a very important transitional step before deciding on a career. Personally, I don’t really know what I want to do yet and want to take time to think about it. I wanted to work with this company because it pays close attention to marketing skills and has put a lot of resources into its programme, especially digital marketing. I also want to learn more generic skills such as effective communication and problem-solving.”
“I think learning job skills is very important before becoming a regular employee of any good company. For me, the internship or work placement is a way to gain practical, digital skills by working directly with clients. I was lucky to be able to do so but I think a virtual internship could also have provided me with an excellent experience and skills that I could apply on the job. Either would be useful for my CV.”
10
l 本文的四位青年均為二十出頭，卻因疫情關係 暫時失業。
Albee particularly wanted face-to-face job training. “If training is virtual, and often in recent times it has had to be because of the pandemic, I think it would be hard to understand company culture and to grasp what is expected of you by way of performance. It is also difficult to form good relationships with colleagues, especially if you are a new recruit or a student without work experience, as I was.”
