AMCHAM NEWS & EVENTS
Fall 2016 / Issue 51
AMCHAM NEWS & EVENTS
Fall 2016 / Issue 51
Open a Door
Internship Program Highlights
Throughout the year, the AmCham Executive Office staff helps university students from low income households gain
access to internship opportunities in our member organizations. Students simply need to submit a completed form
and evidence of their low income status, then we do our best to find an internshipthat suits their interests and needs.
Success StorY
Aleksandar Velkoski,
Junior Developer at Seavus
O
n August 31, Microsoft Macedonia’s Martin Maksimovski and Jovce Plastinovski led
an interactive learning session focused on
maximizing team productivity in the cloud.
Via practical examples, attendees saw how
AmCham helped me find this internship
opportunity through their “Open a Door”
program, but before I joined Seavus I’ve
consulted my friends that worked there
and they all shared their positive experiences. Being able
to see how an international company looks like from
the inside was a unique opportunity that I didn’t want
to miss.
I want to emphasize the sincere collaboration with
the mentors, who shared their knowledge and encouraged me throughout the process. After the completion of
my internship period, the management of the company
thought that I could contribute to the development of
the company and offered me a full time position as a
Junior Developer, which I gladly accepted.
I encourage young people to apply for internships. I am
an example that an internship opportunity can easily
turn into full-time employment.
Microsoft products (Office 365, One Drive and Power BI)
support dispersed and busy teams, increase data security and make intra-company communication simpler and
better. All participants gave high grades to the speakers
and event format.
Current placement
Naim Ajro - internship experience at Seavus
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