UAE Business: 30 UAE students get work experience chance at EGA – Gulf Digital News

UAE Business: 30 UAE students get work experience chance at EGA – Gulf Digital News

Emirates Global Aluminium, the largest industrial company in the UAE outside oil and gas, is welcoming 30 UAE National high school and university students for work experience this summer, strengthening their career prospects and encouraging the pursuit of opportunities in the UAE’s growing industrial economy.

The students are mostly in grades 10, 11, or 12 at high school, while some have just completed their first year of undergraduate studies in science, technology, engineering or mathematics at university. Half of the selected candidates are female, reflecting both the high proportion of women studying STEM subjects at UAE universities and EGA’s drive to grow the role of women throughout the company.

The students will each spend around a month working in corporate functions at EGA in Jebel Ali in Dubai or Al Taweelah in Abu Dhabi, supervised by EGA mentors.

Iman Al Qasim, Executive Vice President of Human Capital at EGA, said: “As a UAE industrial champion, we aim to encourage talented young people to consider careers in the industrial sector and particularly in science, technology, engineering and mathematics fields. Work experience at EGA provides an opportunity both to hone career skills and gain insight into the contributions to be made to our nation through