TELUS Philippines offers "Code Your Career" internship program

TELUS International Philippines offers an internship program to upskill tech talents in the country.

The mentor and tech talents during the internship program

To help in filling the tech talent gap in the Philippines

Reportedly, there's a greater demand for tech talent in order to sustain growth and innovation in enterprises. In light of this situation, TELUS International Philippines announced its Digital Solutions Internship Program.

The program Code Your Career is a 12-week course the company formed this year to train future software engineers, programmers, and IT professionals and make them job-ready. Throughout the 12 weeks, they will learn tech support, IT system analysis, software development, cloud infrastructure, cloud application management, data analysis, and cybersecurity, among other skills.

TELUS International Philippines started its first affiliate of the internship program in February 2022, and it is currently made up of 39 junior and senior college students from various schools across the country. This includes the University of Santo Tomas, University of the East, Rizal Technological University, the University of Rizal System, Trinity University, and Manila Tytana Colleges. 

Most of these students are taking a degree in Information Technology, Cybersecurity, Computer Science, and Information Systems.  They completed the entire program virtually, and they recently met each other and their mentors in person when they attended an onsite meet-and-greet activity held at TELUS Discovery.

TELUS explained that the Code your Career program is a volunteer initiative as they take on the role of teachers and mentors, working hand in hand with the dedicated trainers hired specifically to support the program. Digital Solutions Business Analyst and Code your Career mentor Kristoffer Keith Chua shared,

It was an incredibly fulfilling experience for me as a Code your Career mentor. Seeing the students continuously grow and improve their skills, and knowing that what we’re teaching them will benefit their future careers, has been rewarding.

The Code your Career program offers three unique training streams namely the Infrastructure development curriculum, Application development curriculum, and Service desk curriculum. These streams are claimed to integrate mentorship opportunities with tech professionals, job readiness and interview training, and a mix of individual and team-based innovation projects. 

TELUS noted that all of these three are offered as solutions to rapidly growing technology and digital transformation all over the world. 

Vice-President for Technology at TELUS International Philippines Nalakumar RS said that the internship program plays a vital role in creating opportunities for the Filipino youth to acquire skills in tech and innovation. He added that the program has a job readiness component as it prepares them to start looking for jobs and help with outplacement.

Are you interested to join the program? What do you guys think?