Bangkok--Jun 3--Aziam Burson-Marsteller
Big C Supercenter PLC has joined the Ministry of Education's "Good Work Students Can Do" program, part of the government policy to encourage students to get part-time jobs in their free time when not studying at school or university. As well as earning extra income in between their studies this will help alleviate poverty nation-wide. Almost 1,000 students have already applied for part-time jobs at Big C as part of the program.
Ms. Patrawan Pattanapipitpaisan, Director, Training and Management Development, Big C Supercenter PLC announced that Big C Supercenter has hired students to work part time at Big C Supercenter under the Ministry of Education's "Good Work Students Can Do" program. The program intends to open opportunities for students in Bangkok and up-country to apply for part-time jobs at 41 Big C Supercenters when not studying at school or university. Students not only earn income and help share their parent's expenses, but also make productive use of their free time and gain experience of the working world.
During the recent school holidays, almost 1,000 students were hired at all 41 Big C stores nationwide. Since the beginning of term, Big C has also hired students to work part-time during after-school hours. Part time work opportunities include Monday to Friday, 16.00 ? 20.00 and all day Saturday
Sunday, which coincides with peak times for customer shopping.
"Working part time will help students to get some real experience of working life and help them systematize the working process. They will also be better at socializing. Big C's policy is to help develop young people to be more qualified professionals in the retailing sector and to best suit current workforce requirements." said Ms. Patrawan.
Big C has also organized the Dual Vocational Training program in
collaboration with the government for the past 5 years. It has spent over Bt 50 million in supporting this initiative designed to train students to gain real world experience in the retail business such as product ordering, customer service, product stocking, etc.
For further information, please contact:
Satida Sritunyathorn or Waraporn Somboonwanna
Aziam Burson-Marsteller
Tel. 0 2252 9871 End.