bKash, a mobile financial service provider in the country, has started a talent hunt and development programme ‘bTechWhiz’ for the technology and relevant students.
Through this competitive programme, the students will be hired from different campuses following a rigorous process and developed with first-hand learning opportunities, a press release said on Saturday.
The flagship recruitment and development programme of bKash has recently been launched with a ‘Recruitment Test’ on the American International University-Bangladesh (AIUB) campus.
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More than 350 students participated in its first phase.
Students selected in the campus recruitment test under the programme will go through a few other phases of recruitment process and finally get the opportunity to work in the Product and Technology team.
After joining bKash, each of them will get the opportunity to enrich and develop their skills under a specific mentor through specific assignments and specialised training.
Gradually, bKash will provide direct employment opportunities to technology and engineering graduates from other university campuses through the 'bTechWhiz' flagship programme in the same process.
However, prior to the recruitment test, Mozammel Haque, head of Software Research and Engineering and Intekhab Sadekin, head of Solution Architecture and Planning of bKash, conducted a seminar titled “Technology and Beyond”.
AIUB Director of Office and Placement R Tareque Moudud, Faculty of Science and Technology Director Dr Dip Nandi, and bKash Head of Organizational Development and Employee Relations Sayeed Nasir were present, among others, at the event.
It is mentionable that bKash conducts management trainee (MT) programme ‘GenNext Leader’ for university students to help them attain maximum career growth, read the release.
It also provides students with hands-on experience by conducting a paid internship programme 'bNext'.
According to the Campus Track Survey 2021 conducted by internationally renowned research organisation Nielsen, bKash has been ranked as the number 1 ‘Employer of Choice’ in 2021 among 53 multinational and local organisations across all sectors for the second year in a row.
