In today's rapidly developing tech-driven economy, classroom learning alone is no longer sufficient to meet future workplace challenges. The digital skills work experience program for secondary school students launched by SEED Foundation aims to provide Hong Kong secondary school students with a deep and practical workplace learning opportunity lasting one month. We connect with forward-thinking companies like AS Watson Group to help young people gain early exposure to real business environments, applying academic knowledge such as Cloud Computing, UX/UI Design, and Data Analytics to actual projects, thereby establishing a clear development direction during the critical stage of subject selection and career planning.
Core Program Features: Why Choose a One-Month Deep Experience?
Unlike common short-term visits or job shadowing found in the market, SEED's work experience program emphasizes immersive learning and real contributions. General short-term visits or job shadowing often stay at a surface level, making it difficult for students to truly engage. Only through sufficient time and actual participation can they learn by doing, solve problems in real situations, and build a deep understanding and sense of responsibility toward work. A one-month full-time experience: students dedicate four full weeks during the summer vacation to work alongside company employees, experiencing a complete project cycle.
- Focusing on emerging digital technologies: Internship positions are not limited to administrative tasks but dive deep into high-value areas such as Data Analytics and User Experience (UX) Design.
- Progressive pre-employment training: Before officially starting the work experience, students participate in a two-day intensive workshop to learn business etiquette, interview techniques, and workplace communication attitudes, ensuring they can collaborate professionally with colleagues.
Win-Win Outcomes for Students and Enterprises
Through this deep work experience for secondary school students, both enterprises and students have achieved significant results, proving that secondary school students have the potential to master high-level technology and workplace soft skills.
- Skill transformation and application: Most participating students are from Cloud Computing courses. They successfully applied the network architecture and front-end development knowledge learned in class to real business scenarios, consolidating their learning outcomes.
- Leap in soft skills: Feedback from corporate supervisors indicates that within just one month, students transformed from shy to mature, demonstrating high work enthusiasm and responsibility. Their communication skills and team collaboration techniques also improved significantly.
- Corporate talent pipeline: For enterprises, this is not only a fulfillment of corporate social responsibility but also a great opportunity to discover future digital talent. The students' Gen-Z perspectives brought valuable innovative suggestions to business operations.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Q: What are the benefits of career experience activities?
A: High-quality career experience activities are more than just decorations on a resume; they are strategic tools for students to plan their futures. Their core values lie in:
1. Low-cost trial-and-error opportunities
Before choosing university majors, verify whether you are truly interested in the industry through hands-on practice (such as writing code or analyzing data). Discovering what you don't like is as important as discovering what you do like, helping to avoid the sunk cost of choosing the wrong major later.
2. Early establishment of workplace networks
Through deep collaboration with corporate mentors, students can connect with industry veterans and gain first-hand workplace wisdom and industry development intelligence.
Q: What are the selection criteria for this work experience program? Is academic performance the only consideration?
A: Absolutely not just based on grades. Compared to academic scores, SEED Foundation and its corporate partners value students' learning attitudes and sense of responsibility more. While basic computer skills are an advantage, we mainly look for students in interviews who are willing to step out of their comfort zones, possess a growth mindset, and can commit to completing the entire internship. As long as you are passionate about the tech industry and willing to collaborate, you have a chance to be admitted.
Q: What certification will students receive after completing the internship to support their further studies?
A: Students who successfully complete the internship and pass the assessment will receive an internship certificate jointly issued by the partner enterprise (such as AS Watson Group) and SEED, along with a detailed performance evaluation report. These two documents carry high credibility. Students can include them in the "Work-Related Experience" section of their Student Learning Profile (SLP) as strong evidence of soft skills and industry vision during future JUPAS university admission interviews.
Future Outlook: Expanding the School-Enterprise Cooperation Network
SEED Foundation is actively expanding the scale of the real-world workplace experience program. Our goal is to extend the benefits to 80 to 100 secondary school students annually and invite local companies of various sizes and industries to join. By connecting with more visionary business organizations, we hope to provide more diverse and deep internship opportunities for Hong Kong's new generation, jointly nurturing future technology talents with practical capabilities and international vision.