Vodafone Group Plc VODAFONE FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP WITH INTERN AVENUE
December 04 2014 - 3:00AM
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Vodafone Group Plc
04 December 2014
4 December 2014
VODAFONE FOUNDATION PARTNERSHIP TO BOOST EUROPEAN PAID
INTERNSHIPS
- Vodafone's philanthropic arm to support Intern Avenue in
matching young people with employers across Europe
- Announcement at Vodafone's Digitising Europe summit in Berlin
The Vodafone Foundation today announced a partnership with
UK-based paid internships website Intern Avenue to expand the
service across Europe and help connect thousands of students and
graduates with suitable employers. The partnership will be
announced at the Vodafone Foundation and Vodafone Institute's
Digitising Europe event in Berlin today, which will include a
keynote speech from the German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.
The Vodafone Foundation-Intern Avenue partnership follows an
independent report commissioned by the Vodafone Institute which
recommended that digital services that match young people with
employment opportunities should be expanded across Europe. The
report by the independent think-tank, the Institute for Strategic
Dialogue, recommended that public and private sector organisations
should expand their investment in digital recruitment services to
enhance access to careers information and potential employers for a
new generation of Europeans seeking to enter the workplace for the
first time. The Vodafone Foundation's funding will be used to help
Intern Avenue develop a mobile service to complement the
organisation's existing web-based tools.
Intern Avenue matches candidates (typically at undergraduate and
graduate level) with employers using a data-based scoring system.
To date, around 2,000 employers and 40,000 intern applicants have
registered with the service.
Vodafone Group Foundation Director Andrew Dunnett said: "The
next generation in the European workplace was born digital and
thinks mobile, with smartphones and apps at the centre of daily
life. Finding the right work opportunity is tough. Intern Avenue
can really make a difference, and we're delighted to help them
expand across Europe and into mobile."
Intern Avenue Founder and CEO Dupsy Abiola said: "We believe
that the support from the Vodafone Foundation will allow us to make
significant strides towards creating a unique and scalable mobile
solution to help young people find work. Our organisations share a
passion for technology, innovation and tackling the problem of
youth unemployment. We are truly delighted to be working closely
with such a major player in this space."
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About the Vodafone Foundation
The Vodafone Foundation's Mobile for Good programme combines
Vodafone's charitable giving and technology to make a difference in
the world. Globally, the Vodafone Foundation supports projects that
are focused on delivering public benefit through the use of mobile
technology across the areas of health, education and disaster
relief. The Vodafone Foundation is a registered charity in England
and Wales (registered charity number 1089625).
About Intern Avenue
Intern Avenue www.internavenue.com is a hire-matching
recruitment platform designed to connect the thousands of employers
who collectively expend huge annual budgets sourcing and selecting
from the large pool of potential student and graduate candidates.
It allows students to market themselves in a secure and private
environment to the employers most likely to hire them. Intern
Avenue was founded by Dupsy Abiola, a former City lawyer and Oxford
graduate, in consultation with industry experts across the human
resources, technology, and education sectors. Intern Avenue was
recently awarded a GBP250,000 UK government grant by the Technology
Strategy Board to help solve youth talent problem and disrupt
recruitment.
About the Vodafone Institute
The Vodafone Institute for Society and Communications in Germany
explores the potential of mobile and digital technologies to
improve political, social and economic participation and to give
better access to education. The Institute fosters dialogue between
academia, business and politics. It develops dedicated projects,
initiates research partnerships, and publishes studies and
practical recommendations for action. Through events and social
media communications the Institute provides a platform for public
debate.
About Vodafone
Vodafone is one of the world's largest telecommunications
companies and provides a range of services including voice,
messaging, data and fixed communications. Vodafone has mobile
operations in 26 countries, partners with mobile networks in 55
more, and fixed broadband operations in 17 markets. As of 30
September 2014, Vodafone had 438 million mobile customers and 11
million fixed broadband customers. For more information, please
visit: www.vodafone.com.
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