The PT Data Center, in Covilhã, hosted for the first time a class from PT Academy Program. There were selected 25 young people, with bachelors and masters in Information Systems, that will develop their professional internships in the ​​ConceptWave area.

The PT Academy Program provides to the trainees’ professional development through two strands: classroom training and on job training, both fundamental to the acquisition of technical and business skills.

At the event that marked the start of this program in Covilhã, attended Pedro Salvado, Operations Support Systems Director, Carlos Pinheiro, responsible for the OM Competence Center, and João Marques, NSOM Project coordinator.

Adérito Ferreira, in charge of the Order and Service Management (OSM), presented to the trainees the Order Manager and the ConceptWave. He stressed out that “these Academies models became decisive for the racing, since they guarantee rejuvenation, while promoting sustainability. Leverage the dynamics of the pyramid”.

Daniela Oliveira, one of the PT Academy trainees, confesses that the positive testimonies of colleagues who have attended previous academies were a great motivation for her registration. Now, she feels in the mood to start a new phase of her life in a leading company of her field of training. “Initially, my main goal was to grow professionally, but now I see this internship as an opportunity for personal and interpersonal development”, concludes Daniela.

About PT Academy Program

PT Academy is a program to attract, develop and retain young people that wish to perform functions on technical areas, such as Network Operations, Business, Information Systems and Innovation. Following the PT recruitment policy, it reflects a firm commitment in the training and development of the best skills.

Without defined periodicity, the applications happen throughout the year, according to the business needs. At the moment, there are open applications for the areas of information and technological systems.

The candidates profile should be characterized by the willingness to learn, intellectual curiosity, good adaptability, customer orientation, achievement of results, ease of interpersonal relationships, team spirit and knowledge of English.