Walk into EWorld technology on any given day and one is bound to catch a glimpse of 26 year old George Ausolo helping a customer at the front desk or rummaging through boxes of items in the EWorld stores.
On days that George is not seen at the front desk or helping in the copy centre; chances are he is out on an order run or at the back helping out with computer repairs and installation.
George joined the SPC implemented Youth@Work internship program in 2013 with 3rd phase of the program.
A father of two daughters, the young married man said he heard of the program from his church group and was lucky to be one of the 10 young people chosen by his community church program to be part of the internship program.
“I had nothing, I was married, unemployed and drinking way too much,” George remembers.
“I had not attended church in a few years and I had no intention to start attending church anytime soon, but when I heard from other members of my youth group that there was a program that could help unemployed young people and the church was sending people to be part of that program I headed back to church.”
George, among the other phase 3 interns, underwent intense training and was placed in the National Referral Hospital Medical Records for his internship.
He started out filling records and then just weeks into his internship he was put solely on data entry duty.
After finishing his 20 weeks of internship, George decided to look for opportunities more in his field of interest – computer installations and repairs.
During this search for opportunity, George said that skills he had picked up from the Youth@Work Internship Program training helped him in CV writings, cover letter writing and during the actual job interview for his current employment at EWorld.
“I believe that the training helped me a lot, especially when it came to the job interview, I was confident and believed in myself and the fact that I was accepted by this establishment after that interview was proof that the trainings really helped me,” George said.
At EWorld, George started out as a photocopy assistant and slowly made his way into the technical support unit.
After a few months of hands-on training, George was part of the technical support unit and was recognised by the EWorld management as a technician.
“I am really grateful for what Youth@Work has done for me, not only has it helped me to find employment opportunities but it has also helped me find my way back to church and away from drinking,” he smiles.
“I am one of those lucky people that Youth@Work has saved, keep up the good work Youth@Work team.”
Source: Youth@Work
