【UM Athlete Career and Internship Programme】Career Fair for Student-Athletes — SJM Resorts, S.A. Session was held successfully

 “UM Athlete Career and Internship Programme –  SJM Resorts, S.A. Session (SJM)” was successfully held on 3 Apr. Office of Sports Affairs (OSA) invited SJM to organize workplace experience at Grand Lisboa Palace Resort Macau (Grand Lisboa Palace) and attracted 20 student-athletes to attend. The fair included 3 sessions: seminar, room tour and mocktail making workshop.

Through the seminar, students were given a brief overview of SJM background, current recruitment plan and internship programme. After that, the staff of “SJM Management Trainee Programme” shared his work experience. He has worked in various departments and learnt a lot professional knowledge about integrated resorts and these could help his career development in intergraded resort industry. His experience inspired students for exploring career development in this field.

Following the refreshment, was a guided tour to the rooms of 3 different hotels namely Grand Lisboa Palace, The Karl Lagerfeld and Palazzo Versace.  Besides showing different design styles and features of each hotel, our students were also briefed on the function required for different positions in the hotels.  

Finally, SJM organized a mocktail making workshop at Mesa which was conducted by an experienced bartender.  He showed the steps of making a delicious and refreshing mocktail, students enjoyed so much to have a chance to prepare their own drinks.

It was a great opportunity for our student athletes to learn more about the features of an integrated resorts and the important information about the job practices, so that they could stay aware of the market development and enhance competitiveness in their career planning and development upon graduation.