Nurturing links with industry

OPAIC Employability Manager, Dani Mao, visited our industry partner City Forex recently and was impressed with the support they’re providing to our internship students and alumni.

City Forex is a New Zealand-based company providing Foreign Exchange and Western Union Money Transfer Services.

Dani says City Forex provides a welcoming environment to our internship students, offering onboarding programmes as online modules.

Three of our students who interned at the company have gone on to work full-time there. City Forex has supported these alumni employees by continuing to provide full pay during low business due to the pandemic.

Dani says one of our current internship students was on duty when she visited recently, and he showed huge appreciation for the work-integrated learning opportunity.

Dani says she has been particularly impressed with our strong relationship with City Forex’s managing director Sunil Kumar, who also serves on the polytechnic’s Permanent External Advisory Committee.

The committee helps us continue to provide programmes that are relevant, up to date, and responsive to industry needs.