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INSTITUTIONAL
INSTITUTIONAL
10 YEARS OF THE
START@ME PROGRAMME
MOTA-ENGIL TRAINING THE LEADERS OF THE FUTURE
T he Corporate Human Resources Department organised a
commemorative session in Coimbra for the 10th anniversary of the Trainee Programme, called Start@ME,
a project that has been enabling the integration of young interns with
a model of selection, hosting and continuous training and monitoring
of the career that seeks to prepare new generations to be potential leaders in the future of the Organization.
The session was opened by Eduardo Pimentel, Executive Director in charge of Human Resources, who set the tone for the session, conveying his vision
on the construction of a Career Plan, the Company’s willingness to attract and retain the talent that will come, above all, from the dedication and commitment that each person places in giving the best of themselves for their
professional evolution, providing his own example at the beginning of his career, with the responsibility that he embraced in the Azores, and which from then on advanced his journey
in the Group.
Under the responsibility of Luís Monteiro and with active participation by the corporate human resources team, different panels were established, with tutors and young people who were in the different editions of the Trainee Programme sharing their experience.
Those who had the opportunity to attend the event witnessed, first hand, something truly special that has been created with this programme – the cultural identification of young people with the company and the recognition of the support that existed by their tutors, creating strong and lasting relationships
from a personal point of view. These relationships can also be seen between colleagues who shared the beginning of their journeys in the Company. A spirit of sharing was also present, even by those who joined the Group through Start@ME and are now already training their younger colleagues.
There were testimonials by João Lala, who, via video, shared his experience from Mozambique, in the Port of Maputo, as did Flávio Costa. They are examples of international careers developed at Mota-Engil after finishing the Start@ME Programme, where they remembered their initial journey as trainees.
Ricardo Encarnação then showed that the journey is not only built from success, talking about his adventures and about the importance of making mistakes to make progress and thus
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