The winners of last year’s edition of the “Wincanton Talent Forge” have just completed paid internships at Wincanton, and soon two of them will head to the International Conference INTLOG 2006.
“Wincanton Talent Forge” is not just an opportunity to gain experience in a logistics company. The winners of the last edition are very satisfied with the opportunities that participating in the competition has given them. They emphasize that completing an internship at a company like Wincanton facilitates a career start and can open doors to securing interesting work in the future. They also have a chance for employment at the company, as Wincanton has already offered jobs to several competition winners in its branches. Currently, the 3rd edition of the “Wincanton Talent Forge” is underway at Polish universities. This year, the participants include: The Poznań School of Logistics, the University of Economics in Katowice, the University of Gdańsk, the International University of Logistics and Transport in Wrocław, and the University of Szczecin.
Among those who completed internships at Wincanton, the company selected two winners. They are students from the University of Gdańsk – Konrad Maj and Tomasz Grybek. As a prize, they will travel to the International Conference INTLOG 2006, scheduled for September 23-26 of this year. Its theme is “Logistics in the global economy – challenges and trends,” and the scope of the meeting will include, among other things, global logistics, maritime logistics, supply chain management, comprehensive logistics services, transport in supply chains, risk management in global logistics, financial aspects of global logistics, controlling in logistics cost management, and information technologies in logistics. The conference is planned to take place on a ferry sailing to Sweden. The program also includes sightseeing in Stockholm.