The Dig­i­cel Foun­da­tion and the As­so­ci­a­tion of Fe­male Ex­ec­u­tives of T&T (AFETT) joined forces to launch the pro­fes­sion­al de­vel­op­ment sem­i­nar, Six Steps for Suc­cess, at the Dig­i­cel Hos­pi­tal­i­ty Suite.

Six Steps to Suc­cess was de­signed to equip young pro­fes­sion­als with the req­ui­site skills that would al­low them to con­fi­dent­ly nav­i­gate their way in a pro­fes­sion­al en­vi­ron­ment. Twen­ty-five young women, aged 18-25, par­tic­i­pat­ed in the first step which fo­cused on Busi­ness Eti­quette and was fa­cil­i­tat­ed by Max­ine Bar­nett, who cov­ered ar­eas of So­cial Me­dia and Tele­phone and Email Eti­quette. Bar­nett al­so ex­plored eti­quette that should be ob­served in pub­lic ar­eas of the or­gan­i­sa­tion such as, lunch rooms, re­strooms and the lob­by or re­cep­tion area.

Bar­nett re­it­er­at­ed that "cour­tesy" is fun­da­men­tal in eti­quette, as well as ob­serv­ing the gold­en rule "do un­to oth­ers as you would have them do un­to you."

The oth­er four steps in­clude Mon­ey Man­age­ment, Re­sume Mag­ic, Life is not a Stress Re­hearsal and Em­ploy­ee Rights and the Path of Ne­go­ti­a­tion. The pro­gramme will cul­mi­nate with the sixth step–an in­tern­ship op­por­tu­ni­ty for el­i­gi­ble par­tic­i­pants.

At the event, project of­fi­cer of the Dig­i­cel Foun­da­tion, Cindyann Cur­ren­cy pre­sent­ed AFETT pres­i­dent, Cavelle Joseph with a com­mem­o­ra­tive plaque to sig­ni­fy the part­ner­ship. Joseph's en­cour­ag­ing words to the par­tic­i­pants were: "When op­por­tu­ni­ty comes knock­ing...open the door and Six Steps to Suc­cess is def­i­nite­ly an op­por­tu­ni­ty worth hav­ing."

Five Dig­i­cel team mem­bers were in­clud­ed in the train­ing. They will share what they have learned with their peers and sit on or­gan­is­ing com­mit­tees where they will have the op­por­tu­ni­ty to give back.