Are you aware of what your colleagues in the Human Resource Department (HRD) do? Beyond just handling employee-related issues, did you know that there is a team handling scholarships and internships in HDB? 

EHRM Vetina Lin shares her typical day involved in the HDB Scholarship and Internship team! Vetina is part of the Employee Communications Section in HRD that works on the branding, selection and management of pre-service HDB scholars and undergraduate interns.

Together with the team, Vetina handles the annual scholarship selection exercise and onboards newly awarded scholars to the HDB Family. She manages the payment of maintenance allowance, tuition fees and any other compulsory fees required for scholars to complete their course of study. In addition, she also seeks Management’s approval for scholars’ requests to pursue exchange/summer school/Master’s programmes and arrange for scholars to complete their compulsory vacation attachment with HDB. As a scholarship officer, she regularly meets scholars on various occasions to catch-up with them, provide advice/information on scholarship matters and even promote scholarships to students.

9.00 am 
We caught her in action briefing a graduating scholar, who is due to commence service, on her posting plan!

10.30am
The team also holds a bi-annual Internship Engagement Session for HDB interns to mingle and get to know more about about HDB's culture, value and operations. Much ​preparatory work was needed to host the 82 interns who attended the session in July 2023. In the late morning, Vetina was arranging the site visits to BRI’s Centre of Building Research and Punggol Discovery Cube.

2.00pm
No time for food coma after lunch as it was an afternoon out to Raffes Institution to share with their students HDB’s scholarship and internship opportunities. Vetina highlighted a common misconception amongst students was that HDB was only interested in students keen to study Architecture. They were pleasantly surprised to learn that HDB looks out for a diverse range of disciplines including Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Business/Data Analytics, Economics and Accountancy to name a few. Each year, Vetina and her team visits many schools for such outreach programmes to promote HDB as an employer of choice to students and parents.

6.00pm
The day ended with a sense of fulfilment – Vetina enjoys her interactions with scholars and students as she helps them to make more informed career decisions. .

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