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skill-link.com Chairman, Sherif Samy, was interviewed by the leading Egyptian English language magazine "Business Today" on employment trends for professionals and university graduates. The article, that appeared in the September 2005 issue, discussed unemployment, what recruiters are looking for and the challenges in finding the right individuals to hire.

With regards to summer internships, and how they prepare young men and women for a career, Sherif Samy said: "Internships, are very important, but very few entities allow them because they are not built to accommodate this sort of initiative. They would look at it as an inconvenience, and they wouldn’t know what to do with the interns". Talking about the boom in the capital market and its impact on jobs, Sherif stated “Suddenly we have demand: They want analysts, they want corporate finance executives, researchers and fund managers, and it’s at a rate that no one is able to supply because for three to four years they were out of it. Those who left the sector probably moved out of Egypt or to the next thing, which is mainstream banking. Jobs in analysis, asset management and corporate finance are the ‘in’ jobs at the moment because they are analysis-based and require both more academic work and a more specialized background. "

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