Adecco Group has received over 53,400 online registrations for its 50 ‘CEO for One Month’ internships. Adecco plans to provide the 50 selected candidates with an opportunity to work alongside top management.

Screening and interviews have started to select the 50 candidates, however only one will work alongside CEO Alain Dehaze. Adecco states that it will be a chance to enhance the candidates’ CVs and improve their future prospects.

Adecco’s ‘CEO for one month’ is part of the company’s programs to employ youth and create new jobs and training opportunities along with Adecco Way to Work which has provided more than 3,000 internships in 2015.

According to Adecco, the ‘CEOs for One Month’ will learn on the job, being exposed to business cases, client meetings and business reviews to develop their hard and soft skills. After a further selection stage, the top 10 will participate in the ‘CEO for One Month Bootcamp’, with one only then being appointed Adecco Group CEO for One Month. The Group position will bring a further month’s experience, this time alongside Alain Dehaze.

“My experience as ‘CEO For One Month’ was unique; to have the opportunity to step into a CEO’s shoes and discover first-hand the many roles that a CEO juggles enabled me to acquire professional insights that will definitely be an asset in my career,” Nadiah Mahad, ‘CEO for One Month’ at Adecco Singapore in 2015, said.

“Adecco Way to Work and the ‘CEO for One Month’ represent our promise to help youngsters enter the world of work,” Adecco Group CEO Alain Dehaze said. “We look forward to meeting the 2016 ‘CEOs for One Month’ and helping them boost their employability. We are committed to sharing our expertise and leveraging our network to support the over 53,400 youngsters who applied.”