CIBC FirstCaribbean placed a special group of young Bahamians on “ice” this summer with the launch of its “Project ICE” (Innovate, Create, Elevate) internship program, a strategic learning internship that hosts 12 college-level students to a four-week problem-solving workshop.

Students were divided into three teams, each one focused on solving an internal issue related to one of the bank’s four strategic pillars – client relationships, simplification, modern digital banking and people.

The Bahamas was the first country out of its 16 territories to debut the program after the pilot was launched at its regional headquarters in Barbados last year. The key objective was to ensure that interns were not stuck doing filing and routine, mundane tasks. In project-based internships like “Project Ice”, interns are given a specific problem to address and ensure they get a meaningful work experience.

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