May at Railsformers in the sign of internships

Let's introduce each school and explain how the students have helped us and how we have enriched them.

Business Academy and Vocational School, Ostrava-Mariánské Hory, contributory organization

Two students from the Economics Lyceum spent four whole weeks with us for 6 hours a day.

Duties of the internship:

• Researching the market for online accounting systems for the subsequent development of our own online accounting software program.
• Mobile marketplace market research for the subsequent development of our own mobile marketplace, Wontilles.
• Testing of a mobile application for a real customer.
• Registration of the Firefighters Žulová website to CZ catalogues.

In return, we covered the topics that students requested:

Developing your own business plan (students were given training on what a business plan should include, how to do it, and feedback during the process).

Training on marketing:

• How best to analyze the market.
• Customer-firm communication - who handles it, what happens afterwards when the firm receives a request.
• Basics of marketing - what it is, how it works, important factors of marketing.
• Comprehensive marketing - what it all involves, what is comprehensive marketing.
• How the whole process of promotion works and takes place.
• The most effective methods of marketing.
• Social media management - the basics, what is important in this activity.
• Basics of copywriting.

Střední škola prof. Zdeněk Matějček,Ostrava-Poruba, příspěvková organizace

Two students from Information Technology came to us for ten days for 7 hours a day. Here, these were students with specific needs, so we chose a different form of internship where students defined their own projects.

On their own initiative, the students created a website to practically apply and improve their experience from a front-end perspective. One student edited the website of his father's company and the other created an imaginary school website. The output was a static site that they consulted with tribal front-end development staff and gradually optimized. Throughout the internship, they received progressive feedback to bring their work to a successful conclusion.

Obchodní akademie, Ostrava-Poruba, příspěvková organizace

Two students from Information Technology worked with us for 6 hours a day for two weeks.

Duties of the internship:

• Researching the market of online accounting systems for the subsequent development of our own online accounting program.
• Mobile marketplace market research for the subsequent development of our own mobile marketplace, Wontilles.
• Development of the EvoCat retrieval system methodology.
• Assisted with the modification and reconfiguration of the internal Redmine system we use for project management.

In return, the students were educated in the Mobile Applications division, where they covered the following topics:

• A general description of mobile applications.
• Description of native iOS/Android development.
• Comparison of native and cross platform development (Flutter, React Native).
• Explanation of the principle of publishing apps on Google Play/App Store Connect.
• Real app demos.
• Discussion of advertising in mobile apps using Firebase AdMob.

An internal on-premise Chat GPT interface solution in GPT-4 was made available to all students, while students were presented with both the basic rules and tips for using the system.

We see our cooperation with schools as mutually beneficial. Internships are an ideal way for students to learn about the working environment, gain practical experience and make the necessary contacts in the field they want to pursue in the future. In turn, we get a unique opportunity to educate and train our potential future employees in return for our time with the students.

We thank all these students for their help and we are looking forward to further cooperation - in September students from the Poruba Business Academy will repeat their internship with us for 2 weeks.