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Ronald Jacinto, an electric designer at Toronto's Spectra Engineering, found a sure-fire way to impress the boss: land telecoms giant Rogers as the company's biggest client. The former intern won the business - and a full-time job - on the strength of his highly detailed technical drawings for a new Rogers' pilot project involving modular telecom facilities being introduced in North America this year. "Ronald was instrumental in helping us achieve Rogers' goals to push out the design as quickly as possible and with the largest amount of detail" said Joseph Elowe, an electrical engineer and Spectra principal. "His previous technical experience in design of electrical systems was [paramount) in securing additional work with Rogers to the point where Rogers is now our largest client." That previous experience included several years as a deputy electrical manager with obayashi Corp. in Dubai, UAE, leading a team in the design and coordination of work during the construction of the Dubai Metro Project, a 75 km driverless LRT network with 10 underground and 35 overground stations. However, when he arrived in Canada, he had a hard time landing a job in his field. He took advantage of a Career Edge Organization (CEO) internship program aimed at internationally educated professionals and found himself at Spectra Engineering - an electrical and mechanical engineering firm serving the building and engineering services sectors. "After the internship, it was a no-brainer to hire Ronald full-time to continue doing this great work," said Elowe. "Hiring a Career Edge intern was a great way to such tremendous talent. We continue our partnership with them to obtain additional talent in the future and we appreciate CEO's help in assisting IEPs to join the workplace." The Human Resources Professionals Association (HRPA) also partners with CEO to find and place human resources interns in host companies. As Spectra Engineering illustrates, hiring an intern is a great way to source and test out new talent for your organization