Internship Programme Online System using SMS (IPOS SMS SYSTEM)

Internship Programme has been introduced as part of the curriculum for most of higher learning institutions worldwide. Its main purpose is to expose students to a real working environment and relate theoretical knowledge with applications in the industries. The purpose of this project is to develop a portal for PETRONAS Internship Programme. Internship Programme Online System Using Short Message Service Technology (IPOS SMS System) has been developed to automate the currently manual business processes. This portal is act as a one stop centre for students, trainee and administrator. By login to this website, it allows online internship application, internship bulletin, forms downloading, resume checker and result notification via short message service system. It is a web-based internship application system which allows data centralization. In order to achieve this objective, the author will do a lot of research in order to have a deep understanding about online internship application, resume checker, notification via short message service and how to design and develop a website. The methodology used for designing and developing this website is Rapid Application Development (RAD) which consists of four core phases which are planning, analysis, design and development and implementation. Apart from that, the author also included the results and findings from the survey carried out. The website interface designs are also included based on the comparison of existing website and user feedback. Last but not least the author concludes with few recommendations in developing this website.