12th October – PwC Internships and Employablily Presentation
20th Ocotber – EconSoc Army Barcrawl – Tickets sold next week.
22nd October – Birmingham Financial Forum
24th October – Credit Suisse Operations presentation.
All events are on the website; www.econsoc.com,
Presented by the University of Birmingham Economics Society
Aim of today is to make sure you go away
with as much information as possible to help
you get the internship you want and crucially
know how to succeed in applications.
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Who offers Internships/Insight Weeks
Application process
What you need to be doing now
Where to get more help and information
Finally what we’re going to be doing to help.
Q & A session
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The Reality is some people already have
Internships offers
LSE/Oxbridge/Warwick are better prepared
than you and have better opportunities
You need to be applying for things now! –
Basic Rule the earlier you apply the better!
Deadlines are for Chumps
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A strong emphasis is going to be on applications to
investment banks, (as they are notoriously
competitive) however the general principles will
apply to all internships
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Hopefully going to give you a better idea of what to
expect when trying to secure an internship
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Insight week – Weeks work experience in Spring. Large number
of candidate get fast tracked to Internships like this!
(for students in the First year of a three year course OR Second
year of a four year course)
Internships – 3 Month Analyst Position in the city. If you show
your value over the 3 Months, many candidates are offered a
full time position (but the work you HARD!)
(for Student in Second year of a three year course OR Third
year students on a four year course) – “Penultimate year”
Professional Services (PWC, KPMG, Deloitte, Ernst & Young)
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Tax / Audit / Consulting
Please note that there are loads more roles available full list of internships
available at websites such as Ratemyplacement.com and milkround.com
CLICK ME!
Most firms that offer insight weeks
will offer Internship, but there are
also loads that offer just
Internships.
Milkround do NOT know
everything, there are loads of
firms available – do not
pigeonhole yourself into just
looking at these website!
Online Application
- Basic Information
- CV/Cover Letter
- Work Experience
- Competency Questions
Online testing
-Normally Numerical/verbal reasoning/ nonverbal
reasoning
-SHL / Others (all timed)
-Practice, Practice, Practice!
Phone interview
-Competency Based
-General knowledge about the Firm/Motivations/Market
knowledge
First Round Interviews/Assessment centre
-Typically competency based interviews
-Numeracy Tests (again)
-Group Exercises – Presentation – Teamwork Exercises
Finally if your lucky an Offer!
Decide what your are applying for:
-Have a look at the different roles and decide what you will be
best suited for and have an interest in. Make sure you know exactly
why you are best suited to one role and not others!
- How does your work experience make you ideal for the roles that
you are applying for!
CV
– Have a strong CV written that will convince employer that
they should choose you over other candidates.(1 page typically) –
Careers Service will help with this
Network
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Meet people who actually work in the City and ideally
work for the firms that you will be applying for.
Come to our Careers Events! – Make sure you get noticed!
We run these events for your benefit, so make sure you
attend as much as possible!
Motivations/Competencies:
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Be able to state why you want to work in this
industry
What attracted you to a particular role
What skills do you have that will benefit them
If your not doing anything get involved asap!
Get Involved
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Start reading the FT, Economist start following the markets, the
keener you are the greater your chances of success!
Pressure Trading Game – November 23rd – Register online –
http://www.pressuretrade.com
Financial Forum! – Network with Students and Recruiters
Societies – Investment Society and EconSoc will be looking for
people to get involved and lessen our work load – future leaders
Bloomberg Assessment Test – This is a great tool to make you
stand our from other candidates!
• Plan – Decide how you are going to approach each application,
keep everything together
• Application – Ensure that you are doing everything prefect – get
someone else to check it. UoB Careers. Print it.
• Numeracy – Do loads of practice, this is a easy way to sort out
weak candidates. Try to do as much on your calculator, keep
writing to a minimum. Practice materials available at SHL and
Kenexa/PSL. (and our useful links)
• Interviews – Make sure you know how your getting to the
assessment centre, know as much as possible about the firm
- http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/ : Great resource full of loads of information about
people who have applied, know the process and eventually got a job.
-VAULT Guide XXXX: Gives a really good insight into the different roles (and what they
entail) – Loads of really good career guide available.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vault-Career-Guide-Investment-Banking/dp/1581313063
-http://www.efinancialcareers.co.uk/ -LOADS of info
-http://www.milkround.com/ - Provide details and deadlines for internships
-Econsoc website: Competency questions from last year, updated list of internships
- http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/ (Mainly US website, but still has lots of useful
UK information)
http://www.wallstreetoasis.com (Mainly US website, but still has lots of useful UK
information)
University Careers Department – In university centre, loads of free information, CV help
and personal meetings to discuss your future
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www.econsoc.com
•CV SEO London
•Cover Letter Seo London
•LINK to Materials
•Q & A session now
•Coming next term:
•Networking events with banks/internship talks
•Credit Suisse two events
•Bank of America
•Transport for London
•PwC
•Updated website with this PowerPoint and more general
information on everything you need to know.
•Everyone is welcome to join us for a drink
on us at Joes bar and we are happy to take
questions.
Anoushka Gohil
RBS Spring Week
RBS Corp Client Coverage
Summer Analyst 2011
Brad Watson
HSBC
Executive Management
Intern 2011
Ajul Shah
RBS Spring Week
PwC Spring Week
Citigroup IBD
Summer Analyst 2011
Zak Oozeerally
Ernst & Young
Audit Intern
Robert Danilczuk
BarCap, Credit Suisse
Insight Events
Sales & Trading
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Robert Danilczuk
Brad Watson
Tim Thorp
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2011©
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