Global Internship Program 2015 Prospectus | City Internships

The Global Internship Program

Join the program in the world’s leading cities.London, New York, Los Angeles or Hong Kong.

An immersive, career-defining experience structured around an eight-week internship placement in spring, summer or fall alongside weekly career seminars, professional networking events and social activities.

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The program: what’s included?

Locations: where can I go?

Introduction

City Internships: who are we? I’ve decided to enroll: what’s next?

Industries: what industry can I choose?

Understanding the cost

Save the dates

Testimonials & success stories

Get in touch

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Introduction

Our program operates in the world’s leading cities; London, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong. It provides an immersive experience that is focused on enabling you to convert your skills, ambition and academic accomplishment into real-world success.

You will join a leading company in your chosen field, alongside weekly career seminars, CV workshops, professional networking events, social evenings and weekend excursions.

You’re guaranteed to meet inspiring people from across the world, develop a strong professional network and learn skills that will fast-track your career.

City Internships provides internship programs across the globe, ensuring you improve

your career prospects and become more commercially and culturally aware.

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City Internships: who are we?

We have an excellent track record of helping students and graduates to explore and embark on rewarding and meaningful careers across the world.

We have been recognized as a force for good in helping companies of all types to invest in the graduate community and harvest the leaders of tomorrow.

City Internships was launched as a for-profit social enterprise in 2011.

City Internships now operates in London, New York, Los Angeles and Hong Kong, with offices in London and the United States and over 20 team members.

Our approach is unique and designed to promote change in the graduate employment market by bringing together graduates and employers more efficiently.

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Meet our Founder

Lewis Talbot

Lewis is passionate about helping hard-working students to explore and realize meaningful graduate careers and has been actively involved in the selection, training, management and development of interns and graduates throughout his career. Lewis was formerly Head of the Equity and Multi-Asset on the investment and analytics advisory desk at BlackRock in London. He started his career at Merrill Lynch, joining as an Analyst on the graduate program and specializing in equity portfolio management.

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Lewis has held positions in the UK, Europe and United States at both Merrill Lynch, Barclays Global Investors and BlackRock. Lewis founded City internships in 2011 and is now responsible for the strategic direction of City Internships & City Careers globally.

“Joining the City Internships global internship program is a genuine investment in your future. Recent stats from the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE) show that students that undertake internships will secure a job four months quicker

“My advice to you once you’ve enrolled and chosen your host company? Immerse yourself in your internship, make yourself indispensable and above all, enjoy yourself and the program.”

after graduation than their inexperienced counterparts and often enjoy higher starting salaries; up to $9,000 more.

The global internship program is designed with you and your career in mind, ensuring you leave us with the skills and experience to avoid becoming another unemployed statistic. The City Internships fee structure is entirely cost-based, meaning that every penny that you part with is invested into the internship program with the aforementioned extra-curricular events and placement sourcing costs.”

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Locations: where can I go?

Choose from London, New York, Los Angeles or Hong Kong. Whether you’d rather discover London Sherlock-style, develop your inner Don Draper in New York, visit the home of Elon Musk’s business empire and hang out with the stars in Los Angeles or learn about the heavyweight Asian markets in Hong Kong, the internship program will give you these opportunities. Simply inform your Internship Adviser of your top two choices in your interview and we’ll do the rest.

The global internship program operates in the four of the world’s most dynamic, influential and cosmopolitan cities.

Industries: what can I choose?

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If you already know the direction you want your career to take, simply let us know in your initial interview with us and we’ll help you find relevant opportunities. We actively discuss your career aspirations and provide guidance to help steer your decision. We work with companies

operating in banking and financial services, legal and professional services, IT and technology, art and design, marketing, advertising and PR, property and construction, media, publishing and entertainment and science and engineering.

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Save the datesLondon & Hong Kong programs: Los Angeles & New York programs:

27th June – 22nd August 20th June – 15th August

Once enrolled and having secured an internship, we’ll send you a more detailed guide to the program, including a schedule.

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You will benefit from an extensive support network before, during and after the program. Upon enrolling on the program you will be assigned an Internship Adviser who will work with you to ascertain your immediate and long-term career aspirations and guide you through the internship selection and pre-arrival processes.

To help develop your work-based learning, you will be assigned both a buddy (junior person within the business) and a mentor (experienced business-person). You will also be assigned a City Internships contact who will act as a group mentor to steer you through the wider program. The career seminars and guest speakers are designed to introduce you to professionals excelling in their individual industries, able to offer advice and field questions. They will inspire

you to achieve and help you understand how they overcame similar challenges at the earliest stages of their careers. Our weekend excursions always prove popular; London participants visit the Lake District, Los Angeles participants head to Las Vegas, New York participants swan up to the Hamptons and Hong Kong participants sail to Macau.

If you select the program in any location, high-quality, centrally-located accommodation and an extended meal plan is included.The global internship program is so much more than an internship; it’s an immersive learning experience designed to bridge the gap between university and the workplace.

You can expect to benefit from the following items:

What’s included?

Transport around your chosen city

Eight-week internship placement

Social evening events and weekend excursions

CV workshops

Welcome reception, orientation and closing reception

Optional accommodation and meal plan

Career seminars, guest speakers and networking events

Optional intensive language or professional training course

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Your next step is to enroll on the program. At this stage you will be required to submit a deposit of £250 + VAT to secure your place on the program.

Fill out the enrollment form online: you will have been emailed a link. If you can’t find it, just ask us to send it over again.

You will then be assigned an Internship Adviser to guide you through the internship selection and pre-arrival processes, which will begin with a structured interview to find out more about you, your career aspirations and to review your current skillset. We’ll guide you through interview techniques and help to perfect your resume.

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I’ve decided to enroll. What’s next?

Understanding the global internship program

Key facts from 2014:

• Number of nationalities: 19

• Age range: 19-25 years

• 67% of participants were offered full-time employment by host company.

We surveyed our 2014 participants:

• 93% “My internship has helped me to refine my future career direction and aspirations”

• 94% “I believe that my internship will help me to secure a graduate role in my chosen field upon graduation”

• 96% “Overall, I would rate my experience of the global internship program”

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Success stories

Describe a typical day at your investment banking internship placement:

Every day was different, intense, challenging and great fun! I was working within the business development team on a project to find new investors. The project was a great introduction to the world of finance (something I had no prior experience of) and involved learning how the industry works, specifically, how mortgage

What were your favorite aspects of the wider program?

I really enjoyed the social events and the excursions, as they were a great way of meeting and bonding with all of the people from the program. I would say that the Lake District excursion was the one I enjoyed most, since I loved the adventure

backed securities and other structured assets work and how to raise the company profile within the industry. There were some great perks too – in my first week I was lucky enough to attend an investor relations dinner in the city, which was a daunting, but great experience! I hope to return to my internship company again next summer!

Laia Fortuny - London ProgramESCI-Universitat Pompeu Fabra

BA International Business & Marketing

activities we did and had a fantastic weekend with the whole group. The seminars also provided a unique opportunity to meet some very interesting and inspiring professionals.

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Success stories

How did you find the experience?

“I spent a great summer living and working in London whilst enhancing my career prospects. The opportunity to explore London with a group of peers from around the world is an experience I’ll never forget and is one I would recommend highly to other students looking to make the most of their summer break.”

What was the big attraction of the internship program?

“The opportunity to spend the summer with a great firm was what initially attracted me. I interned for one of the largest hedge funds in Europe – to look “behind the closed doors” of a poorly understood industry was hugely exciting and rewarding.”

How has the program helped you with your career?

“My internship placement, coupled with the post-program support provided by City Internships, was instrumental in helping me to focus my aspirations and get a foot on the ladder. I was introduced to another employer by my City Internships group mentor a year after I attended the program and secured a graduate position with them, which evolved into the position I am in now.”

Where are you now?

“I am currently working as an options trader at a proprietary trading firm in Chicago. My experience working at a hedge fund through City Internships provided me with an excellent practical introduction to working in the financial markets. In addition to the invaluable opportunity to see the workings of a trading floor and the day-to-day activities and challenges of a trader, the internship was a comprehensive education in the structure and operations of a trading firm. This experience, and the lessons I learned, were very helpful to me in both finding employment post-graduation as well as to the process of beginning a career in trading.”

Matthew Garton - London Program Dartmouth College, BA Economics

Completed an internship with a hedge fund

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Success stories

Do you think your internship placement will help you find a permanent job?

“Yes! I am an aspiring commercial lawyer and this field of law is truly globalized. My experience of working within a different jurisdiction has given me first-hand experience of how global cases and clients have an impact in the UK as well as elsewhere across the world. The City Internships program also gave me a good idea of different ways of working which I look forward to implementing if I get the opportunity to go on an international placement with my firm.”

Apart from your internship, which other aspects of the program did you enjoy?

“The LA program’s accommodation was in a great location. Staying at UCLA gave me a great feel for what it would be like studying at a university in the States and I enjoyed being able to easily get into Hollywood and Beverly Hills, as well as the beaches. A group of interns also took a trip up the Pacific Coast Highway to San Francisco for the July 4th weekend which was great fun, as was the organized trip to Las Vegas!

The program has helped me to improve my ability to adapt to previously unfamiliar situations. I made fantastic friends and we all keep in regular contact.”

Would you recommend the program to other students and graduates?

“Yes, and I already have done! A friend has applied for a place on the 2015 New York program having learned about my fantastic experience.”

Stephanie Beams - LA ProgramUniversity of Westminster

LLB Law

45% Housing and meal plan

We are required to make financial commitments often 18 months in advance to secure the most suitable accommodation in multiple locations

across the globe.

25% Program content

The program includes a welcome orientation, career seminars, skills workshops, networking events, cultural and social events and excursions, on-

site staffing and 24/7 support.

15% Organizational, infrastructure, technology and professional services

Our multinational offices, management and staffing and cutting-edge technology help us to continually develop our leading experiential, educational global internship program.

15% Internship placement origination and organization, CV and interview coaching, pre-arrival arrangements

Our well-trained team of professional graduate recruiters, dedicated admissions advisers and placement advisers are committed to helping students and graduates to get career-ready and secure great placements with host companies.

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Understanding the costThe global internship program fee structure is entirely cost-based, meaning that all the

money you part with is invested into the internship program as follows:

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FlightsThe following resources offer discounted flights for students and those under 26, lowest price guarantees and comparisons of flight prices across the web. Check out STA Travel, Student Universe or Skyscanner.

VisasIf you choose to intern abroad as part of the global internship program, you may need a visa. Access to the necessary visas are commonly supplied by our partner company BUNAC. Please get in touch if you need more information.

InsuranceTravel insurance means you will be covered for events such as cancelled flights, hospital fees, stolen goods and lost baggage. Check out STA Travel, the Post Office and BUNAC for more information and insurance policy options.

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