Traits that a successful first year fast track candidate should demonstrate:
- Preparation
- Academic excellence
- Excellent quantitative, analytic and creative skills
- Leadership in extra-curricular activities and a demonstrated commitment to community service
- Very good attention to detail
- Strong interpersonal and networking skills
- Career commitment
SEO sample CVs and cover letters
Please submit an application online. You will need to provide a CV, cover letter and an academic reference from a college tutor.
- Applying for Internships in Investment Banking
- Applying for Corporate Law Vacation Scheme Placements
- Applying for Internships in Professional Services
- Applying for Technology Internships & Industrial Placements
- Applying to the First Year Fast Track Programme
I applied to the SEO First Year Fast Track programme because I believed the programme would prove to be an invaluable learning experience for me. I hoped to gain some valuable knowledge about investment banking such as: what is the daily workload of an investment banker, the types of challenges faced and how economic factors such as volatile stock markets, inflation and interest rates affect investment banking activities. SEO has benefited me by linking me up with different banks and keeping me up to date about different events which I find very helpful. Being in this programme has helped me understand investment banking more and I have also met an amazing set of individuals who are as determined as I am to meet their goals.
Abimbola Ayininuola First Year Programme Participant March 2008