Finance Industry - experience?

Oakbark

Hi all.

I'm on my summer break, and finding the job hunt impossible! Basically i'm resigned to not being able to find a summer job.

I'm not fussy what area, or for how long, even a week or two unpaid Work Experience would be a brilliant boost to my CV and understanding of the area. Anyone know what places would be interested in taking someone on for work experience, etc?

Ideally I'd like to see the Investment side of things - i really don't know enough about the area yet, and I think a week or two 'in the field' would help me out big time. As I said, money or wages wouldn't be an issue - but just knowing who to ask and where to enquire would be helpful. Anyone have any ideas or contacts you'd like to throw my way?

Oaky.

hockeygirl

if your contact local Bank Branches they usually take on students for the summer or have you tried to get an internship???


It may be abit late to apply for a full summer internship. BVut if you offer to do it for nothing Im sure youd get it


There is an American trader company in IFSC looking for trader interns saw it on Irish Jobs


Here is the spec: http://www.irishjobs.ie/JobDesc.asp?ID=5073437&MID=1998

Susquehanna International Group, LLP (SIG) is a sophisticated and influential trading firm, active on the world’s major securities and derivatives exchanges. Our European headquarters is based in Dublin, where we employ over 120 people in trading, quantitative research & technology across 10 distinct trading strategies, including Commodities, Options, Fixed Income, Equity Derivatives and Convertible Bonds.

Trader Internships – 2008:
We offer fantastic internship opportunities for individuals interested in enhancing their quantitative and analytical skills in a fast-paced, competitive setting. The SIG internship provides a unique opportunity for you to gain an insight into trading on international exchanges.

Primary Duties:

• Gathering and analyzing data from various sources, including, but not limited to, industry publications, Bloomberg & online sources.
• Preparing reports, spreadsheets for traders to help identify new trading opportunities.
• Research based projects.

Who should apply?
We seek individuals with from maths, actuarial, computer science, statistics, finance, engineering, physics or other backgrounds with:

• Exceptional analytical skills & probability skills.
• Strong computer skills.
• A competitive nature.
• An interest in financial markets.

Duration:
3 Months – 12 Months.


Plus if you get a good intership placement they might like you enough to offer to pay for your postgrad?????

Oakbark

Thanks HockeyGirl for the input - I have applied for many of these internships for the summer but unfortunately I don't seem to have the right qualifications or work experience - i'm stuck in one of those 'can't get experience without a job, can't get a job without experience' loops.

I did apply for the above job but I imagine there are more suitably qualified applicants than me for it, which is why I didn't receive a reply. I don't see the full-time job search as going to be that difficult come next summer. But for now a few weeks of work (unpaid or not) would be better than lazing at home - not as fun as you'd imagine!

Oaky.