SEO London News

The formal deadlines have now passed for some of our summer intern programmes, including Investment Banking and Professional Services.  We will still be accepting applications for both internships and graduate roles in these areas but your progression to interview will be subject to how many positions are still open.  As always the sooner you apply the better your chances of securing a place!

For our other programmes, including Corporate Law, Advertising and Advertising, the application deadline is 31^st December.

 

 

 

 

 

Are you a first year student (or a second year on a four year course) interested in learning more about career options in the City and potentially being fast tracked for the most competitive and rewarding internship programmes available?  This year, SEO will be hosting three First Year Fast Track (‘FYFT’) Programmes across Investment Banking, Corporate Law and Professional Services.  Those selected to attend will also be fast tracked for further work experience opportunities with one or more of our 35 partner financial service firms.

The Investment Banking FYFT will be held this December, and the Corporate Law and Professional Services FYFTs in January.  To find out more about these opportunities, please click here.

The application deadlines for the programme are as follows:
First Year Fast Track (Investment Banking): 20 November 2011
First Year Fast Track (Corporate Law): 31 December 2011
First Year Fast Track (Professional Services): 31 December 2011

To apply, please click here.

 

 

 

 

The application deadlines for most SEO Programmes have now been extended:

First Year Fast Track (Investment Banking) – 20  November 2011
First Year Fast Track (Corporate Law) – 15 December 2011
First Year Fast Track (Professional Services) - 15 December 2011
Professional Services – 18 December 2011
Investment Banking – 18 December 2011
Corporate Law – 18 December 2011
Technology – 18 December 2011
Corporates – 30 November 2011
Advertising & Marketing – 31 December 2011

Please don’t wait to apply, applications are reviewed and actioned as soon as they are submitted.  To apply now, please click here.

 

With one application to SEO, students can benefit from access to the wide range of the City and Creative industry programmes we offer and the 35+ firms we work with.  As a result of SEO’s exclusive training, mentoring and networking programmes, 80% of SEO’s 1,850+ alumni have gone on to secure full-time graduate positions with partner firms at the end of their placement, a success rate well ahead of the industry average.

For a copy of a sample CV and cover letter and other useful application tips for our different programmes please click here.

We look forward to reviewing your application!

 

 

 

SEO will be holding a regional SUPRA Event in London, Birmingham and Manchester where we will be delivering a few skills sessions such as; “How to Write a Great CV/Cover Letter”, “How To Standout in an Interview” and “Effective networking”. 

If you would like to attend, please use the link below to register your interest. Places are allocated on a first come first serve basis, and you will receive a separate email to confirm your attendance to the event a 4-5 days prior to the event. Please note you should not wait to attend this event to get your application in, the sooner it is submitted the better for you. 

Dates and locations of supra events: 24th October (London), 25th October (Manchester), TBC (Birmingham), TBC but likely to be 27th October (London female only)

http://seo-london.com/alumni/members/modules/bmsurvey/survey.php?name=seo_london_CV_and_application_workshop_2012

 

We look forward to meeting you!

 

 

 

 

 

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We look forward to meeting you on campus!

 

 

In 2011-12 SEO will provide more than 750 internships and graduate opportunities with 35+ of the UK’s best graduate employers for students in every year of study. SEO now provides opportunities for undergraduates in ALL years of study.

We invite you to join us to learn more about the various opportunities we offer, along with CV and application support for the competitive industries that we recruit for.  Too find out when we will be visiting your campus, please refer to our key dates.

 

 

SEO London is now on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn so that we can better connect with potential SEO candidates, current SEO classes and our alumni communities. Please join us to stay up to date with what we are up to and how we can help you.

If you are an SEO alumni, please follow us on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.

Also we now have SEO Connect on Twitter.

 

The SEO London is growing, below are the new additions to the team

Uche Ezichi joined SEO in August 2011 as a programme manager and will be managing the Investment Banking programme, with specific responsibility IBD, AM, PWM and Technology.

Naomi Jane joined SEO in July 2011 as a programme manager and will be managing the new SEO London Scholar’s programme.

Shakira Giwa joined SEO in June 2011 as a programme coordinator and will be coordinating our efforts in SEO Connect.

Audrey Chirochangu joined SEO in August 2011 as a programme coordinator and will be coordinating the Investment Banking and Professional Services programme.

Edith Chui joined SEO in September 2011 as a programme manager and will be managing the Professional Services programme.

Please review their full profile on here.

 

To apply for the SEO London 2012 Investment Banking, Technology, Corporate Law, Professional Services, Corporates, Advertising & Marketing programmes, or First Year Fast Track, please click here. Applications are screened on a rolling basis.

Please note: If you are applying for the Summer Programmes you will be required to submit a reference from a university tutor.  To ensure that your application is not delayed please note that you are able to submit it BEFORE you receive your tutor's reference (this can be uploaded electronically by your tutor by 30 November 2011.)  However it remains your responsibility to ensure that your reference is submitted at the earliest convenience.

Please refer to our online resources to support you in making a strong application.

 

Are you interested in a more creative field?  SEO is partnering with the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) and its 250+ member agencies to help better educate students from under-represented ethnic backgrounds about the career options in the creative, digital and media industries.  SEO and the IPA will be conducting training and networking events throughout 2012 to provide students with access to both many of the leading agencies and also practical experience of the wide variety of work and graduate roles available in the advertising industry.  Those that impress will be considered for internships (including the IPA Summer School) and graduate opportunities with leading agencies

 

 

 

In line with the on-going success of SEO, whereby more than 80% of those who undergo the program go on to receive graduate positions with partner firms, SEO is now expanding the industry coverage to recruit for business areas within multinational Corporates and Advertising & Marketing.  Partner firms include Factset, Novartis, Procter & Gamble and the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising).   

For more information on SEO Corporates, click here

For more information on SEO Advertising & Marketing Communications and the IPA, click here

 

 

 

 

 

In 2011, SEO helped 520 undergraduates secure internships and graduate roles with 31 partner firms including:

• Goldman Sachs - 52 SEO supported summer analyst interns, more than 1 in 8 of the firm’s entire analyst intern class size.
• Ernst & Young - 42 SEO supported summer interns.
• Linklaters - 11 SEO supported vacation scheme students, 1 in 6 of the firm’s entire vacation scheme

SEO is also proud to announce for a second year running, 95% of the SEO's professional services class have successfully converted their internship into a graduate offer.  Across all of the other programmes, 83% have secured a full time graduate offer with our partner firms.

 

Rare – A Correction.  Our last newsletter to SEO alumni included some remarks regarding Rare Recruitment Limited in response to comments we had received from alumni and students. This email contained remarks which SEO now understands incorrectly reflect Rare’s practices, and SEO wishes to make the following corrections to set the record straight.

Both SEO and Rare believe passionately in the importance of diversity and are proud of the difference our respective organisations make to the lives of many students from diverse backgrounds. We are therefore happy to make the following corrections to dispel any confusion.