3. We re here to talk about summer!
For those of you not from
…and this is a blue sky the UK, we probably just
had it…
…this is a beach…
4. First, 30 seconds about YOU…
Who are you?
Where is your internship?
What are you looking forward to most?
And what are you most unsure about?
5. Now about the panel…
MH LC
§ Booz & Co § Summer Consulting Team
AND
AP § AT Kearney (Mgmt Consulting)
§ Roland Berger
§ Joining BCG FF
§ McKinsey
NK
§ McKinsey
7. Words of Career Services Wisdom
Secure an assignment/project that will challenge you Build your network within the company which can help
where you can demonstrate to a prospective employer what you and which you can pass to others
you can do
Use the summer internship to learn more about how the
Scope your assignment/project before you start with your company does business , the culture and of course
employer investigate job opportunities
Be sure to have a company supervisor for the Check out whether the company meets your
assignment/project who can also help you in many other expectation as an employer
ways
Update your CV when you have completed your
Identify a senior or peer who can be a mentor (this could assignment/project
be your supervisor) – and advisor more broadly than just on
the job in hand Act as a representative and promote the best interests
of the School
Produce your best work and seek to impress the
employer remember, this is more about a mutual trial or Keep Career Services informed of your progress and let
extended interview than gaining work experience us know if we can be of help
Ask for and give feedback to your supervisor Enjoy your experience
Demonstrate your resourcefulness and strong work
ethic
J-P wisdom : Output is the key way of expressing what you re
learning – write a slide every day
8. Appendix - Internship Assessment Criteria
Overall Assessment
Written Oral Structuring and Building
Analytics Thought Leadership Self Development
Communication Communication Managing Work Relationships
Accurate and Clear and Clear and Generates Logical Productive Asks proactively
thorough concise concise hypotheses/ frameworks relationships for feedback
research identifies data with clients and
Creative and Active participant requirements for Creative colleagues Accepts
Logical and compelling testing solutions feedback
accurate Active listener Team player constructively
modelling Vertical and Meaningful
horizontal logic Efficient/ realistic insights and
workplans Balanced under
Sound conclusions stress
qualitative Accurate and Prioritises
analysis client-ready Hypothesis Constructive
(nearly) Prepares for driven approach when raising
Reasonable meetings issues
Picks up
assumptions
Regular updates concepts quickly Questions or
Probes disagrees
inconsistency Timely issue Works well in appropriately
raising unstructured
Checks own environment Active on
work Delivers on Fridays in home
deadlines office
Discerns fact
from opinion
Source: Internal document, leading strategy consultancy
