Students Meet with Key Recruiters at EDHEC Finance Recruitment Fair on Nice Campus

On September 22nd, over 600 MIM and MSc students gathered on the campus for the Finance Recruitment Fair where over a 3-day period students met key recruiters from 20 financial institutions such as BNP Paribas, Société Générale, P&G, Ernst & Young, L’Oreal, PWC… EDHEC also welcomed for the first time efinancialcareers, the website for high caliber finance and banking jobs.

Day one was dedicated to understanding financial careers with a conference by Patrick Fearon, EDHEC Financial Career Advisor, who gave an overview of career options in the financial and banking industry and discussed recent developments in finance and their impact on the job market.

The morning presentation was followed by student discussion panels where students who've just completed their gap year shared their experience and gave advices to MIM students. Recruitment Skills Sessions focusing on international graduate and summer recruitments with EDHEC Career Advisors and Corporate Recruiters followed.

The focal point of day 2 was the alumni spotlights where former students presented their companies and described their role in M&A, Fixed Income, Asset Management, Capital Markets, Audit.....Alumni shared tips and rules for getting the most from the EDHEC Alumni Network. The day ended with a cocktail party where gathered both students and company representatives.

On the last day, students were able to meet face to face with corporate recruiters and EDHEC Alumni on their stands and discuss recruitment processes, internship and job opportunities. Simultaneously, students were given in-depth tips about careers at Nomura and Ernst & Young sessions.

The EDHEC Finance Recruitment Fair, organised by the EDHEC Student Career Centre, aims at offering students unique insights of the financial and banking industry right after the start of the intake. The main objective being to give them at an early stage a glimpse of recruitment processes.

"We don't have much time to go job-hunting due to study commitments. The fair allows us to gather information about various companies, their requirements and the skills they are looking for". Audrey Goldstein, Msc Financial Markets student found that the fair is a convenient way to assess the job market and scout for new openings.

"I took the opportunity to understand the companies, their requirements and the sorts of skills that employers look for in a graduate. For me, it was a fact finding and information-gathering session". Wiebke Michel, Msc. Corporate Finance student

 Written by ANGELIQUE MICONNET