Reuters - Internships and Graduate Opportunities

Website: http://about.reuters.com/careers/graduate/index.aspx

Reuters Internships (Ongoing)

A great way of understanding our business is through a three-month internship or a 12-month placement. These placements help our interns make decisions around the future direction they would like their career to take. We offer internships across all different business areas (excluding Journalism and Finance).

Why Reuters?

"Reuters looks for ambitious, innovative and committed individuals to join our Internship programme. In return for their enthusiasm and dedication, we offer opportunities to deliver on a variety of high-profile projects across the organisation. Since starting the programme, we have employed some exceptional interns who have gone on to develop successful careers within Reuters."

Graduate Opportunities (Ongoing)

PLEASE NOTE THAT THE FINANCE GRADUATE PROGRAMME APPLICATION PROCESS CLOSES ON 31 DECEMBER 2007!!!

Reuters is the world's largest international multimedia news agency. Their business plays an important part in the way the world works - enabling people, organisations & financial markets to think freely by empowering them with accurate information about the world we live in. However more than 90% of revenue derives from their financial services business. Nearly half-a-million financial market professionals around the world use Reuters products. They disseminate news and data around the world - the news and data which reflects and affects the economic prospects of individual businesses and entire countries.

Reuters is a combination of three complex forward-looking businesses - financial services, media and technology. These are rapidly evolving sectors, so their modern business culture is changing fast; but it is always based on Reuters traditional strengths of innovation, integrity, objectivity and independence.

Reuters look for a consistently strong academic track record and at least a 2:1 degree or international equivalent. They also prize evidence of mental agility, initiative, tenacity and a flair for innovation. Web literacy and a healthy interest in the financial markets are essential. They offer four graduate programmes, in technology, finance, journalism and business. Through assignments in different parts of the organisation, these programmes expose graduates to as much of their multi-faceted business as possible. Within their first 12-18 months, it is likely that they will get direct experience of their business by working on an international project.

For individuals with drive and ambition, Reuters graduate programmes provide a platform for creative ideas and limitless scope to make a real impact. They encourage and expect graduates to play a decisive role in defining their own future. Join one of the graduate programmes at Reuters and you are on track for a leadership role in one of the world's most innovative, interesting and international companies. Whether you choose the business, finance, journalism or technology programme, you will get superb experience and training and chances to work overseas. Many successful candidates in our graduate programmes have progressed quickly to influential, senior roles. Whichever programme you join, you will get a chance to make a difference to Reuters and the world in which it operates.

To find out more about the programmes and challenges Reuters offers, read graduate profiles, and apply, please visit www.reuters.com/careers/graduate or click on the link above