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Employer Quotes
The quotes below are from employers in this industry: Financial Services
They are talking about this topic: Experience & Credentials
The quotes below are about this issue:
Practical experience in financial services and leadership, whether through internships or extracurricular activities, is extremely valuable.
| "Interviewer: While in college, do these accountant students do internships with your firms? Employer 1: We want them to. Interviewer: Is it required? Employer 1: To get a full-time job with us, yes. Interviewer: So, do you guys require it as employers? Employer 2: For us, the way to get a full-time job is to do your internship with us and, if that goes great, we extend an offer. It doesn't matter if you're graduating right then or if you're graduating the next year, we'll extend the full-time offer." |
Metro |
| "The only time that we would hire an entry-level that didn't do an internship with us is if it's an odd time of the year and we're looking. But, yeah, we want them to do the internship with us so that we can hire them." | Metro |
| "Employer 1: If I saw somebody had an internship with us over a busy season, that's going to jump them to the top of my list. Employer 2: Exactly. Employer 1: If you can survive that and like it." |
Metro |