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Applications

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What makes YOU a strong SEO intern?
 Preparation!
― Do your demonstrated skills map to the competencies required for the role you are most interested in? ― Details on required competencies and the roles/industries we cover are listed on the SEO website

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Academic excellence

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Excellent quantitative, analytic and creative skills
Leadership in extra curricular activities and a demonstrated commitment to community service Very good attention to detail Strong interpersonal and networking skills Career commitment Commercial awareness

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Strong academic reference

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Commercial Awareness
 Do you have a genuine, demonstrable interest in how the City works?
― Often the most important differentiator for interviewers

 General reading
― How the City is structured
• “All you need to know about the City” (Chris Stokes)

― Recent economic history
• “Too Big to Fail” (Andrew Ross Sorkin)
• “The Big Short” (Michael Lewis) • “The End of Wall Street” (Roger Lowenstein) • “All the Devils are Here” (Bethany McLean)

― Historic perspective
• “Liar’s Poker” (Michael Lewis) • “Barbarians at the Gate” (Bryan Burrough, John Helyar) www.seo-london.com Commercial Awareness cont...
 Current Market Reading
― What you need to know
• Facts – current issues, background, etc. • Opinion – your take on the story, wider relevance to what is happening • Legal dimension – for those interested in Law

― Sources
• (Online) business sections of broadsheet papers (Times, Guardian, Telegraph) • Financial Times – front pages, Lex column, Companies & Markets headlines • The Economist • Bloomberg, Reuters (for those interested in Markets) • The Lawyer, Legal Week, Lawyer2B, Roll on Friday, etc (for those interested in Law)

― Read the business commentary/editor columns to help develop ‘your’ opinion www.seo-london.com Why should SEO choose YOU?
 Do I like you? Do you have a