OREANDA-NEWS. March 24, 2014. Sberbank CIB has begun accepting applications for its 2014 summer internship Head Start@Sberbank CIB.

The name of the programme speaks for itself as an internship at one of Russia’s largest financial companies definitely gives its participants a head start. This year the summer internship is being held for the 14th time.

To participate in the summer internship selection process you should fill in an application form (in Russian only) on the Career section of Sberbank CIB’s website before April 6, 2014. The site also provides detailed information about the selection stages.

Graduates and final-year students who are interested in the financial industry, speak English and are from leading Moscow universities such as Moscow State Institute of International Relations, Moscow State University, Higher School of Economics and others are invited to participate in the Head Start@Sberbank CIB programme. The internship will take place from July 1 until August 29 in Moscow.

The internship selection stages include: collection and consideration of applications, numeracy and verbal tests, an English proficiency test, business game and the Summer Classes – lectures and master classes held by Sberbank CIB’s leading specialists and invited experts. As early as the section stages candidates will be able to test themselves and their knowledge, get a feel of the financial industry and broaden their outlook.

Every year the internship programme focuses on an interesting non-financial topic; this year it will be entrepreneurship. Sberbank CIB is looking forward to meeting energetic and talented candidates for whom “being an entrepreneur” means not only the ability to create something new, but also the capacity to think outside the box and find unconventional solutions to any situation. Besides lectures by given by Sberbank CIB’s leading professionals, the Summer Classes will include meetings with renowned entrepreneurs and successful businessmen.

“We expect the Head Start@Sberbank CIB internship to be attended by highly motivated and enterprising young people who are not afraid of challenges and are ready for serious work,” commented Maria Merkulova, Head of Review, Learning & Development in Sberbank CIB’s Human Resources Division. “Our internship is an excellent career start for beginning specialists and also the chance to apply the knowledge they have gained at university, make their first professional contacts, and determine which area they want to focus on. This year will not be an exception – the best interns will join our team. I believe that this will serve as a good incentive for them to fully show us what they are capable of.”

Interns will be able to try their hand in the company’s business units (Global Markets Department, Investment Banking Department, Sberbank Merchant Banking, Structured Products Department, Client Management Department, Loans Department), Sberbank Investment Research,  and also support units (Administrative Division, Compliance & Internal Control Division, HR Division, Internal Communications Department, Legal Division, Marketing Department, Public Relations, Risk Management Division, Security Department).