Apply to Job search startup Koru by Aug 11th 2014 - teams up with WSU to boost students’ job opportunities

Koru announced today that Washington State University has become the latest educational institution to partner with the Seattle-based startup, helping students build work experience and find jobs out of college.

The company, led by Onvia co-founder Kristen Hamilton, partners with employers– especially technology firms –to place students for short stints of employment. That, in turn, is meant to connect students with potential employers, or at least help them build their resumé and develop skills they need to succeed in the working world.

“It makes sense to join forces with Koru as an innovator in education, especially with their founding programs and great employer partnerships in Washington State,” Washington State University President Elson S. Floyd said in a press release.

A partnership makes sense for Koru and WSU students. Out of the 31 students who graduated from the company’s June program in Seattle, 14 were eligible for jobs. Eight of those 14 pupils have already been hired, or 57 percent of the total eligible workforce. Overall, 70 percent of Koru graduates (not including those who just completed their program in July) have been placed in a job.

The company, which raised a $4.35 million funding round late last year from Maveron, Battery Ventures, First Round Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, already has 13 educational partners lined up.

WSU will be joining a group of institutions that includes Whitman College, Georgetown University, Pomona College, University of Southern California and Vassar College.

Koru will be starting up its first program in San Francisco right after Labor Day. People interested in taking part in Koru’s September program in Seattle have until August 11 to apply. Those who want to apply can do so here.

Source: Geekwire; Blair Hanley Fran, 8/7/2014

Summer analyst - Private equity

Mid-end June annually:

Originally sourced: June 2014

Core Energy Partners, LLC is a private equity firm that makes control investments in small to middle market energy companies in North America. Within the energy sector, Core Energy focuses on investments in oil & gas exploration & production and oilfield services & equipment. Core Energy invests up to $25 million of equity per deal, but can form syndicates to invest up to $100 million, in start-up, growth equity and buyout opportunities.

Job Description

Primary role will be to support all of Core s investment, marketing and operating activities, including: conducting sector, product and company research; drafting marketing presentations and investment memorandums; building investment models; reviewing term sheets and other documents; attending meetings with potential management teams, investors and other Core relationships; and updating Core s internal deal and investor logs.

Qualification: Strong work ethic, highly entrepreneurial and intellectually curious. Ability to do independent work on a timely basis. Strong Excel and PowerPoint skills. Accounting skills are a must, but not required.

2014 Summer analysts hiring practices@Investment banks

Source: CNBC; article by Michael J. Moore, Date: 24th June 2014

Topic: 2014 Investment banking Summer analyst practices.

Undergrad summer analysts and Associates: The title of analyst typically is used for undergraduate students who intern for the summer who are different from research analysts who recommend stocks to investors. Associates are usually graduate school students.

Wall street industry programs: Wall Street firms have been touting the selectivity of their programs for recruiting junior talent to counter worries that they’re less attractive employers in the wake of the financial crisis. The acceptance rate of less than 2 percent is lower than Harvard College’s 5.9 percent for the coming year’s freshman class.

Firms: Morgan Stanley (MS), owner of the world’s largest brokerage, received about 90,000 applications for its summer program for analysts and associates. More than 1,000 people, or roughly 80 percent who received offers, accepted a spot and began working in the past few weeks. Morgan Stanley’s 2014 summer class hails from more than 275 schools. The number of applicants is higher than last year.

More than 80 percent of those who were offered a spot for its summer program for analysts and associates had accepted. 

Goldman Sachs - In 2013 its investment-banking division, selected 350 summer analysts from a pool of more than 17,000 applicants.

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