Customer service: reception, sales, stock management etc.

Business development assistant: customer prospecting and follow-up...

Communications/marketing assistant: event organisation, search for sponsors, logistics, market studies etc...

Type of work: market study between mid-June and August
Period: between mid-June and August 2006 
Duration: 2 to 3 months
Aims: discovery of client supplier relationship
Examples: assistant product manager, medical rep, assistant purchaser in an industrial company, customer satisfaction study

Professional placement: The aim of the placement is to have responsibility and take part in supervising activities within a department.

Typical Assignments:

Portfolio management assistant: Analysis, management of customers' financial situation, consulting and advice on financial placements...

Assistant in charge of recruitment: Drawing up of required profiles, participation in recruitment interviews and consulting...

Junior consultant in marketing and company strategy: Co-production of market studies and strategic positioning, business intelligence (legal monitoring, competition, market opportunities, technology)...

Type of work: managerial placement
Period: between January and August 2006 
Duration: 4 to 7 months
Aims: to take responsibility in a firm 
Examples: managing a team of sales assistants, organisation/co-ordination of cultural or sports events...

Project management placement: Responsibility for managing a complete project.

Typical Assignments:

Junior management auditor: Monthly reporting and analysis, follow-up of results, establishment of management forecasts, cost management linked to the firm's activities etc.

Junior project manager: Follow-up and development of packaging, coordination of product launch, analyse of product performance, management of promotional plans, brand reporting etc.

Human resources manager: Contract follow-up, development of training tools, career management, payroll management, recruitment, etc.

Includes the project management internship, 2 days/week from September 2005 to January 2006 + full time from February 2006 to July 2006 from 6 to 10 months

Our students and alumni are interested in your job offers for full time work, student jobs and voluntary overseas work

If you are looking for an intern/trainee, please fill in the attached form and send it to: ingrid.pieronne@edhec.edu or arielle.adriaenssens@edhec.edu

Calendar of Career Forums - academic year 2005/2006:

NICE 
- Careers in Audit and Finance
- Careers in Marketing and Communication
- Careers in Human Resources
- Alumni

LILLE
- Forum Entreprises
- Forum Entreprises et Avenir

Round tables and individual interviews throughout the day. Second stage individual interviews may be held to allow students to meet the company directors.

Looking for employment should not be a hit and miss affair at the end of your course. The groundwork needs to be prepared from the very first year in the school. Your career plan needs to be clear, precise, specific and detailed. A result of joint reflection on your professional pathway, it will underpin your job search, and will be your guide to enable you to gain a firm foothold in the job market.
 

To help you construct your career plan, ESPEME's Corporate Relations Department provides an array of brochures, magazines and other literature in its documentation centre. This material will enable you to discover the many career opportunities available, providing precious information concerning the firms and today's job market.

ESPEME's academic staff will also help you to learn key skills on how to act and behave during interviews and once in the world of work. They also provide individual tutoring throughout the four years of the programme. 

Our overriding objective is to help you enter the world of work, acting as a real interface between you and the company.

Contact in Lille: mailto:arielle.
adriaenssens@edhec.edu

Contact in Nice: ingrid.pieronne
@edhec.edu