Greetings!

Thank-you for applying to SEO London. We are pleased to share further details about our exclusive SEO First Year Fast Track (FYFT) event for Investment Banking which is taking place on 23 rd – 24 th November 2017 in London.

Last year, more than 130 SEO candidates secured highly competitive spring insight places with our sponsor firms. Many of these candidates secured 2018 summer internships before even starting their 2nd/3rd years! We hope to ensure even more offers are made this year. 

You will get to meet the following SEO sponsors firms: Goldman Sachs, Citi, Bank of America Merrill Lynch, HSBC,Aberdeen Standard Investments, Barclays and Bloomberg!

This year's FYFT will involve the following elements: 

  1. Full 2-day programme on Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th November which will involve interactive sessions with our sponsor firms within Investment Banking and Asset Management. This will help you gain a better understanding of how the different divisions operate, where you might fit and crucially how to impress in interviews and networking. 
  2. On Thursday 23rd November in the evening, there will be an exclusive evening networking reception with employees from all our participating sponsor firms. It’s your chance to ask all the questions you have about the industry and firms. All of the firms will be sending business reps and recruiters to identify the most impressive candidates. This is a great way to prompt firms to look at submitted applications if you have done them.

This event has limited spaces so we encourage you to apply early! This is an opportunity not only to interact with representatives of the firms but to build your peer network. You should consider these two days as an investment into your future.

FYFT will be a great place for our banks to put faces and personalities to submitted applications as there will be interactive sessions and exclusive networking opportunities.

We highly recommend you submit your applications before the FYFT event as firms are recruiting on a rolling basis. Please be sure to use our application guidance to help you submit strong applications. We will be confirming spaces for FYFT on a rolling basis.  
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SEO London is conducting research and will expect all our candidates to respond as it helps us improve the quality of our work and also advise our sponsors about best practice and innovative ideas as it relates to engaging, recruiting and retaining diverse talent.
Please complete BOTH of the following surveys if you have not already done so:



Your participation is much appreciated!
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1) Apply for this event 
Please complete the following form  indicating your availability no later than Friday 20th October 2017 . It is strongly recommended you attend both days so you can benefit.
 
2) Upload your **one-page photo CV** here
Prior to the event, SEO will send out a CV book with details of everyone attending to all of our sponsor firms. They will use this to identify people that impress during the training and networking and who will be fast tracked for their spring insight schemes. 

Please send a copy of your most up-to-date CV, with a head-shot photograph of you in professional wear (on a white background) in the top right-hand corner of the CV

Please ensure your CV showcases you as an impressive candidate with the kind of profile our sponsor firms would be interested in.
Use this CV guidance to re-structure your CV. 
Make sure you compress your CV ( http://www.ilovepdf.com/compress_pdf ) before uploading them.  
We look forward to meeting you soon!
Please feel free to contact the banking team should you have any further queries.
Warm regards,
SEO Banking Team

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