FUTURE TALENT MEETS THE INDUSTRY
What is it?
ESOMAR has developed a programme aimed at encouraging the brightest students to enter the industry and to start a dialogue between University and Business school professors. This highly successful new initiative has extended more than 20 invitations to students around the world with many more nominations coming in constantly.
For professors
Professors are given the opportunity to recommend students to participate at our events, with the purpose of meeting the industry, experiencing the practical world of market research and the real world issues that are being faced by companies.
Professors are also encouraged to attend the ESOMAR events and hear the latest thinking within the market research business environment, participate in the debates and discussions and meet the industry leaders in a personal and stimulating environment.
We want to show that the business dynamics require a market research profile which is not only rigorous and based on knowledge of methodologies and statistics but also needs skills that prepare new comers in this industry to handle the complexities of everyday business. ESOMAR events are also a great opportunity to learn and to allow students to get in touch with industry experts and their companies worldwide.
How is this done?
Professors are being asked to nominate promising students to participate in international ESOMAR conferences being held around the world. During the conference, students are given the opportunity to meet industry leaders, form a network and gain learning and understanding by attending the sessions.
For each conference held in 2008, we would like to invite a selected few promising students to act as Networking facilitators means that students would be asked to cooperate with ESOMAR staff in facilitating networking requests made by speakers, delegates and exhibitors (e.g.) If delegate X would like to meet speaker Y they could ask the students to help. General “running and paging” would be expected of the students. Students will be able to attend sessions as well as network with participants, the ESOMAR team and with each other.networking facilitators .For a list of past and future events, see section below on 'Where and when?'.
Step 1) The submission process
- Students must be engaged in a full or part-time MBA, or marketing/market research-oriented graduate programme, to be nominated;
- Students should meet the following criteria:
- Be in their 3rd year onwards
- Excellent results
- Interested in a career in market research, advertising, marketing or consultancy
- Conversant in English
- Personable
- Strong social skills
- Good communicators
- Bright and enthusiastic
- If the criteria is met, you should fill in the online nomination form below.
Step 2) The selection process
- Once the entries have been assembled, ESOMAR will determine a short list of candidates.
- The short list will be asked to participate in a conference call interview from which the invitees would be chosen.
Where and when?
Future events:- Latin America 2008 (Mexico City / 12 - 14 May)
- WM3 2008 (Budapest / 1 - 4 June)
- Innovate 2008 (Copenhagen / 16 - 18 June)
- Congress 2008 (Montreal / 22 - 25 September)
- Panel Research 2008 (Dublin / 23 - 24 October)
Past events:
- Asia Pacific 2008 (Singapore / 7 - 9 April)
For a list of participating students, biographies and testimonials, click here.
- Automotive 2008 (Lausanne / 3 - 5 March)
For a list of participating students, biographies and testimonials, click here.
- ESOMAR Congress, Berlin, 2007
For a list of participating students, biographies and testimonials, click here.
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