Allan Gray Internship


Advertiser: Allan Gray
Location: Cape Town

The goal of our internship is to provide students with real world business experience over a two week period during their June / July university vacation. Students are given the opportunity to be involved in business projects, analysis and presentations to management. They are also given the opportunity to meet with leaders and directors within the company.

Successful interns will be placed in a set business area depending on skills and qualifications. Details of these areas, project work and exposure will be explained in the interview.

Students who take part in our internship programme are generally completing their Bachelor Degrees in Commerce, Business Science, Mathematics / Statistics, or Actuarial Science, and will need to meet the following criteria:
- Have good grades (must have a cumulative GPA of 65% and above)
- Have proven leadership and problem solving potential
- Be in their final or penultimate year of studies.

Closing date: 30 March 2014

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Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.