Internship

Recruit the top talents of tomorrow through the Hanken Internship Programme

The Hanken internship programme will in year 2011 embrace about 45 international and 10 national internship positions. The internship programme gives you the possibility to recruit both Bachelor's and Master's students. There are two main groups of students interested in internships:

1. Students in the integrated Bachelor's and Master's programme
2. Sudents in the English Master's programme

Now's your chance to be part of the international Hanken internship programme, a unique opportunity for your company to obtain support, input and talent from future professionals in your branch. Don't hesitate, recruit an intern today!

Company benefits of participating in the internship programme

1. The interns are hard working, motivated business students who are eager to try out the working life in their own field
2. An easy and efficient recruitment channel, most work is done by Hanken
3. The company gains substantial visibility and creates a positive image among Hanken students by offfering internship positions
4. Strengthens the employer brand
5. A cost effective way of recruiting new talents

How does it work?

As an employer you have the option to offer internship positions either abroad or in Finland. The internship should last at least 3 months and can be done any time during the year.

This is what you as an employer have to do:

1. Offer Hanken/Ekonomforum an internship position. Fill in the Internship request -form, and send it to Ekonomforum
2. Choose an intern among the received applications and inform Ekonomforum: The name of the chosen interns and the internship duration
3. The internship agreement is signed between Hanken School of Economics and the internship provider
4. The employer answers a questionnaire about the internship

This is what Ekonomforum does:

1. The marketing and publishing of the internship positions
2. Receive all the appilcations and mediate them to the internship company, which chooses the intern
3. Set up a written agreement between the employer and Hanken before the internship
4. Gather feedback from both students and employers after the internship and put together a report
5. Support the employer during the internship in questions regarding the instruction of the intern, etc.

Internship postition abroad

The international Hanken internship programme is aimed for students in the integrated Bachelor's and Master's education programme at Hanken. The internship programme at an international level offers companies outside Finland the possibility to receive motivated interns who are studying for a Bachelor's, as well as as Master's degree. Hanken has imposed a compulsory stay abroad for all students in the integrated Bachelor's and Master's programme, and it has become increasingly popular to execute this stay abroad as an internship in another country. Why not take the chance to work together with these eager future talents and at the same time strenghten your employer brand among them? The students at Hanken can choose between nine different majors and they have a very good knowledge in langauges. (More information about the different majors can be found here.)

• The company employs an intern from the integrated Bachelor's and Master's programme at Hanken for minimum 3 months in an organisation outside Finland, any time during the year.
• Hanken participates in the financing of the internship with maximum 1000 €/month for the first two months. At the same time Hanken requires that the employer pays a minimum salary of 1000 € for the financial support to be granted.
• If the employer wishes to pay a higher salary or employ for a longer period, this should be done at the company's own expence. The financial support is granted for minimum 3 months internships, as this is the requirement for students to get studypoints for an internship.

Internship postition in Finland

The national Hanken internship programme is aimed for students in the eight different English Master's programmes at Hanken. The internship programme at the national level gives companies inside Finland the possibility to create a distinctive picture for the company among the continuously growing group of international students at Hanken. The internship programme gives the company a chance to work with students who already have completed their Bachelor's degree and who are at the end of their Master's studies. These students are soon stepping into working life and they often already have some international experience of studies or/and work outside Finland. (More information about the eight different Enlgish Master's programmes can be found here.)

• The company employs an intern from some of the English Master's programmes at Hanken for minimum 3 months in an organisation in Finland, any time during the year.
• Hanken participates in the financing of the internship positions with 2000€. The minimum recuirements are that the duration of the internship is at least 3 months and the salary at minimum 1000€/month.
• If the employer wishes to pay a higher salary or employ for a longer period, this is done at the company's own expence. The financial support is granted for minimum 3 months internships, as this is the requirement for students to get studypoints for an internship.
• Alternatively, the employer can receive an intern from some of the English Master's programmes at Hanken for an internship in an organisation in Finland for 3 months without costs. In this case Hanken pays a scholarship to the intern (1500 €). The employer pays no salary to the intern (thus the total compensation for the internship is 1500 €).

Application forms and information

Internship request form 2011 international [pdf] 219k - To offer an internship position abroad

Internship request form 2011 national [pdf] 243k - To offer an internship position in Finland

Internship offer form [pdf] 148k - To offer an internship position to specific student

Hanken Internship Programme 2011 [pdf] 546k - A short presentation in English of the internship programme at Hanken