Stockholm School of Economics in Riga Students' Magazine

Life before working at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development wasn’t easy. The beginning of 2009 saw me unemployed in Greece and desperately looking for a job in London. At the peak of the financial crisis, the timing could not have been trickier.Read more >>

November 2, 2009 – the first working day for new-hires in Ernst & Young. Nine of them started their career in Assurance Services. Seven of nine new auditors are or soon will be graduates of SSE Riga. What did they feel? Why did they choose Ernst & Young? Why audit? How do they feel today – after the busy season?Read more >>

Jevgenia, an SSE Riga graduate, has been working in Nokia for 2 years. She shared her experience of surviving in a big corporation and also gave some pieces of advice to our students.

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When I was thinking whether I should take up the offer of doing my internship in Warsaw, a lot of my friends were rather skeptical. What on earth would I do in an ugly city like that? Nevertheless, my adventurous side kicked in and I decided to go. After all, I was very curious to see the inside of a large corporation.Read more >>

I had a chance to spend two admirable months in corporate finance department of GILD bankers in Vilnius. At first I thought that I will get only small tasks, but it turned out that I was equal to others: I had space for my own decisions and participated in discussions about day-to-day issues.Read more >>

I worked in Swedbank, Finance department, Macroeconomic Analysis sub-department, but it was nothing similar to what we studied during Morten’s Macroeconomics or during the two scary months of Financial Economics courses. The reason for that was the fact that I belonged to a newly established unit which was responsible for Personal Finance.Read more >>

Not so long ago, we were, just like you are now, young and naïve students who honestly believed that having SSER as our alma matter means that we are cool and smart by default and that anyone, we mean ANYONE in the corporate world would be beyond grateful to give us an internship and later hire us as soon-to-be CEOs, CFOs and heads of anything that moves. Well, the reality likes to hit people in the face.

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This summer I was given an opportunity to have my internship in Procter & Gamble in a country I had never been to or spoke the language of - Poland. It was one of the most active summers I've had and I loved it! Now, let me tell you about it!Read more >>

I sold my first pest control contract in San Francisco back in 1996.  Truthfully, I did it for the money.  Friends of mine were earning large amounts money in a very short period of time, selling this very obscure-sounding, but regionally-necessary product.  Fortunately, my financial state of affairs (or lack thereof) forced me to swallow my pride and do the unthinkable—go door-to-door.  Eventually, I did very well financially, but after the last dollar earned was spent, the real reward of the internship that I discovered has remained with me ever since.Read more >>

The day has come; you are standing nervously in front of the E&Y representative (or just in Silicon Valley, applying for a position in Google). Dozens of other applicants. Your aim is to beat them. Besides your professional contribution, your behavior and outfit matters as well.

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