Company Background
Next
Step Connections (NSC) is a leading global professional education organization
connecting students and young professionals with international career
development opportunities. Through NSC's fee based international internship
programs, participants have the opportunity to gain international exposure
while experiencing life in some of Asia's most exciting cities. NSC specializes
in providing a full service program in Shanghai, Hong Kong and Singapore for
overseas students and gap year participants. NSC creates tailor-made internship
and entrepreneurship programs in Asia that are aimed to help participants
launch their successful careers.
In addition to internship placements, our programs also include added benefits
such as housing, insurance, Chinese lessons, airport transfers, 24/7 support
and professional and social events.
NSC is unique in that we give our participants the opportunity to choose their
preferred destination, starting date, field of interest and length of stay (1-6
months).
Our mission is to help students, graduates and young professionals start a
successful global career by building experiential learning opportunities that
allow participants to take their knowledge from education and use them in real
work environments.
NSC is currently accepting applications for outstanding candidates to join our team. The successful candidates will be given an opportunity to gain experience in the career education industry with one of the fastest growing companies in the world.
For more details, please visit our website: http://www.nextstepconnections.com
What to expect from joining our team:
· Work with students and young adults from around the globe and help them develop their careers;
· Gain experience in a trilingual (English, Chinese, French) working environment;
· Opportunity to build a resume within one of the fastest growing industries in the world;
· Enjoy company team events every quarter;
· Opportunities to develop and grow as the business expand;
· Training from the management team;
· A chance to work with some of the coolest, most brilliant people on the planet!!
Due to the high number of applications, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.
The Placement Assistant is responsible for supporting the placement team.
Internship: Minimum 4 days/week
No of open positions: 2 (Internship positions)
Office location: Central, Singapore
Duties and responsibilities:
Placement team:
· Conduct research about different industries, compiling industry knowledge for the team;
· Work on creating PowerPoint presentations on the industries researched;
· Present researched industries to the team;
· Research for potential company partnerships information and contacts and inputting the data into our internal database system;
· Updating the company’s internal database of new contacts;
· Consolidate resources for the placement team using business development tools and skills;
· Contact companies via emails introducing our company and services;
· Follow up with companies on possible partnerships;
· Research and consolidate the list of networking events in the city for the placement team every month;
· Attend networking events with the placement team members;
· Attend company visits with the placement team;
· Handle cases assigned by the team and secure placements for our clients as per request by each application;
· Support the team in finding replacement internship hosts as necessary;
Marketing team:
· Assist the marketing team to organize events every month by sending invitations to interns and keeping track of the attendance;
· Attending and assist in organizing the events by the company;
· Conduct market research on competitors and do market analysis;
· Assist in consolidating promotional and marketing materials for the marketing team (photos, videos, blogs and feedback on events/trips);
· Assist the marketing team in encouraging interns to participate in our events;
· Provide support for the marketing team with ad-hoc tasks;
Others
· Other ad-hoc tasks assigned by the company which includes supporting the Program and Management teams.
Skills and specifications:
· Language requirements: Requires fluency in English;
· Team player with experience working/being in a team environment;
· Desire to learn professional skills (communication, planning, etc);
· Interested in career education;
· Current poly/university students;
· Good time management and communication skills;
· Outgoing personality and good interpersonal skills.
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