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MDU works centrally with supporting our students with preparation for the job market. You can find a lot of info, tips and access to a job-database on our website:

In Swedish: Jobb och framtid – Mälardalens universitet (mdh.se)

In English: Jobs and future – Mälardalens universitet (mdh.se)

We also share with you any job/internship announcement that come our way and are relevant for students of our programme. Please see below.

Current announcements

NEW!

Dear students, welcome to Portfolio Theory Seminar 2023!

We are hosting two amazing guests this year: Karl-Mikael Syding (Antiloop) and Gisele Mwepu (Founder, Owner, and CEO at Okapi Finance Holding AB).

Date: 14 December 2023

Time: 17h00- 20h30

Venue: Room Kappa (Mälardalen University – Västerås: Hus U)

Topic 1: Is Value investing Dead?

- Speaker: Karl-Mikael Syding (Antiloop); www.mikaelsyding.comLinks to an external site.
- Abstract: The S&P 500 P/S valuation is 3x its historical norm: is value over? Algorithms have already taken over the market. What are the last bastions of discretionary value-based investing? Investing isn’t complicated, it’s complex and reflexive. 12 (4) desired investor traits, derived from practical portfolio management.
- Karl-Mikael on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sprezzaturian/Links to an external site.

Topic 2: A different Portfolio for a Sustainable Future: Okapi Finance

- Speaker: Gisele Mwepu (Founder, Owner, and CEO at Okapi Finance Holding AB); www.okapifinance.comLinks to an external site.
- Abstract: The Okapi solution is the product of the Swedish company Okapi Finance whose mission is financial inclusion. Okapi has presently around 500K customers. The customers are companies, institutions, and private users. During this talk, you will hear how a real-time transaction is handled while banking the unbanked people.
- Gisele on LinkedIn: Gisele Mwepu | LinkedInLinks to an external site.

For questions please contact the seminar organizer Jean-Paul MURARA, Mälardalen University (MDU): jean-paul.murara@mdu.se

Welcome!

Are you structured, responsive and can you communicate easily? Perfect! We’re now looking for more mentors – a chance for you to help others who are studying through a meaningful and instructive extra job.

Being a mentor means that you help other students at the University to structure and plan their studies, and share your knowledge and experience of study technique and motivation. The student you meet could for example need support in sorting and prioritising assignments and examinations. The work isn’t about homework help or being an extra teacher but about planning and ways of thinking. As a mentor you’ll meet the student once a week, for about 1–1,5 hours. When you start working as a mentor, you must be available for at least four months from now.

You may choose yourself whether you would like to be a mentor for more than one student, but all meetings take place individually. The student you will meet will have themself applied for mentor support and considers that this type of support is relevant and meaningful for him or her.

To give you the best prerequisites for this work you will be given a mentor training course and continual support by the University’s Coordinator for Targeted Study Support. Of course, you will be paid for the important work you do as a mentor. Students who work as mentors often manage their own studies better, it’s instructive, developmental and a merit in their future working life.

If you apply you must be a student at MDU and have come some way in your education. You are structured, responsive and you can communicate easily with others in a clear way. Decisive emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

Application for working as a mentor: Register your interest

Contact Information
Coordinator
Matilda Shahnawazi, +4616153298, matilda.shahnawazi@mdu.se

Past announcements

Junior Insight consultant, Custitude, Strängnäs

See the announcement for the Junior Insight consultant at Custitude, in Strängnäs, Sweden (in Swedish):
Annons junior insight consultat custitude.pdf

About the company: Custitude

Intern, Risk Modelling, Summer FIS University Program 2022 (FIS, Manchester, United Kingdom)

Internship announcement offered at FIS (Links to an external site.), Manchester, United Kingdom.

"Join the 2022 FIS University Summer Internship Program!
We are offering an exciting opportunity to join FIS for 10 weeks (based in Manchester) during the Summer 2022. You will be part of our FIS University – Summer Internship Program and have the opportunity to participate in team projects, social events, and professional development seminars."

See details here: Intern, Risk Modelling, Summer FIS University Program 2022 job in 3 Hardman Square, 5th & 6th Floor, Manchester, M3 3EB, United Kingdom | FIS University Program/Interns jobs at FIS Global

Work at MDU: Online ambassador

Did you know that as a student, you can work extra as an online ambassador and chat with prospective students who are interested in studying at MDU?

Your main task would be to chat with prospective students interested in studying at MDU. You'll give genuine answers to their questions about your programme, studies in Sweden, student life and MDU in general.

For more information and registering your interest, please see here: Work as an online ambassador – Mälardalens universitet (mdu.se)

Job fair: Högvarv 2022

What: The job fair Högvarv is arranged yearly by Mälardalen Student Union, with the purpose of connecting students at Mälardalen university with employers.

Högvarv is visited by up to 70 businesses and thousands of students. The student union offers showcases, food and evening mingle, contact dialogue with students and the opportunity to host lectures. Regardless if you’re looking for new employees, season workers, students for project thesises, trainees or just want to show off your business – this is the place for you.

When: 2022-04-19

More information: Job fair: Högvarv 2022 – Mälardalens universitet (mdu.se)

Global Early Talent Program - Finance

Location: Västerås, Sweden

Company: ABB

Link: Global Early Talent Program - Finance in Västerås, Vaestmanland County, Sweden | Finance at ABB (careers.abb)

DEADLINE: 30th of APRIL

Randstad's Future Talent program

We at Randstad would like to invite the students who study IT, Life Science, Finance or Technology to an event where we present what professional life looks like today and also offer students an opportunity to interact with us at Randstad. We will talk about what a possible job at Randstad looks like today and also about our Future Talent program. Randstad's Future Talent program is a trainee program that places great emphasis on personal development in order to prepare each trainee to take leading positions in future organizations and give them a boost in professional life.

What?

We at Randstad invite you to an event to give students the opportunity to gain a deeper insight into professional life and what it means. During the event, we will present what we think all new graduates should know, students will also have the opportunity to ask us all kinds of questions regarding working life at Randstad and they will have the opportunity to have their CV reviewed.

When?

March 15, 16.00-18.00

Where?

The event will take place digitally. More information below.

The event will take place digitally on March 15, 16.00-18.00, at which time we will start the event with a lecture on what students should expect when examined, what professional life looks like at present and how we at Randstad work. During the event, the participants will have opportunities to talk and discuss with trainees and managers from Randstad and also have the opportunity to have their CVs reviewed. We think that this is a perfect opportunity for students to get more clarity in what awaits them after the examination and that they gain more insight into what they want to do.

The schedule of the event:

- 16:00 - The event begins
- 16:10 - Presentation: This is Randstad's Future Talent program
- 16:30 - Workshop: Exercise for personal development
- 17:00 - Coffee break
- 17:20 - The event is divided into smaller break-out rooms where there is an opportunity for students to ask more specific questions about the program. There will also be the opportunity for CV review, playing games and interacting with other participants.
- 17:40 - Presentation: A trainee from the program talks about his own experience and lessons learned from the Randstad's Future Talent program.
- 17:50 - Closing

Link for registration for the event is: https://forms.gle/F1NyxLyfbJi1Pmpu6 (Links to an external site.)

Sincerely,

Alexander Johansson
Randstad
Bemanningsföretag och rekryteringsföretag | Randstad

Nordea's Women’s Finance Insight Programme spring 2022

Bachelor and master students are invited to the Nordea Women’s Finance Insight Programme, which will take place during spring 2022 in Copenhagen, Oslo, Helsinki and Stockholm.

For more information and application, please see here: Join our Women’s Finance Insight Programme spring 2022 – apply now! | Nordea Markets

First step to your dream career abroad

As a student, alumnus or member of staff at MDH you have access to the career portal, HigherEd, where you can apply for a placement or a job abroad. This service is provided by EFMD (the European Foundation for Management Development) of which the University is a member.

By logging in with your student or work email you will gain access to a personal portal through which you can apply for trainee places, placements or jobs worldwide. There are usually around 1 000 places to apply for, all around the world.

On the portal there is also an opportunity to do personality tests, which can give an indication of what potential you have and what professions are the most relevant.

You log in with your student or work email, update your profile, and then it’s time to take your first step out into the world!

Useful links

You’ll find the portal here.

How ro register

How to use the platform

For more information about the portal, please contact Jessika Hedén, Communications Officer at MDH.

Career Fest 2021

Mälardalen University will participate in the EFMD Global Virtual Fairs – Career Fest 2021, as part of an exclusive network of top schools across the globe.

The Career Fest 2021 is a sophisticated job fair simulation environment that enables you to have real-time interaction with recruiters from leading companies and organizations in the world.

Both students and alumni are invited to join the Career Fest 2021, which will take place from April 19-23.

The Career Fest 2021 is a five-day event that will showcase multiple sectors, profile and geographically specific fairs all on a single platform in a fair format.

Sectors to be represented are:

- Consulting
- Banking & Finance
- FMCG/Consumer Goods
- Retail
- Tech
- Pharma
- Life Sciences
- Luxury
- Lifestyle
- Media
- Energy (Industrial)
- Automotive
- Hospitality
- Tourism

What is there for you?

This is a great opportunity to introduce yourself to potential employers, meet with the recruiters and perhaps start applying to their opportunities.

You can:

- visit the stands
- view company profiles/videos
- chat with recruiters
- view job opportunities
- apply for jobs
- attend webcasts and seminars

What do you need to do?

1. Log in or create an account with your student/alumni email at http://mdh.gethighered.global/ (Links to an external site.)
2. Click on the tab “Virtual Events” in the top toolbar of the platform.
3. Confirm your attendance to the Career Fest 1 of the EFMD Global Virtual Fairs by Highered
4. Prepare for the fairs by watching existing masterclasses on the platform.

If you have not created an account, just follow the simple instructions presented in the PDF: LOGIN Instructions.pdf

We look forward to seeing you joining the Highered platform where you will find exiting job and internship offers at an international setting as well as participating in the upcoming Career Fest or other coming events!

Best wishes

Pablo Camacho Sanhueza

Head of Internationalisation

Mälardalen University

School of Business, Society and Engineering

Phone: +46 (0)21-15 17 82

pablo.camacho.sanhueza@mdh.se

The Internship Program
For those interested in doing a full semester’s internship, FUF offer an internship program with around 80 placements per year within both NGO’s, public sector institutions as well as the private sector focusing on global sustainable development. Apart from the internship itself, participants are granted additional capacity training and networking opportunities. The program is given in Swedish, but you can participate even if you only have a basic level of Swedish – the important thing is that you can understand the contents of the capacity trainings and instructions. You only send in one general application and get matched to all 45 placements. If you wish to apply or read more, visit the Swedish webpage, following this link: Praktikantprogrammet (Links to an external site.)

This springs organizations: (Links to an external site.)
ALEF, Adult Learning and Empowerment Facilitators
Commercial Office of Ecuador (PRO Ecuador)
Engineers Without Borders Sweden
Expertgruppen för biståndsanalys (EBA)
FCG Swedish Development AB
FIAN Sverige
ForumCiv - Policy- och kommunikationsavdelningen
Global Utmaning
Institutet Mot Mutor (IMM)
International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (International IDEA)
Internationella Kvinnoförbundet för Fred och Frihet, IKFF
Naturskyddsföreningen
NIRAS Sweden AB
Nordic Consulting Group - NCG Sweden AB
Parlamentarikerforum för lätta vapen-frågor
PeaceWorks
Plan International Sverige
Praktisk Solidaritet
Right Livelihood Foundation
SCB – Enheten för internationellt utvecklingssamarbete
SEI Swedish International Agricultural Network Initiative (SIANI)
Sida - Enheten för humanitärt bistånd
Sida - Enheten för stöd till effektiv insatshantering och metoder
Sida - Enheten för verksamhetsstyrning
Sida – Enheten för forskningssamarbeten
Sida – Enheten för MENA
Sida – Enheten för multilateral samordning (INTEM/MULTI)
Sida – Enheten för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati
Sida – Enheten för Rättvisa och Fred
Sida – Enheten GLOBEC
Sida – Enhetens för tematiskt stöd
Sida – Sida Partnership Forum
Social Initiative
Stiftelsen Choice
Stockholm Environment Institute - Communications
Stockholms FN-Förening
Swedish International Centre for Local Democracy (ICLD)
The International Land and Forest Tenure Facility (The Tenure Facility)
The New Division by Trollbäck + Company
Vinnova
Världsnaturfonden WWF
War Child Sverige
Zelmerlöw & Björkman Foundation

Apply through above links!

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Virtual Career Fairs - Fall 2020

Mälardalen University will take part in the Virtual Career Fairs Part II 2020, as part of an exclusive network of top schools across the globe. The virtual fairs replicate a sophisticated job fair simulation environment that enables you to have real-time interaction with recruiters from leading companies and organizations.

Both students and alumni are invited to join the virtual fairs, which will run from September 15th to November 19th, and will include 8 weeks of 3-day events (Tuesday to Thursday).

Programme:

- - Management, Organisation, Leadership, Business, Strategy - September 15-17, 2020
  - Finance, Accounting, Economics, Risk, Business Intelligence, Analytics, Consulting, Actuaries - September 22-24, 2020
  - Supply Chain, Logistics, Project Management, Transportation, Shipping - September 29-October 1, 2020
  - Global MBA - October 6-8, 2020
  - Digital Marketing, Communications, PR, Digital Media - October 13-15, 2020
  - Startups, Entrepreneurship, Innovation - October 27-29, 2020
  - NGOs, International Organizations, Public Administration, CSR, AHRMIO - November 10-12, 2020
  - Big Tech, Engineering, Biotech, Pharma, Telecom - November 17-19, 2020

Read detailed information here: https://mdh.instructure.com/courses/3898/discussion_topics/66555

Company/Funding organisation: Fulbright Commission

Programme: Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSIs) for Student Leaders

About: "Study of the U.S. Institutes (SUSIs) for Student Leaders are intensive short-term academic programs whose purpose is to provide groups of undergraduate student leaders with a deeper understanding of the United States while simultaneously enhancing their leadership skills. The Study of the U.S. Institute on Entrepreneurship and Economic Development hosted by the University of Tennessee, Chattanooga, will provide participants with an overview of entrepreneurial approaches by reviewing the development, history, challenges, and successes of U.S. entrepreneurial enterprises, including social enterprises, business leadership and women’s economic empowerment, in the United States and globally. Topics will include, but are not limited to, business development in a global setting, diversity in the workforce, management strategies and techniques, and the relationship among businesses, governments and NGOs."

More information: https://fulbright.se/grants/swedish-grants/study-of-u-s-institutes/

Deadline for application: January 8, 2020

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Current announcements

NEW! Portfolio Theory Seminar 2023

Past announcements

Job fair: Högvarv 2022

NEW!