Over the last 10 years Helios has welcomed 9 interns to join us during the summer months. 4 of them have gone on to be offered, and to accept permanent positions with us. We have found that interns benefit from the experience and exposure to a vibrant consulting business, whilst Helios gets the chance to ‘test-drive’ potential employees over the period of a few months. Unlike many companies, we do pay our interns – but the amount is small, and is mainly intended to help cover expenses.

The intern formula has worked well for us, and we’re now looking for two or three interns to join us THIS SUMMER. We’re serious about wanting people who genuinely think that consultancy might be a career for them. We’re flexible about backgrounds – it’s more important that candidates have bright, enquiring minds and are numerate.

It seems we’re not the only company thinking this way. A recent BBC report highlighted a campaign by the Federation of Small Businesses to encourage government support for paying interns. Similarly the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development supports the idea of a training wage.

Twitter has a dedicated internship hashtag for Europe: http://twitter.com/#!/internshipeu - so the intern phenomenon seems set to grow further with the benefit of social media too.

Back to Helios … to find out more about our own intern opportunities take a look at our current vacancies page. And please, spread the word!

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