Motivation

TALENT DAY 2017

Are you an ambitious and highly skilled economics student, currently enrolled in a Ph.D. or Master’s degree program in economics? Do you want to meet some of the most talented young and highly skilled economists from across Europe and spend an engaging day in Copenhagen, solving challenging cases from real life?


Copenhagen Economics encourages you to apply for participation in our annual recruitment event, Talent Day. We have 10-15 seats available for the very best economics students from across Europe.

Talent Day is a unique opportunity to learn more about Copenhagen Economics. During Talent Day you will:

·  Get a chance to demonstrate your skills under pressure, while solving challenging cases and working in teams

·  Learn about Copenhagen Economics’ approach to consulting and about the career opportunities in our organisation

·  Meet the partners and consultants of Copenhagen Economics as well as other top students from European universities

·  Meet previous Talent Day participants, who have now joined Copenhagen Economics

Talent Day 2017 will take place on Monday 20 November from 9:30 to 17:00 at our office in Copenhagen. We will reimburse your travel expenses.

At Copenhagen Economics, we arededicated to delivering compelling and pragmatic economics solutions with a creative and candid approach. Hence, working with usrequires you to use and refine the skills you have attained during your studies – and to acquire new skills in order to provide outstanding advice to our clients.

How to participate?

We appreciate talent and quantitative skills, and we encourage the most talented graduate students to apply. Preferably, we are interested in Ph.D. and master students graduating within one year. As seats are limited for the Talent Day, candidates will be selected based on an overall assessment of their academic skills, personality, and experience.

If you wish to participate in the Talent Day 2017, we kindly ask you to fill in the attached application form and motivation, and send it to along with your CV and academic transcripts. Deadline for application is 2 October 2017.

If you have any questions regarding the event or Copenhagen Economics in general, please do not hesitate to contact Søren Brenøe at or +45 6066 6069.

Sincerely,

Dr. Claus Kastberg Nielsen

Founding Partner, Copenhagen Economics

Application form
Personal details
Name / Birth year
Address / Nationality
E-mail / Telephone
Academic details
Current university / B.Sc. (GPA)
Current program / M.Sc. (GPA)
Expected graduation date / Ph.D. (Topic)
Language skills (None: 0, Basic: 1, Fluent: 2)
Scandinavian / French
English / Spanish
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Motivation

Please write a short motivation (no more than 15 lines), explaining your academic interests and why you would like to participate in Talent Day 2017:

Please also complete the following 3 sentences:

·  I am better than my classmates at…

·  I am dedicated to…

·  I think the most important thing in consulting is…

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