[CCC] Fun in 2007

[Mary Pines]

Happy New Year, Bonne Annee!

Hope you all had an excellent break and a good start to 2007. Here's 
a update on coming events and some information that should be of 
interest to many:

1. Pub night! Wednesday, January 24th at the legendary Castle Pub on 
Castle Hill. A fantastic spot to enjoy fantastic company, so if you 
haven't been before, this is a great chance to hang out in one of 
Cambridge's best. Great burgers too!

2. The Cambridge Canadian Club invite you to attend our annual High 
Commissioner's Dinner, happening Friday, February 16th. This year, we 
welcome the new High Commissioner, James Wright, to join us all for 
an amazing, elegant dinner in the gorgeous surroundings of Trinity 
College. More details will follow. Watch for an invitation in your 
pigeon hole next week. If you are a member and don't received an 
invitation, send an email to the Secretary at 
cdnclub-secretary at srcf.ucam.org 
<mailto:cdnclub-secretary at srcf.ucam.org>. And FYI - non-members are 
certainly welcome.

3. Please scroll to the bottom of this e-mail to a message from 
McKinsey outlining summer opportunities  for students who are 
studying for a masters degree or PhD and who will be graduating in 
2008.

Enjoy!


All the best,

Mary


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We hope you are having a fabulous holiday break.  We wanted to let 
you know that McKinsey are recruiting for a small number of summer 
internships positions for those who are graduating in 2008.   The 
following offices within McKinsey & Company will consider candidates 
who are studying for a Masters for Summer Business Analyst positions 
or PhDs for Summer Associate positions for the summer of 2007:

Offices who will consider students for the Summer Business Analyst position:

Atlanta
Brussels
Copenhagen
Dallas
Dubai
Geneva
Germany
Houston
Netherlands
Warsaw
Zurich

Offices who will consider students for the Summer Associate position 
(must be PhD student):

Atlanta
Boston
Brussels
Budapest
Chicago
Cleveland
Dallas
Dubai
Germany
Houston
Los Angeles
Melbourne
Montreal
Netherlands (not in July and August)
New Jersey
New York
Pittsburgh
Prague
San Francisco
Sydney
Toronto
Warsaw
Washington DC

Offices will only consider applications from candidates who have a 
tie to the region, speak the local language fluently (except Dubai), 
and if successful, will want to be in that location long term.

McKinsey & Company is a management consulting firm that helps leading 
companies and institutions make distinctive, lasting and substantial 
improvements to their performance.  With over 6,000 consultants 
working in 85 offices in 45 countries, McKinsey advises organisations 
worldwide on issues of strategy, organisation, operations and 
technology.  You will find that we are more interested in the quality 
of your achievements than your particular area of studies.  What is 
most important to us is evidence of success in your chosen field. 
 People join us from a wide range of disciplines.  Working with us, 
you will gain exposure to a diverse range of industry sectors and 
business issues that will not only enhance your career options, but 
also accelerate the pace of your personal development.  Further 
information regarding McKinsey & Company can be found at our website: 
 www.mckinsey.com

As a consultant with McKinsey, you will typically work in a team 
consisting of 3 to 6 consultants led by a partner.   You will play an 
active role in all aspects of a client study; fact-gathering, 
analysis, development and communication of recommendations, 
presentation of results to management, and implementation (if 
appropriate).  Consultants are assigned to a project full-time.

Both programmes are typically for an 8-10 week continuous period. 
 Most Summer positions will begin at the end of June.  Unfortunately 
offices are unable to consider candidates for less than 8 weeks.

If you are interested in applying for a summer position, please apply 
on-line at www.mckinsey.com/careers attaching your resume and cover 
letter.  Your cover letter should demonstrate ties for the office you 
are applying as offices wish to see a tie or link with their region. 
 Our deadline for summer positions applications is 21 January 2007. 
 We are unable to accept applications after this deadline.  An 
outline of our interview process is below.

If you are unable to apply for a position, but wish to be kept 
informed of other events McKinsey are running through the year, 
please let me know and I can add you to our database.


Yours sincerely,

Louise Chapman
Senior Recruitment Coordinator

INTERVIEW PROCESS

The first stage of our interview process is a 60 minute Initial 
Problem Solving Assessment (IPS) to be held in London on 29 and 30 
January 2007.  The problem solving assessment has been specifically 
designed to assess certain basic skills which we believe are 
essential elements of success at McKinsey.  It does not assume any 
particular prior academic or business experience.  

If successful with your IPS assessment, you will be asked to attend a 
second round, which will consist of 2 x 50 minute and 1 x 30 minute 
case study interviews which will take place in our London office on 
either 5, 6, or 7 February 2007.  Final rounds will take place at a 
later date in your destination office.

As part of each interview, you will be asked to discuss a business 
case with your interviewer.  The best preparation for these case 
discussions is to read sample cases - briefing document is attached. 
 Again, no specific prior business knowledge is assumed, and you can 
expect the case discussion to cover both familiar and unfamiliar 
business areas.  There is also additional opportunity to practice 
cases on-line at: 
http://wetfeet.com/research/industries/consulting/case.asp  We will 
also focus on your past experiences giving you the opportunity to 
talk about yourself and your accomplishments.  In preparation for 
these, please think about past experiences where you have been 
directly involved and therefore can best demonstrate your behavioural 
capabilities.  More information regarding preparing for interview can 
be found at http://mckinsey.com/aboutus/careers/applyingtomckinsey/

We would also suggest that you take a look at our website 
http://mckinsey.com for hints and tips to take you through the 
interview process.  

There will also be time during your interviews for you to ask 
questions about McKinsey & Company.

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Mary Pines
Graduate student

Roeper Lab
Anatomy Building
Department of Physiology, Development
and Neuroscience
University of Cambridge
Downing Street
Cambridge
CB2 3DY


tel. +44 (0)1223 339 558

email: mkpp2 at cam.ac.uk
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