Work placement for a Business Student?

Question

Hi im a second year student in the UK studying international business and management and Im wanting to ask if anyone either in the UK or preferabley outside of the UK knows of a foriegn company who take business students on work placement or if you work for a foreign company and you knwo 100% that your comapny is taking or does take student placement workers.

Ideally if you know something to do with the motorsport industry then youve made my day but if not no worries im happy to do anything so long as its a job that I can hopefully stand a chance of obtaining

thank you for your time =)

Answer 1

Hello again;

I answered one of your earlier questions.
Basically I went abroad as part of a European Union initiative called the Leonardo da Vinci programme which encourages work placements for young people (this was a few years ago and I don't know if it still exists but it would be easy for you to check). The hard part was that I had to find my own placement. Actually, I found it relatively easy, others had a hard time getting theirs, mainly because they didn't know what they wanted to do and were not focused enough.

I worked in a very well known, global news agency and financial services organisation. I worked in all their departments; journalism/editorial, administration, finance etc for a few months.

Sorry I don't know about the business side of motor sport! If you are serious though approach people in the industry yourself and see what happens(and only you can do this). Next time you go to a motor sports event actually seek people out. Don't be worried about embarrassing yourself. The worst they will say is no. And yes, you will stand a chance. A lot of people don't succeed in getting their dream job because they don't try in the first place.

I've spent years working abroad (Japan,Hong Kong, Cyprus and more), and my main advice would be try staying within the EU if its just a work placement or experience you want, just because its easier in the short term.

Goodluck!