Remote Experience for elite level college athlete

Hi All,

Im a current Finance and Economics sophomore athlete in an olympic sport at a private power 5 university.

This summer I will be competing for my national team at the world championships, this will take up my entire summer and leave me unable to do a traditional internship. However I am passionate about ultimately working in IB so I want to try and gain whatever experience I can. 

What recommendations do any of you have for remote experience i could gain, which would have an impact on an IB recruiting resume. I'll still have around 6-8 hours a day to spare which I can use for this but unfortunately where training is based is not near any major cities that might have boutique IB firms.

Thank you for any advice!

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Former athlete as well - don't bother trying to do this. Make sure your sport is prominently on your resume, say you competed at the 2024 World Championships / made the Olympic long list or whatever you can put on there, and you will spend a lot of your interviews talking about this. This is the kind of cool "hook" where people are willing to forgive lack of internships because you have such a unique item on your resume, and clearly know how to work hard.

I would try to get something in the fall instead. Something local to your school is fine, even a small search fund or WM firm would be okay. But remote internships are of questionable value to begin with, and I doubt your free time will align with the 9-5 hours a remote intern would be expected to work. 

 

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