The European Financial Leadership Seminar 2008

The European Financial Leadership Seminar is a one-week working session which was for the very first time initiated in 1990 to give students the opportunity to get to know us and what we are doing in P&G. Also for us to identify possible candidates whom might want to join us later in the year.

During this week, you and other excellent students will run a multinational business, developing your management and financial skills by working in teams and interact with experienced P&G executives.

The EFS will expose you to a real life business case study, which challenges you to develop strategies and drive decisions together with top students from all over the world.

This year we had approximately 3700 applications out of which we’ve selected 24. EFS has not lost its “magic” formula to give a crash course in P&G culture. We had a diverse group - 18 different nationalities amongst the 24 students, and a 42/58 gender (female/male) split. This resulted in a very interesting group with challenging dynamics - exactly what we need to make EFS inspirational to the students. For the last 8 years we have run the course in the Geneva Business Center. Students mentioned very positively the unique working environment, and the impression of working among the “normal” P&G employees at GBC.

We don’t communicate many details about the content upfront, as part of the challenge is to cope with the many surprises that you will encounter during the seminar. So, don’t miss this unforgettable experience!

One thing is for sure, you won’t be disappointed. Just see what participants of previous EFS experienced:

“EFS was an unforgettable experience! It was an opportunity to meet people from all the over the world, who all have the same interests as you, and whom you learn to believe in and trust, in only 4 days! We were taken care of from 7am to 1am (and sometimes even continued on our own afterwards) and I have to say that the only thing missing in this seminar was "some sleep". I strongly advise anyone who would be, even slightly interested in this program to apply, because, not knowing what to expect, you raise the bar since it is P&G and your expectations are exceeded...by far! – Kim Issa”

Want to join next year’s EFS?
If you would like to have the opportunity to test the water with P&G, and don’t want to miss the unforgettable experience, there will be another EFS in 2009 in Geneva (Switzerland). If you would like to get notified once the application process starts, please e-mail us at dekoninck.pa@pg.com to register.

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