How can a searcher provide value to his/her interns?

by a searcher from University of Cincinnati - Carl H. Lindner College of Business

Aug 04,2022

I have noticed that most of the students who want to do internship with a search fund are interested in lending a job with private equity firm or an IB. How can a searcher with no PE background provide any value to his/her interns and make their time worth while? 

Any ideas and suggestion will be much appreciated.

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searcher from Stanford University - Graduate School of Business

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searcher from Harvard University - Harvard Business School

They will likely get a lot more from the internship than you think. In my experience giving them access to your network, watching and evaluating deals with you, and your modeling are all valuable. References and resume building is also something they are looking for. I had a couple interns that came from PE internships who had very limited understanding of a model. No one had taken the time to simply explain it to them and the fact I was using something simpler and explained in English made it accessible to them.

08/05/2022 | like reply | 1 like

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