How to build an efficient team of interns?

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by a searcher from Georgetown University - The McDonough School of Business
in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

2yrs ago

How to build an efficient team of interns?

Hello fellow searchers,

I was looking for ideas and/or recommendations on how to build and structure an efficient team of interns for a traditional searchfund.

- Ideal number of interns? - different backgrounds and work experience? - Is it better to have them working together or separate leads? - Etc…

I know the answers will vary from fund to fund, but I’d like to hear best practices and success stories with the reasoning behind them.

Thanks!

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reply by a professional 2yrs ago
from Arizona State University in Austin, TX, USA

I went through a recruiter, but will be sourcing directly for next hire as I want to offer bonuses and benefits to all of my team - recruiter charges money on top and I can't offer anything so won't be using them again. I like South Africa as they speak english and usually have american or UK education

reply by a searcher 2yrs ago
in New York, NY, USA

My approach has been to go more high-volume, so I actually have a lot of internsredacteddepending on the point in time). It has enabled me to have a high volume of personalized outreach, as well as have a deal team focused on helping me to analyze deals. Top performers are given opportunities to lead teams / functions. It took some time to set up, but gives me high leverage to focus my time on deals rather than operations. Happy to talk more via DM.