Looking to Speak with Searchers/Sponsors who have brought on interns/VAs successfully in their acquisition / deals.

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by a searcher from University of California, Berkeley
in Seattle Metropolitan Area, WA, USA

4mos ago

Looking to Speak with Searchers/Sponsors who have brought on interns/VAs successfully in their acquisition / deals.

As the title says - I'm looking to speak with searchers/sponsors who have brought on interns or VAs, enjoyed their experience, and how they thought it was best structured / what was handled responsibility-wise, and the cadence of interactions. My intrigue arises from helping out some current students, mainly student-athletes, who are looking at finance/ETA as a future career but lack the typical structured time (during summer and breaks) to dedicate to traditional internships. Search seems like a great place, if structured correctly, to flex in that type of help. But I'm curious to hear your experience.

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reply by a searcher 4mos ago
from University of New Mexico in Jackson, WY, USA

Hi Anthony. I second the excellent points made by Mark. Although I do not have experience bringing interns into a fresh acquisition, I developed and managed a number of intern positions in a previous chapter of my life. I would also add that it may be helpful--when recruiting interns and envisioning what their responsibilities will be--to be able to communicate what skills and experiences they will gain through the internship. In essence, what would be the handful of bullet points they will add to a resume at the end of their tenure with you? What will a letter of recommendation or a reference check look like from you? How are you prepared to become their biggest advocate when it's time for them to seek out the next opportunity? Reverse engineering answers to these questions can give you a solid foundation for setting everyone up for success.

reply by a searcher 4mos ago
from University of California, Berkeley in Seattle Metropolitan Area, WA, USA

Appreciate some of the comments and conversations I've had from here. I've been looking to develop a program for interns to onboard productively to a search or operating, with an understanding of that search fund / searcher / firm's way of operating and areas to focus that will most help. Currently, these are primarily student athletes who need the flexibility that I believe exists in the ebbs and flows of M&A cycles.