Zoologic Joins Sponsors For Educational Opportunity (SEO) To
Secure Finance Internships ... Jobs ... For Students of Color
SEO interns granted access to Zoologic's online finance courses and learning
tools
NEW YORK, May 27 /PRNewswire/ -- Zoologic, Inc. -- a leading, global provider
of financial training -- is proud to announce that it will grant access to a
series of its online finance courses to 300 SEO summer interns and as many as
2,300 SEO program applicants. The courses will help students gain a greater
understanding of the business areas in which they will be interning this
summer.
Sponsors for Educational Opportunity is a nonprofit organization founded in
1963 as one of New York City's first mentoring programs for students of color. Today, SEO is a 40-employee, international organization that annually provides
hundreds of undergraduate students of color with training, coaching, and
substantive summer internships in highly competitive financial services
companies such as Morgan Stanley, Goldman Sachs, and Credit Suisse First
Boston.
During the 2003-2004 academic year, SEO presented on more than 100 college
campuses in order to attract applicants. As a result, applications grew by 50%
from the prior year and SEO successfully placed 300 interns this summer (up
from 260) within top financial services companies in New York City, London, and
Hong Kong.
Zoologic's online courses will provide this year's SEO interns with training in
corporate finance, research, sales and trading, and asset management -- the
core business areas in which they will be working. In addition, Zoologic has
made available its just-in-time financial reference tool (ZooFiRST(TM)) to
nearly 500 SEO first-year analysts and interns to help them excel in their
professional assignments on a daily basis.
"Our ultimate goal is to help our interns get some of the most coveted
entry-level jobs in financial services at summer's end," explains William
Goodloe, President of SEO. "Over the last few years, the financial job market
has become increasingly competitive due to contraction on The Street. Because
an SEO internship lasts only 10 weeks, it is absolutely essential that our
interns make a positive impression from day one. We turned to Zoologic because
their online solutions give our interns exactly what they need in order to put
their best foot forward. SEO and its partner firms thoroughly welcome our new
relationship with Zoologic and the increased opportunity that Zoologic training
affords our interns." "Our non-financial, IT interns will also benefit from Zoologic courses this
year," adds Julian Johnson, SEO Senior VP for External Relations. "IT
professionals are more marketable when they have a general sense of the
business world. Together with Zoologic we have devised a six-course curriculum
specifically aimed at giving our IT interns a leg up on the competition." "We are honored to be working alongside SEO, and to help this diverse group of
young professionals to succeed," explains Zoologic CEO Bruce Rusch. "Our
organizations' combined interest in learning and career development makes for a
perfect match. With Zoologic's online courses in place, SEO's candidates will
be even more qualified to make an instant impact on their internships and
beyond." About Zoologic Zoologic is a premiere learning company serving the financial services
community. The company offers a wide variety of learning solutions including
web-based courseware, instructor lead training and patent-pending, performance
support and reference tools. The firm serves over 450 investment companies,
banks, corporations, governmental agencies, and universities in more than 45
countries. Founded in 1993, Zoologic is headquartered in New York, NY with
offices in London.
To learn more about SEO, please visit their website at http://www.seo-usa.org/. DATASOURCE: Zoologic, Inc.
CONTACT: Laura Friedman of Zoologic, Inc., +1-212-367-4708, Web site: http://www.zoologic.com/ http://www.seo-usa.org/
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