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Once again this year, the BLX Internship Program has a major problem on its hands: Too many talented, diverse interns and not enough firms to take them on. The program was founded in late 2020 by a group of four advisors who wanted to see the industry more accurately reflect the nation it serves. Known as BLX for short, the organization's goal is to provide an opportunity for underrepresented financial planners to secure internships at independent financial planning firms. "Unfortunately, we won't be able to place every applicant because we just don't have that many firms," co-founder Luis Rosa said. "The way it's looking with the number of applications, even if half are qualified applicants, we're still only able to place about a fraction of the qualified applicants." Read: Why the BLX Internship's supply and demand problem is one worth celebrating Via Financial Planning writer Justin Mack in a year-end round up of stories on DEI Link to the full article is in the comments below

We were eager to know, what's been the biggest piece of information or skill our interns have learned so far this summer! 🤔 We think their responses were great!! Let us know what you think. #NationalInternDay

I am thrilled to share that I have successfully completed 3 month internship at Federal Bank under the guidance of Mr.Sunil Kumar V, Senior Manager Planning and Analytics Division. #InternshipCompletionCertificate #DataAnalytics #FederalBank #AnalyticsDivision #DescriptiveAnalysis

Meet SKC's Yash Patel! Yash joined the team full-time after completing his summer internship at the firm. We are excited to have him on board as he begins his inaugural tax season with SKC! #changingthefaceofaccounting

INTERN FLYER: Hard Market Hacks - Maximizing Your Submission Market conditions have recently led to dramatic growth of the excess and surplus market, meaning underwriters are constantly inundated with submissions. This cheat sheet developed by our summer interns can help you craft a quality submission that can combat the trend of increasing turnaround time. https://bit.ly/47NhB61

In this Swift Chat conversation, Marie Swift speaks with Luis Rosa, Emlen Miles-Mattingly, and Shawn Tydlaska, CFP®, MBA, three of the co-founders of the BLX Internship Program. They aim to make the financial planning profession more reflective of the world we live in by providing paid internships for aspiring Black and Latinx financial planners. This conversation emphasizes the transformative impact of mentorship, community, and diversity in the financial services industry for both interns and firms. Watch:

Day 5 with CIB summer internship program, Today our topic is very important and it is about financial inclusion and its importance for youth. Financial inclusion is the percentage of people or companies that use state financial services, and it's considered one of the fundamental pillars for achieving the sustainable development strategy "Egypt Vision 2030" towards a competitive and diversified economy. So, what's the Importance of Financial Inclusion for Youth? In this video, we will see the importance of financial inclusion for young people and how it can affect them and their standard of living for the better, thanks for your watching! #CIB_Summer_Internship_2024

We have our summer intern already on week two. Every Friday he has to report on the project that he's responsible for. He makes us aware of urgent items and things needing action. We have different people on our team that work with him on different parts of his project. That way he's accountable for his work while getting exposure to working with everyone on our team including Grant La Bounty, Chris Vassilian and Jeannette Cano. That gives him experience from four different points of view. But ultimately, we make sure one person is responsible for his success and so that he knows who he can turn to when thinking about future direction without ambiguity. This will be the second year of working with other industry partners to collaborate on meetings together so that our interns get to meet their interns and make new contacts. How do you manage your summer interns? How do you make the most of the summer for them and for your team all at the same time?

Proud to have received my third summer internship certificate from CIB in collaboration with Frankfurt School!. This experience was full of challenges and opportunities to gain new insights and broaden my understanding in the field of banking and finance. Through this internship, I learned how to apply academic concepts in a real-world work environment, adding to my professional skills and practical experience.✨🤍 #SoftSkills #InterpersonalSkills #ProfessionalDevelopment #CIB_Summer_Internship_2024 #FrankfurtSchool #PersonalGrowth

“The tool I built is important to the business because it helps us understand our risk in various scenarios,” explains former quantitative trading intern and current team member Haydn. Learn more about the challenging, real-world projects Haydn completed during his internship: https://ow.ly/l7I530sFIgm