Budapest 2009

In 2009, the CEMS Career Forum became a stand-alone two-day event taking place in Budapest, Hungary. Its innovative concept has proved to provide a unique opportunity for all the CEMS Community to make meaningful connections and enhance personal development.

Key figures from the 2009 forum

  • Number of Corporate Partners (CPs) attending: 38
  • Number of CPs offering pre-scheduled interviews: 27
  • Number of CPs offering walk in interviews: 21
  • Number of skill seminars: 16
  • Total participants: 1150
  • Number of students attending: over 800
  • Number of Corporate representatives: 250
  • Number of students to have participated in skill seminars: 370
  • Number of students with interviews: 357
  • Number of pre-scheduled interviews: 545
  • Number of student nationalities represented: 39
  • Number of financial subsidies distributed: 255

Corporate Partner feedback

All participating companies found the organisation good-to-excellent
Students were recognised for their academic and technical knowledge, self- presentation and maturity, leadership skills and motivation
Over 70% of attending companies plan to participate in the 2010 Career Forum

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Attending Corporate Partners

A.T. Kearney, ABB, AstraZeneca PLC, BP, Canal +, Crédit Agricole S.A., Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, EADS, EDP – Energias de Portugal, S.A., Eni International Resources Ltd., Haniel, Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, HP, ING Group, KONE, L’Oréal, LVMH, McKinsey & Company, Nestlé, Nokia Corporation, Novo Nordisk, Procter & Gamble, Reckitt Benckiser, Shell, Siemens Management Consulting, Société Générale, Statkraft AS, Statoil, Swiss RE, Thomson Reuters, Unibail-Rodamco, UniCredit Group, Vestas Wind Systems A/S, Vodafone, Wolseley Group, Zurich Financial Services