The junior company of undergraduate students at Fundação Getulio Vargas in Rio de Janeiro (FGV Jr.) is welcoming until February 16 submissions from students interested in joining the organization that serves companies of different sizes and types - especially micro, small and medium-size businesses.

Currently there is no specification as to the number of openings, since we take into consideration the performance of those registered in the process and the willingness and interest in participating in the company, explains FGV Jr.'s marketing director, Bruno Trócoli. According to him, students of all FGV's courses are welcome and the company encourages diversity of student profiles.  We do not seek for a specific profile. What we seek, in fact, are people who show interest and commitment, who are able to work in a team.

Bruno points out, however, that members must be dedicated and that the selection takes into account some common traits.  Features like proactivity and entrepreneurial spirit are well observed during the process, he says.

The experience of a junior company

Working in a junior company is a good option to learn about a manager's daily routine. It's a way to make students really understand how a company works and operates, said Bruno, who also pointed out other advantages of this contact with the corporate world. The student develops his/her network of contacts and relationships, adapts the concepts learned in the classroom to be able to apply them, learns to develop projects and the importance of doing industry analysis and business plans, and finds out how companies are organized in practice, he encouraged.

In addition, being a part of a junior company can be a big step for the student to become an entrepreneur. We have the autonomy to manage the company as if it were our own, with the support of the professors, said Bruno.   

FGV Jr.

FGV Jr. is a civil non-profit association, constituted and managed by FGV students in Rio in an independent manner and not connected to any political party, and its activities are focused on the implementation of projects related to management and financial consultancy.

The quality of the services provided directly derives from the high-level technical training provided by FGV to the students involved, recalls Bruno. He further explains that the company gets continuous support from partner professors linked to FGV, with the support of an Advisory Council created solely for the function.

About the selection process

Registration must be made through FGV Jr.'s website http://fgvjr.fgv.br/ by this Sunday, February 16, and the selection is divided into three phases:

First phase (February 17): reasoning exam and essay, starting at 4 pm and lasting two hours;

Second phase (February 18): group dynamics, also starting at 4 pm and lasting two hours;

Third stage: February 21, 24 and 25: interviews with the candidates.

The 2014 selection process of FGV Jr. is coordinated by the company's Managing Director, Isabella Puglisi, together with management analysts Daphne van Leeuwen and Amanda Leal. The selection process is also supported by the CEO, Thais Fagundes, and the whole board of directors throughout the process.

This is the 4th selection process since the second half of 2012 - when FGV Jr. resumed its activities.

Please visit FGV Jr.'s website and learn more (in Portuguese).

http://fgvjr.fgv.br/