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hey say young people spend too much time on social media, but for Marco Cortinovis and three friends from university, social networking became the inspiration for a revolutionary platform.
After completing 17 internships between them across a three year period, the foursome decided to make the process easier for students who wanted to follow in their footsteps. Having had to jump through various hoops and spend countless hours and a huge amount of energy finding their own internships, the group decided there must be a better way, there was not, so they made one! Bringing a youthful attitude to the concept, Marco and his friends created Daily Internship, a platform aimed at making life easier for both students looking for internships, and companies looking for interns. What inspired you to become an entrepreneur? My family have been entrepreneurs for as long as I can remember (and before that). They taught me the value of hard work, of having something which is yours. Growing up, I was used to seeing both my parents working until late, which made me realise that being an entrepreneur means sacrifice, but for a great purpose. What did you do before? After studying in five states, I had five different internship experiences in different fields, ranging from corporate finance to wealth management, from my family business to consulting. I have seen and experienced the field of finance from multiple perspectives and roles, starting in wealth management in Hong Kong, continuing with corporate lending when I joined Intesa Sanpaolo CIB, I also worked for McKinsey in Milan. What is Daily Internship? DailyInternship is a social recruiting platform that aims to be a reference point for companies and students. The platform offers double profiling to meet the needs of companies and students. Companies have a tool to reach, identify and select the right resource for their needs by benefiting from employer branding tools available on the platform. At the same time, the service offers students a virtual bulletin board of announcements, offering hundreds of new opportunities every week. The bulletin board adapts to their characteristics and helps them identify the internships most suited to their preferences. What makes Daily Internship different? Daily Internship is distinguished by three elements. Firstly, a European platform, offering internship positions across Europe, with no single-country focus. Secondly, a matching algorithm that helps students identify the best opportunities based on experience, preferences, etc, and helps companies identify the talents they are looking for based on student profiles.
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