AbeBooks Links Victoria to Dusseldorf
The University of Victoria’s Faculty of Business Co-op and Career Centre and AbeBooks.com—the Internet’s largest marketplace for new, used, rare, and out-of-print books—are teaming up to give students a unique international co-operative education exchange opportunity.
AbeBooks will offer a total of four work terms per year to UVic and its associated European universities. A successful UVic applicant will complete a four-month work term at the AbeBooks offices in Victoria this summer, then attend an UVic affiliated European university in the fall, and do another four-month work term at AbeBooks’ Düsseldorf office in the spring of 2008. A student from UVic’s associated European universities will do a work term at AbeBooks’ Düsseldorf office this summer, attend UVic in the fall, and then follow up with a work term at AbeBooks’ Victoria office in spring 2008.
“This is a great way for students to work in the same industry in two different countries, and will go a long way toward developing their global mindset,” says Karima Ramji, co-op coordinator at the UVic Business Co-op and Career Centre. “This initiative helps tie our international co-op program with our international academic exchange program to benefit a local company with global interests.”
AbeBooks’ Human Resource Director Judy Hamza adds that this is a unique opportunity and a perfect fit for students. “AbeBooks and UVic Business both focus on the global marketplace and being able to work on both sides of the Atlantic is an invaluable experience for students,” she says. “The added bonus is that students will receive interaction and feedback from upper management daily, and students just don’t get that with most of the huge companies that do international swaps.”
Students will take on one major project during their two work terms which could include analysis and recommendation related to trends in e-commerce and books, expansion opportunities or internal business performance improvement.
AbeBooks currently operates as an international marketplace with five distinct regional websites—North America, UK, France, Germany, and Spain—and plans to expand into Italy. “Having taken interns from both Canadian and European universities in the past, we leapt at the chance to partner with UVic and its high-caliber students,” says Hamza.
UVic has Western Canada’s largest university co-operative education program, integrating academic studies with relevant paid work experience in more than 40 academic areas. In 2005/06, UVic’s co-op students completed 2,706 work term placements across Canada and in 31 other countries. It has nearly 100 exchange programs with institutions in 25 countries around the world, providing students with rich opportunities for international learning.
Backgrounder attached.
Click here for the backgrounder.AbeBooks will offer a total of four work terms per year to UVic and its associated European universities. A successful UVic applicant will complete a four-month work term at the AbeBooks offices in Victoria this summer, then attend an UVic affiliated European university in the fall, and do another four-month work term at AbeBooks’ Düsseldorf office in the spring of 2008. A student from UVic’s associated European universities will do a work term at AbeBooks’ Düsseldorf office this summer, attend UVic in the fall, and then follow up with a work term at AbeBooks’ Victoria office in spring 2008.
“This is a great way for students to work in the same industry in two different countries, and will go a long way toward developing their global mindset,” says Karima Ramji, co-op coordinator at the UVic Business Co-op and Career Centre. “This initiative helps tie our international co-op program with our international academic exchange program to benefit a local company with global interests.”
AbeBooks’ Human Resource Director Judy Hamza adds that this is a unique opportunity and a perfect fit for students. “AbeBooks and UVic Business both focus on the global marketplace and being able to work on both sides of the Atlantic is an invaluable experience for students,” she says. “The added bonus is that students will receive interaction and feedback from upper management daily, and students just don’t get that with most of the huge companies that do international swaps.”
Students will take on one major project during their two work terms which could include analysis and recommendation related to trends in e-commerce and books, expansion opportunities or internal business performance improvement.
AbeBooks currently operates as an international marketplace with five distinct regional websites—North America, UK, France, Germany, and Spain—and plans to expand into Italy. “Having taken interns from both Canadian and European universities in the past, we leapt at the chance to partner with UVic and its high-caliber students,” says Hamza.
UVic has Western Canada’s largest university co-operative education program, integrating academic studies with relevant paid work experience in more than 40 academic areas. In 2005/06, UVic’s co-op students completed 2,706 work term placements across Canada and in 31 other countries. It has nearly 100 exchange programs with institutions in 25 countries around the world, providing students with rich opportunities for international learning.
Backgrounder attached.
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