Interns and Alumni Sharing Session

Dear Students,

Welcome (and for the senior students, welcome back)!

The Department of Economics is very pleased to support you in your internship and job search.  Thus, we take great pleasure in bringing you:

Internship Sharing Session,

8 September (Thursday),

5 – 6 pm,

where you can get a chance to learn about internship opportunities for Economics undergraduates from three senior students and an alumnus.
Our students are:

  • Ms. Derlyn Ng (Macro Research Intern, OCBC),
  • Mr. Audric Chong (Policy and Markets Intern, Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore), and
  • Ms. Wu Mei Mei (Consulting Intern, Euromonitor International)

 Our alumnus is:

  • Mr Wang Lingjie (Data Scientist, Procter & Gamble)

 Derlyn, Audric and Mei Mei will be addressing the following questions at the session:

  1. How did they source and secure their internship?
  2. What to look out for during the internship and what are the main takeaways from their internship experience?
  3. How does having an economics background help? What skills are needed to strengthen their contribution or role at the company?

Lingjie will be sharing, from his personal experience:

  1. How to get that conversion from internship to a full-time job?

REGISTER at: https://nus-sg.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZcvdumuqzIqE9dzpO0KpvQ4m8cYzTaJUyxZ

Here are their short bios.

Derlyn Ng started her banking experience with her internship as a macro research analyst, under the global treasury department at OCBC bank, where she aided the chief economist with economic forecast and projections. She loves to go for coffee runs in the morning and finding the best places to eat at the CBD area.

Audric Chong is currently a final-year undergraduate and research assistant at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKYSPP). His interests lie in applied economics and policy decision-making. He has recently completed a 5-month internship at the Competition and Consumer Commission of Singapore (CCCS), where he assisted the Policy and Markets team with various cases of market studies and surveillance, as well as conducting research on developments in the competition economics literature to help inform Singapore’s own competition policies. In his free time, Audric enjoys catching up with his friends over a game of squash, rewatching old episodes of Brooklyn 99, and taking care of his two hamsters.

Wu Mei Mei worked as a consulting intern at Euromonitor International in her third year of study, where she performs research for FMCG markets in Southeast Asia and China, providing credible and timely market updates for corporate clients to strategize their next steps. Mei enjoys practicing Judo in her free time and she is interested in equity investment.

Wang Lingjie (Class of 2022) is a data scientist working in Procter & Gamble, he is responsible for Japan and Korea TV and digital media optimisation, forecasting and other data science related work. Ling received his full time offer as a result of internship conversion in Year 3. Lingjie recently picked up piano and is exploring the synergy between typing in mechanical keyboard and piano.

https://sg.linkedin.com/in/wang-lingjie

Do not miss this exciting line-up! We look forward to your participation!!

 

Best Regards, 

 Dr. Connie CHUNG and Dr. MUN Lai Yoke

Department of Economics

Scroll to Top