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Submit Application for CEOx1Day Program
September 16, 2024 — October 31, 2024
| Audience: | Current Students |
Calling all students in second, third, and fourth year!
The CEOx1Day Program is designed to support the leadership development of ambitious undergraduate students across Canada, providing career insights and networking opportunities with some of the country’s most impressive CEOs and their executive teams. Finalists earn a full day of mentorship with a CEO and Semi-Finalists attend a Career Development Day, receiving practical tips and tools to enable a successful career launch, in addition to preparing selected students in advance of their CEO mentorship day.
Benefits of participating in this program include:
- Direct Access to Executives: Finalists will have the opportunity to get a firsthand look at what a day in the life of a CEO is like.
- Networking: Finalists will have the opportunity to network with participating CEOs and CHROs from prestigious organizations, ambitious peers from top Canadian schools, and Odgers Berndtson executive search and leadership development experts.
- Career Management Advice: Finalists will hear from current CEOs and CHROs about how they managed their careers, what challenges they overcame, and what they are looking for in high potential talent.
- Internship Opportunities: Finalists will have an opportunity to be considered by Odgers Berndtson for a summer internship or full-time placement after they have graduated.
- Leadership & Personal Brand Development: Semi-Finalists will receive a personalized leadership assessment by Hogan Assessments and debrief. The debrief will provide feedback on leadership skills, including relationship-building, goal-setting, and strategic thinking, in addition to potential blind spots and areas of development.
- Job Search Experience: The rigorous selection process provides valuable skills and experience for future job searches. For Semi-Finalists, this includes speed interviews with Odgers Berndtson executives.
- Exposure to a Corporate Office Environment: Semi-Finalists will spend a day at one of Odgers Berndtson’s offices located in major downtown areas across Canada, getting exposure to a professional environment.
For the 2025 program, the top 60 students will be selected as Semi-Finalists to participate in the regional Career Development Days (Ottawa’s is January 29, 2025). The top 30 students will be selected as Finalists to participate in individual days of mentorship, shadowing their matched CEO.
Applications are open September 16 to October 31, 2024. For more information, and to apply, visit the CEOx1Day website.