DHL 2023 GoTrade GBSN Fellowship Program | Call for Applications

This Fellowship Program is designed to partner selected postgraduate business students with small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the developing world with the aim of fostering greater cross-border trade. This directly addresses our collective mission at GBSN –– to improve access to quality, locally relevant management and entrepreneurial education for the developing world. GoTrade is education and access.

Objectives

VALUE OF CROSS-BORDER TRADE

The Fellowship Program teaches SMEs and Fellows about the value of cross-border trade and gives SMEs the tools to access the global marketplace. Helping SMEs in the world’s developing and least developed countries access global markets is a proven way to connect people and improve lives.

EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES

Creating meaningful experiential learning opportunities for top performing business students who will learn through collaboration with the SMEs how to operate in often ill-defined markets, with scarce resources, in less structured environments.

• About DHL Group
• DHL GoTrade GBSN Fellowship Program
• Aim and Benefits of DHL GoTrade GBSN Fellowship Program
• Requirements for DHL GoTrade GBSN Fellowship Program Qualification
• Application Deadline
• How to Apply

About DHL Group

DHL International GmbH (DL) is an international courier, package delivery and express mail service, which is a division of the German logistics firm Deutsche Post. The company delivers over 1.5 billion parcels per year. The company was founded in San Francisco, USA, in 1969 and expanded its service throughout the world by the late 1970s. In 1979, under the name of DHL Air Cargo, the company entered the Hawaiian islands with an inter-island cargo service using two DC-3 and four DC-6 aircraft. Dalsey and Hillblom personally oversaw t... read more

DHL GoTrade GBSN Fellowship Program

• Type Postgraduate
• OrganisationDHL Group
• Country to study -
• School to study -
• Course to study Not specified
• State of Origin
• Gender Men and Women
• Application Deadline November 30, 2022

Aim and Benefits of DHL GoTrade GBSN Fellowship Program

Pairing Students + SMEs

The Fellowship Program will pair graduate business students (MBA/MSc) with SMEs for 12 months. Each GoTrade GBSN Fellow will be assigned an SME to advise, consult, and collaborate with. The GoTrade GBSN Fellowship Program will convene regular virtual sessions bringing all students together with speakers on relevant subject matter to aid their learning objectives, with the additional goal of fostering networking among peers.

Fellows will be supported by:

• DPDHL mentors
• Cohort of peers: the inaugural group will form the Alumni Network of GoTrade GBSN Fellows
• Coaching and mentoring with SMEs
• DPDHL Certified Program learning journey covering basics of international trade

Requirements for DHL GoTrade GBSN Fellowship Program Qualification

Graduate students from across the globe who meet the following criteria are invited to apply.

• Enrolled at a participating GBSN member school at the start fellowship
• Commitment to complete 12 month fellowship program
• Fluency in either English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese
• Ability to commit to an estimated 12 to 15 hours per month
• Proven work experience
• Strong analytical skills
• Entrepreneurial and proactive mindset
• Pandemic dependent, ability to travel to home country of the SME for 1-2 weeks (expenses covered)

Application Deadline

How to Apply

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