Recruitment for Wall Street's summer internships is beginning earlier.
As a result, diverse candidates might be excluded from landing offers.
Citigroup's Early ID program engages with diverse candidates through a 5-week program.
In the fall of his sophomore year at Lehigh University, William Pemberton, a finance major, started looking for internships.
He wanted to land an internship in the summer of 2019, prior to his senior year, so he started looking more than a year out, in the fall of 2017. Like other students, he knew that successfully finding a job in financial services meant he needed to be proactive.
During his research, Pemberton came across Citigroup's Early ID, a five-week virtual recruiting program that helps diverse candidates gain access to educational resources on financial services, and get their foot in the door with the global bank.