APPLICATION 2018 How to apply:

 Complete all sections below, including the essay1  Save the final copy on your computer  Go here and apply

Upload/attach your completed Career Launch Application form instead of your resume.

If you wish to apply to multiple cities just resubmit the same application form to a maximum of three cities before the deadline.

Applications must be received by December 19th 2017, 5:00 PM ET

PERSONAL INFORMATION AND EXPERIENCE

Identification Information First Name Last Name

Contact Information: Number/Street/PO Box: Postal Code City/Town Telephone Province Email Address

Education Briefly tell us about the highest level of education you have reached: Graduation Date Level of Education Institution Program/Field/Discipline (mm/yy) Diploma Bachelor Bachelor Honours Master's PhD

Work Experience Briefly tell us about your past work experience. Begin with your most recent employer and include summer and/or part-time employment: Duration: Describe your experience and what Employer Position Title Start and End you learned (max. 500 characters) dates (mm/yy)

Volunteer Experience Briefly tell us about your community involvement and/or extracurricular activities.

Organization/Company Position Title Length of Describe your experience and why Name involvement you decided to get involved Start and End (max. 500 characters)

1 CLP2018 dates (mm/yy)

ESSAY

This essay will allow the selection committee to learn more about you and understand why you should be considered for the RBC Career Launch program. Please keep in mind that final selections are based on the information you provide.

Your essay must meet the following criteria:  Essays must be the original work of the applicant  No longer than 500 words

Please write an essay on the following topic:

Success in the new world of work requires young people to have a portfolio of skills. From your perspective, what are the most important skills? What opportunities have you had to develop them?

[Enter your essay here]

2 CLP2018 1 Royal Bank of Canada (“RBC”) may use information from the applications and essays in an aggregated form for research purposes to better understand the experience of recent graduates and inform solutions to improve their school to work transition. Information from the applications and essays may be provided to a third party retained by RBC to conduct the research. The research results may be shared outside of RBC and no individual applicant will be identifiable in the research results. By submitting your application form and the essay contained therein, you grant to RBC a non-exclusive license to publish, reproduce, modify or otherwise use in perpetuity your essay without any attribution to you, in whole or in part, for research or promotional purposes and you waive all moral rights in your essay in favour of RBC. To withdraw from the research program, please send us an email to [email protected] with the subject line “Withdrawal from the RBC Career Launch research”.