One is location.

Second, the people you met.

As anyone on this board will tell you, this job is all about fit and if you dislike the people you're working way too much with, you'll be even more miserable. So, if you don't care about location, which people did you like better.

My two cents.

--There are stupid questions, so think first.
 

in best companies to work for- in Fortune Mag.

Here is a link--you can play around with it and find many variables.

I personally do not know anything about any of these companies.

Hope this helps and good luck to you!

 

for deal volume, you can see how many deals HW gets done by looking at the press releases section of their webpage.

http://www.harriswilliams.com/whatsnew/press.php

i count 16 deals since the credit crunch hit in july. looking at the number of bankers from their website as well, roughly 50% of their analysts closed deals in the last 3/4 months. i dont think baird is going to offer you that kind of deal flow.

i think matty is right though cause location is probably the most important thing. if you arent near friends or in a city you like, the job will be tougher

 

Hey thanks guys, great advice so far. The one thing I am really worried about is the fact that HW is just sell-side M&A and that it lacks the full-service range of products that Baird offers. Do you think this would inhibit my exit opps?

 

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