I'm a senior expected to graduate in spring who recently accepted an ibd analyst position starting next summer. I have noticed some people list "incoming investment banking analyst" as their job title on linkedin. Is it a bad idea to do this or should I keep my title from my last position (summer internship) until I start?
Thanks for any insight.
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It's contrived, don't do it
well unless youre looking for another job why does it matter?
Some people do, some people don't. Doesn't really matter honestly, I would just leave it as "Investment Banking Summer Analyst at X" unless you switched firms for full time. Then it's kinda awkward.
Everyone posting retarded answers are prospective monkeys. Don't listed to them.
Put incoming analyst as your title. The reason why is because you will have a huge hole on your page, and everyone viewing might ask themselves if you got an offer or not. Avoid this by putting it there. It shows you did your work and you will be returning, rather than having a 10-month gap on your page until you start.
Is this serious? Who exactly is viewing your page, anxiously awaiting to see if you received a return offer from an internship where the vast majority get offers? Even then, who cares if these people think they you maybe, might not return to IB full time at that bank, headhunters absolutely do not care, and the "incoming.." title does not grant you any additional access because, get this guys- this college senior will be working at XX bank in 8 months.
Gap on your resume? That is also absurd. Anybody that views your page will assume that you....returned to school to finish your last year. You are a college senior that is going to work at a bank in 8-10 months, not a celebrity that people are trying to speculate to and track down their whereabouts at any given month throughout your senior year.
Who cares. Put it in if you want. You'll also get random students connecting with you.
Does doing this get your name on headhunter radars earlier? Also, is there any drawback from headhunters to starting earlier (say spring vs summer) regarding buyside recruiting?
Does doing this get your name on headhunter radars earlier? Also, is there any drawback from headhunters to starting earlier (say spring vs summer) regarding buyside recruiting?
I would do it. It let's people know where you're going for full time. If you leave SA, they might assume you didn't get an offer. And you can't say you're an analyst because you're not.
The incoming let's people figure out which analyst class you're a part of. It doesn't look arrogant or insecure - putting analyst would be. If anything, the "incoming" preface is a sign of humility to me.
I think the usual assumption is that if you leave it as Summer Analyst, people assume you're going back.
I don't think college seniors should even worry about making sure people think they got a return or actually have a job. I mean, even if people do think you didn't get a return, whats the big deal? Its LinkedIn.
I just put "student at...". Its nice to leave people guessing. Although if it would get headhunters looking at me sooner... Maybe i would reconsider.
seriously interested in hearing a discussion regarding this. should we open a new thread?
If I ever read 'Incoming Summer Analyst' or 'Incoming Investment Banking Analyst', I would certainly think that kid is a huge douche and lacks basic people skills. You put the jobs you had or have on LinkedIn, not future jobs.
I mean, what would you have on LinkedIn after you start full-time? Do you the delete the entry or leave it like this?:
Incoming Summer Investment Banking Analyst December 2011 - May 2012
Summer Investment Banking Analyst June 2012 - August 2012
Incoming Investment Banking Analyst September 2012 - May 2013
Investment Banking Analyst June 2012 - Present
That looks idiotic.
This one is gold.
put MD just to fuck with everyone
PUT IT. People need to know how prestigious you are.
unbelievable
while we're at it we can crowd-consult on your fb cover photo too
That would be dumb. It's pretty standard to make it your bank's logo.
Pretty douchey. Not as bad as one kid I saw in September that had "Incoming Summer Intern at XXX," but still pretty douchey.
I wouldn't do it. I waited until I officially started. Looks weird. For those saying you'll have a gap. Most recruiters and HR have common sense to know that college students experience gaps in their resume until they officially begin working full-time.
Excel ninja @ JP/MS/CS/DB is a great linkedin title
I'm not sure where the benefit of the "incoming..." title is.
Who the hell are people signalling to when they title themselves "incoming ..." and why?
Who the hell cares what job title someone else has on LinkedIn unless they are a recruiter scraping the bottom of the barrel to generate leads?
If you're incoming, you don't need to market yourself to recruiters.
No one is going to be doing business with you when you're incoming only and not yet there, so it doesn't deliver a relationship due diligence benefit. In any case, at best someone will LinkedIn DD the BSD director in a meeting, not the intern/analyst who, if he/she knew what's good for them, just say there taking notes and not saying anything in the meeting.
So whose left who actually gives a shit about an "incoming" title? Your mum and dad? Your friends and college frenemies? Post it to Facebook, then.
At best, you're boasting about your achievements in the wrong venue. At worst, someone in the team you're joining will check you out of LinkedIn (as I do sometimes when I'm bored) and think "what a knob". I don't give a crap whether my SA who accepted the offer is telling the world that he accepted it.
I'm off to LinkedIn stalk my SA now. If he's posted "incoming analyst", he's getting a nasty e-mail from me.
This is one of the more amusing "I take myself too seriously at too young of an age" and read about social media reputation management threads. Douchey or not (I think it's douchey but I really like @"DickFuld"'s recommendation of keeping it all on your LinkedIn page, and I truly await the day when I receive an actual resume that lists it like that) it doesn't matter. You've still yet to graduate from college and you have a job lined up. No headhunter is going to be trolling LinkedIn for anyone in this situation. I mean this in the least deprecating way, but you're just not that important yet. The "gap" on your jobs? It's called college.
To be fair, it wasn't exactly a suggestion as much as it was a question. Shit like this causes 30 year olds to have 3 page resumes.
No, I want to see it. Then I can start adding things like "Incoming Astronaut, aspiring 1978-present."
"Seeking Advice on a LinkedIn Title"?
No one cares
Have some business cards made up using the firm's template so you can use them during your senior year.
Caring too much about anything is a sign of weakness and insecurity
Hm. I reconsidered my previous point.
Anyone that has an opinion on this matter at all is a huge douchebag, either way. It's LinkedIn. Who gives a fuck?
Shut up
Don't do it.
People are overthinking this. Do it or don't, no one really cares except the one anti-social math geek who creams his pants of working at GS who will see your new updated Linkedin title and stalk you forever.
If you're going to do it, then just own your actions. Don't do it and then act embarrassed. Sheesh. The people that need to know will end up finding out anyways.
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