No success in finding BB S&T analyst position?
I recently graduated with a target this year (think H/Y/S). I did an internship within S&T a year ago but didn't get a return offer since I screwed myself over by not choosing the right desks. However, I got an offer from a reputable trading firm senior year and accepted them.
Although it's only been a few months, I'm looking to move back to S&T. The main difficulties I'm facing with this are:
1) Banks fill up almost all of their analyst roles with summer interns. Seeing that I have graduated, I don't have the luxury of applying to internships now.
2) Very few analyst listings are online right now. I've talked to a few people including head hunters, and they have that it's around January/Febuary when more analyst hiring can pick up a bit.
I really want to move firms now, and I've reached out to quite a few alumni in senior positions at banks. The most success I've had so far is getting a senior level guy to send in my resume through his firm's internal system, but nothing has come out of it. I feel dejected and incredibly frustrated since it's a struggle to keep a positive attitude at my current firm when I feel unhappy inside. Do you guys have any advice on what I should do or any words of encouragement?
Don't take this the wrong way, but based on what you've written I don't think your lack of a return offer was due to you choosing the wrong desks; it seems like what it really comes down to is an attitude problem.
Why do you want to move back to S&T? What is it about working at a reputable trading firm that makes you so unhappy?
You've only been there for a few months, but you're already looking for a new job; if you were going to do that so quickly, why did you take the job in the first place? In either case, if this is something you don't enjoy doing, the last thing you want to do is start circulating your resume in the first few months of your job.
Even if your resume finds its way to a trading desk at a bank, what do you think that will look like? If I had the choice, I'd much rather hire someone who sucked it up and learned as much as (s)he could at a trading firm for a year or two and who's able to bring something from that experience to my team.
I don't have any words of encouragement, but here's some advice: fix your attitude and think of your current job as a 1-2 year learning experience, where you can pick up skills that will make you stand out from anyone else applying to the roles you want.
Right, because it totally makes more sense to pass on the positive cash flows and continue holding out for a job that may not even materialize. And even if it does, he'll be applying for it as an unemployed graduate with even less relevant experience.
Not endorsing the OP but come on, taking the job is just common sense.
OP - don't lose hope. It will be very hard to get in the traditional way, especially through bank HR. They don't have as much tolerance for aggressive moves - even from talented people like yourself - compared to what you're probably used to. And why would they? It's a heuristic that works well enough for their purposes. I think your best odds are through personal connections - friends or mentors who like you, and can push you past the usual obstacles.
Completely understandable, and I would've taken the job as well. But I wouldn't take it if I planned on looking for an exit op the moment I started it.
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