Preparing to recruit for IB is beneficial even if you don't make it in

I know there are many monkeys on here that spend hours perfecting their resumes, learning technicals, and networking, yet they still don't make it in. I will be approaching FT recruiting next year and regardless of whether or not I get a job in IB, I have realized my resume and interview skills have drastically improved. I had a few interviews for some non-IB internships in RE brokerage, f500, financial analyst, and a few others, and they were all very impressed with my resume and interview conversations. One HR staff even walked with me outside of the building to tell me I basically had the position and all of the guys liked me.

Prior to looking into IB, my resume was easily a D-, though at the time I thought it was pretty good, but now it is at least an A- and I am still working on it. Now that I have been exposed to WSO and the resume forum, I've noticed most people who apply to non-IB/consulting jobs have bad resumes. VERY BAD. I know a few of my friends applied to the same position as me and they had 3.7+, but I only had a 3.2, yet I got the best feedback and an offer from the interviewers because we were able to easily talk. Also, learning the IB technicals (I came from a non-finance background) has been useful for my non-ib interviews requiring case studies. Most of the time I am able to apply some of the terminology and principles, which impresses all of the interviewers.

IB networking has also tremendously improved my interviewing skills. I am a little introverted, but interviewers can't even tell because I have had so much practice asking questions and carrying on conversations with other professionals via networking.

TL;DR Even if you don't make it into IB, other industries will still consider you a top candidate.

*end positive rant*