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Hi,

just wanted to get peoples' opinions on which it is the best to do (as a second year undergrad) if I have to chose one.

a) get a job (bearing in mind the limited types of jobs one is eligible for with only one year of uni experience)
b) learn a new language (i.e. german, russian, arabic, french etc.)
c) anything else? (suggestions?)

from a consulting point of view of course. To me it seems that learning a new language is much better in the long run but how will a consulting firm see the matter?

cheers

I guess I'll never fully understand the corporate psychology, but just a warning to you job seekers--if you find a great opportunity, know that any and all of your actions can and will impact your future. Here is my story:

Hey guys,

I'm a rising junior at a top LAC in NE. I have reworked my resume a bit and its pseudo- M&I with some changes. I decided to keep my HS info in there as well as the country club info in there because I thought that maybe it was good to show I worked all my summers in HS and may be something, be it location or whatever, an interviewer can relate to? What do you guys think?

Also, regarding my college GPA its a B- for a few reasons (mainly freshman year) and realize that it's not high. I have to work on it this year. Should I still put it on there even if its not good? I feel that a resume is something used to sell oneself and clearly this doesnt do the job but then again I don't want them to think its worse than they might assume.

Any advice is much appreciated.

Hey all, I've recently been offered a job at a bulge bracket bank.(for fixed income sales) but I have a few concerns about the contract content:
1) there is no mention of the usual sign on bonus
2) the contract basically gives the employer the right to fire me any time, with a notice period of 4 weeks.
3) there is no mention of the usual minimum yearly bonus. but no mention of the usual maximum cap on bonus either. only discretionary bonus is mentioned.

If you could shed light on the above, I would really appreciate it!....

thanks

Joe

I desperately want experience in, preferably a front office role, in an investment bank or a prop shop/hedge fund. I would like the employer to take me on for 12 months on an unpaid basis in exchange for a donation of 20-25 k sterling.

I am using my gap years and part time works savings to fund this. I am extremely hard working, have good grades, at a good university, and have several months financial experience under my belt.

Note: I will be graduating in 2011 and can only work from July 2011 onwards.

Please PM me or reply to this thread if interested.

Can somebody take a look at the company and elaborate your views on it? They're an investment firm but looks like a lot of cold calls right?

So I graduated in May and accepted an offer at a bb doing MO work. However, I would like to lateral into the FO, preferably in S&T on the FX desk. I have already been working for about a month now and I looked into the alumni contacts to find the VPs and MDs that work at the same bb doing trading. I could also look for alumni at other bb, but I'm afraid that the bb I work at might find out and end up getting fired or burning bridges if I decide to leave early. What do you think?

I compiled a list of names that I would like to contact for networking and job inquiries. I was wondering when would be the best time to contact them. Should I do it now before firms start full time recruiting on campuses? Any advice would help. Thanks.

long story short, my firm needs a 2nd year analyst with one year of exp in banking, preferably in tech or M&A. I have been trying to get resume but no one seems to need a job? msg me your resume if interested. Thanks

Hello everyone,

I am an Italian grad student and I am actually doing a fixed income sales internship in an Italian bank in New York.
The internship lasts unitll September but I would like to have more experience here maybe working for a US bank next year.

Is there any possibility for European students to find an internship in US banks or do they look only for Americans?

Do you have any advise on how approaching the job market here?
in Europe it is quite easy since you usually apply on-line to every bank but in the US I know that many banks usually recruit on-campus.

Thank you!

I will be a freshman at Cornell ILR. When I applied for the program, I thought that it would be the school for me since it was part business and law. However, the focus of the major will be on labor related topics. Even though I will be allowed to take business-y classes as an upperclassman, I am certain I want to to go into into investment banking and closely related fields. Then bs-school eventually.

I want to have the major that the recruiters/ interviewers look out for more often than others. From there, I'll keep my extracurricular/ internships/ gpa in check to level the playing field.

Can I transfer in to CAS for econ after the fall semester, and not have to finish the year at ILR?(possibly double major with gov't / political science)

Hey Guys,

I am wondering if anyone knows where the best place to go to find a job at a hedge fund, asset management, wealth management, private equity firm? I am looking to get into a small firm, and would love to work with recruiters or sites that can help me... I have been pretty unlucky in my search thus far.. If someone can offer me some advice it would be much appreciated!

Thanks in advance.

Hey everyone,

Last week I posted a topic about how I was working at a commercial real estate firm as an intern for the past year and I was not sure how much longer I should stay with them. Well, that firm offered me a position as a broker (or salesperson). 100% commission, 60/40 Split. I would get 5-10% commission on their deals that I work on (number crunching, marketing, design work, etc basically the stuff I did during the internship)

Hopefully this does not sound like bitching butttt....

do u guys know which job this is and whether its front of back office? it seems like mid office IT work but mixed with ibd.

Goldman Sachs
Strategist (Associate)
DESCRIPTION
Investment Banking Strategies collaborates with marketers and bankers in the Financing Group
and the Investment Banking Division to create quantitative strategies and analyses that lead to
capital markets transactions with our clients. In the course of our business, we use models to
simulate and evaluate corporate income statements, balance sheets, funding and riskmanagement
strategies.
We seek strategists to
a) Carry out capital structure optimization and strategic risk management analyses for
Goldman Sachs’ key corporate and sovereign clients. Our analyses lead to transactions.

Hi,

So I'm in the summer before my senior year. I've done three internships, one an entry level position at a mutual fund, the second FX S&T (FO/MO hybrid) at a bank, but this third one concerns me. The first one was my first one, so I can't imagine there's any real problem starting low there. The second one was incredible, I got great experience and did a great job, had a ton of real responsibility, can get great recs, etc.

I was looking through my university alumni connection directory and found one guy who is the director of Quant Trading at a BB. I recently graduated and trying to find a S&T gig and I feel this guy could really help me out a lot. My question is, how can I go about contacting this guy? Do I pick up the phone and say hey I went to the same university as you, can you help me? Any advice would be greatly appreciated