Landing a job in NYC with international BB experience

Hi all,

Interested in getting some perspective and tips on prospects for landing an ER or buy side gig in NYC.

I have previous experience (2 years) working as an associate in ER for a BB US bank in another country (Australia) - recent layoffs mean an internal option is not a possibility.

My key questions centre around the following:

  • Does anyone know of recent examples of people that have landed a job without an internal transfer. What was their path?

  • How far will BB experience get you? Foot in the door? Or is it all who you know?

Pretty broad, but any other pieces of advice are welcome.

Thanks

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Speaking as a Swede working in the US, you’re not gonna get a job in the US without an internal transfer or coming out of some degree (masters/MBA). This is because getting a work visa in the US is done by entering a lottery with a 30% chance of getting the visa. Therefore, even if a company offered you a job, they would spend ~10k USD putting together a visa application for you, only for it to be thrown in the bin 70% of the time. So from their perspective, there’s not really much of a point to offer you a job, and then wait months only for it to not work out, and have to wait a year to apply again (H1B applications (the work visa you would be applying for) are only done once a year in the spring) I do actually vaguely recall Australians being a special case and it might be slightly easier in some instances, but I can’t remember what exactly that was

 

Hey thanks for the reply.

For context Australians are eligible for an E-3 visa which is a 2 year visa with infinite renewals that you can get any time a year. It also costs around $200 dollars, is approved in around 10 days, and there are 10,000 every year, with around 6000 applied for in 2016 (last stats available)

I realise this is an important point to sell, and have some graphics that explain this well for an prospective interviews/contacts.

Thanks

 

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