2 different paths 1 decision. I'm stuck.

I'm an undergrad in a target school. I'm currently studying Commerce with Chinese. However I need your recommendations on what would stand out / be preferred by IB recruiters.

  1. Take 1 year studying in Shanghai.
  2. 1 year internship at an IB in London. Plus I can also take 3 months exchange in either Canada, Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong , Netherlands , France, Italy or Spain.

I'm really starting to question whether if Chinese would have much upside opportunity in a career in IB or I should just drop it and focus specialising more in Finance. Thanks.

@AndyLouis" @WallStreetOasis.com"

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Chinese if you want to recruit in Mainland China or HK. IB internship if recruiting anywhere outside of Asia.

I am fluent in Chinese and work a normal IB job in the USA and nobody cares / it has no impact in my job.

Be excellent to each other, and party on, dudes.
 

I'm not interested in working in China. Maybe Singapore but that's more into the future. ATM I just want to focus on grinding up from London then hopefully make a move to US.

 

Studying abroad is a great opportunity and would love to do it. My question though is will the recruiters be more attracted to someone with that abroad experience + language or will they prefer someone with more practical experience i.e work + less abroad experience.

 

if your goal is IB in london then why would you not go intern for an IB in london and then try and get a return offer, then you are doing IB in london full time, which is the goal right?

 

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