3.43/4.0 GPA at St. Louis University (One year remaining, confident I can finish at 3.5) President of my school's Wall Street Club & a few other Finance-related involvements. Experience in Real Estate Development (Finance Side & some Biz Dev) Experience in Equity Research (Local Boutique, $5B)
I want to move into IB, but can't really get calls back. Do I have a chance at landing an analyst role at a boutique IB in Chicago/Milwaukee? I'm planning on MBA at best possible school in 3-5 years. What jobs should I go for after I graduate in May that would set me up for a shot at a IB?
Thanks
You certainly have a shot, ER position is awesome, you should be proud. I mean its not gonna be a cake walk, but target the smaller boutiques. Feel free to PM me, I have a pretty solid list (Chicago) and can walk you through my methods.
Its all hustle though, plain and simple. Reach out to 100+ people at boutiques and give a strong and personal cold email, and then evaluate your success. This should take you a while, but once done you can assess what your options are.
I would also recommend looking at cities out west. For example, I strongly considered moving to Denver (for personal and career reasons), and hit up a lot of the 10-30 guy shops out there. Everyone I spoke to was incredibly polite, helpful, and honest. Just show a true interest in both that firm and the person you are speaking with, have good questions ready, and be humble/polite.
Good luck
I've been doing the cold email thing fairly frequently, but could probably notch it up in quality and quantity. I'm a new member so it won't let me PM for 2 more days (weird rule IMO), but I would really appreciate the help. Chicago is the preferred city, but haven't really looked into Denver - I'll give that a try.
Stay with Chicago for now, no need to branch out unless you have actually sent 50-100 cold emails that are well written and articulated, and have yet to hear back from anyone. Shoot me a PM in a couple days and Ill help in any way I can. Just keep the email grind going
Last thing-
Did you find that you had more success emailing specific employees or "careers email account"?
Specific employees 100%. Never use the generic email such as "info@JPM.com"
Specific employees 100%. Never use the generic email such as "info@JPM.com"
Always specific employees, from analysts to managing directors. Senior MD chats can be very short chats but it's possible.
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