I'm in my final year of classes in a mid-sized city with a small IB presence. There are a couple of small offices for recognized MM names here, but I know they do not do structured fall/spring internships. That being said, as the spring semester is right around the corner I'm considering pushing to intern at one of these shops as I'd love to get the brand on my resume.
I'm not worried about a FT offer or pay or anything, and I already have an IB internship so my pitch would be that I can do whatever they want that would add value to the analysts, for free, while requiring relatively little guidance/training.
My plan is to network with the people at these firms and hopefully try to convince them to let me do this, but I'm wondering
a) If these offices have the freedom to even do something like this (does HR shut anything like this down automatically? If an MD pushed do they have the power to make this happen?)
and
b) Does anyone have any other tips for successfully pulling this off? Or has anyone actually done this
Blockhead, sorry about the lack of response. Maybe one of these topics will help:
More suggestions...
If those topics were completely useless, don't blame me, blame my programmers...
How to network my way into an off-cycle internship? (Originally Posted: 11/17/2016)
Good afternoon,
This summer I am starting as an analyst in London at a top group at GS/JPM/MS. As I have recently graduated and have loads of free time, my wish is to fill it up with travelling and a specsit buyside internship at a MF.
However, I have no idea how to pull an interview at a top shop. My friends that intern at a MF have got it through friends or family that work there but I don't know anyone personally.. (I am also not from the UK)
During the summer some recruiters reached out to me for buyside roles and I am thinking of sending them an e-mail to ask if they could introduce me. Apart from that I don't have any clue of other ways to get in contact with the funds.
Does anyone else here have a way of getting in contact. Would cold calling be useful for instance?
Many thanks in advance.
You need to email people who work at Top Funds, be sure to know your shit beforehand. Set up coffees and informational interviews, be persistent and in the end you will get something.
Thanks. What do you exactly mean by knowing your shit? Is it just your basic financial / LBO stuff & fund-specific knowledge?
Accounting, M&A, LBO and modelling plus fit questions. Read also about the industry and the fund. Make sure to show why you wanna work specifically for that fund.
Off-Cycle Internship Viability (Originally Posted: 04/19/2016)
I'm a junior from a non-target with a good GPA, in my investment club, etc. So far, I have been unsuccessful in securing a summer internship. At this point, should I still be looking and hope I contact a firm that had an intern renege on their offer, or is off-cycle fall recruitment a viable choice? I can't find much info on fall recruitment, but I know there are quite a few firms that offer fall positions. Any advice is welcome. Thanks.
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