Graduated with no return offers. How did you guys do it?
Across the 4 internships I've completed, I have just graduated without converting a single one of those into a full-time job. The reasons all vary. My first was performance related, I was a sophomore interning in an M&A group and I had no idea what I was doing / couldn't handle the workload. I then interned in consulting, which I hated, so I rejected the return offer to focus on banking. Did a back-office internship at a name-brand shop to kill time until my banking internship started. That was at a regional boutique and now they can't honour my return offer due to market conditions.
Networking is my primary focus, but I've yet to have any meaningful conversations since maybe November. Also, I've only been in a small handful of interview processes since September '23. I'm trying to keep my head up but it isn't easy.
Any advice is appreciated, but I'm really curious to hear if anyone was in my shoes (or similar) and broke in.
Cheers and happy new year.
Apply to everything finance related under the sun (LinkedIn easy apply is the low fruit but do real applications too) and network. The company I was going to work for after college rescinded all offers before graduation, I was also in a bad spot. Found a finance related job a few months after, crafted a story to IB, and found an analyst role about a year later which really launched my career path. Best of luck it's not over but only beginning!
Thank you, means a lot. Hopefully I’ll have good news to share soon.
Can I PM you? in a similar spot.
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