Are the FT Associate programmes for IB strictly reserved for MBA students? Also do you need to apply on the year you are graduating or can you apply some time after you received the degree?
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Associate level positions are for MBA graduates and generally analysts that have been on the job for 2+ years.
You can apply whenever you want. Your OCR options will likely be limited after graduation but you're more than welcome to apply for any position whenever you want. Wether you get it or not is the toss up.
The usual timeline of things, is if you're graduating April of 2015 and you want to have a full time job upon graduating, you'll be applying for jobs now.
But don't worry, you couldn't have found any of this through the search bar on here or google.
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