Career Choice Help

I have been working for the last year and have been seeking to make a transition from my current role at a Big 4 to somewhere else. Here are my options: - Work in acquisitions for a traditional fund w/>5Bn AUM where I would be one of 3 people at my level...people have placed historically well into top b-schools - Work with a top consulting firm (MBB) in corporate finance doing valuation work...brand name but maybe not the work I could see myself doing as actual client face-time is less than the other consultants - Continue at my current role, which would be fine, but I don't see myself here for more than one more year - Try to find something in banking (I've been searching, nothing has panned out yet)

Goals are to go to H/W/S and go to the buyside thereafter (this is pretty open regarding whether a PE firm, Hedge Fund, traditional shop).

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  • Work in acquisitions for a traditional fund w/>5Bn AUM where I would be one of 3 people at my level...people have placed historically well into top b-schools
  • Work with a top consulting firm (MBB) in corporate finance doing valuation work...brand name but maybe not the work I could see myself doing as actual client face-time is less than the other consultants

One of those two, your call. I might lean towards the MBB brand name if you're looking for B school.

 

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