Is it just me or is recruiting so much harder this year? I’m at a target school with MS/GS/JPM on my resume and still struggling.

 

Recruiting has been a living fucking hell for myself and everyone I know

 
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Holy fuck. This is what I am competing with and y’all still can’t get anything?! Damn

Good luck to you both. Everything will work out for us

 

TO GIVE PEOPLE HOPE - a good friend of mine transferred to an ivy as a junior, which put IBD SA off the table for him, as he transferred from a non-target. he was also FGLI, and he could not delay his graduation to re-recruit (due to expensive costs of doing so). so he graduated without a job while all his classmates locked down BB & EB FT jobs. this was also in 2020 when COVID was causing many FT offers to be canceled. after graduation, he got his start at a regional boutique 4 months after grad and then got lateral offers from BBs and EBs alike. 2022, like 2020, is a tough time, but we will all get through it. just keep doing things that will make you a competitive candidate when opportunity opens up (e.g. GPA, story, technicals, extracurriculars, etc.). happy new year once again, and wishing us all the best in 2023!

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