Find out about all the banks that are in Atlanta, wether they be small shops, MM, Boutique or BB, and see what they offer. Then start trying to talk to people. Figure out what their recruiting efforts are like. At least in a bigger city like Atlanta you'll have more larger boutiques and some BB presence so you should be looking into full time for post grad right now.

I would also look for any alumni in the Atlanta area in the industry and reach out to them as well.

Basically, your job search in Atlanta will be almost the same as any other job search in any other city.

The graduating in August of 2016 is going to throw your timing off a bit.

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I'm not able to do the MSF program as you must apply in your 2nd year. I was an accounting major until late last spring so I was not considering that option. You're absolutely right about that though, some great students in that program as well.

 

Let me add some qualifiers: I grew up in a suburb of Atlanta and currently live in the city going to school. I'm not necessarily looking for BB firms, I would be fine with boutique. Am I right in thinking that places like CS and BS will just be private wealth? The websites dont really go into detail about operations in Atlanta offices. What is the difference in the corporate culture? Will hours be as bad as places in NY?

 

in Atlanta are going to be mainly wealth mgt. For banking, SunTrust is your main option in Atl. For the Southeast, Wachovia and BoA are dominant but located out of charlotte. In Charlotte, hours are going to be very similar to NY, but at SunTrust in ATL, hours are going to be much less than NY. One of the best botiques in the Southeast is McCall partners in Charlotte.

 

There are a lot of boutiques and smaller investment banks in the Southeast. Someone already mentioned McColl but spelled it incorrectly. There is also Edgeview, BB&T, KBW (has offices in the SE), a scary amount of places in Richmond, as well as many other boutiques. Look for the firms that recruit at UNC, Duke, Vandy, Wake, and UVA. If you are set on geography and not on name recognition like many of those on this forum, then you can find a spot in one of the firms but you will have to do some research.

 

Charlotte has multiple boutiques. McColl gets a lot of respect because of its name (Hugh McColl former CEO of BofA) but I've heard from more than one source that they treat their Analysts like shit. If I were you, I would be looking in Charlotte instead of Atlanta though. Much better opportunities.

 
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The south sucks. You lost the war. Lose the confederate flags and the attitude. Nobody thinks it's cool.

My parents and whole family are from the North (Mich. and Indiana) but decided to have a kid in the heart of Dixie. I agree with the whole confederate flag thing, and its true that they are still fighting the war down here, but its mostly transplants now as far as Atlanta and the suburbs. So, it doesnt suck that much. Besides, we have one of the best hockey teams now...sorry about getting off track there, but I needed to respond to that.

So yea, elaborate on treating analysts like shit. Will I get a phone thrown at me a la Cramer?

 

Hahaha, true, but what is cool is that we get paid the same in Charlotte as NYC Analysts, and our mortgages cost less than your rent...oh and the lake is a 15 min drive away (yes, we get to drive cars in the south) if we want to kick it on Sundays. But enjoy knowing that you won some war 150 years ago, lol.

 

bigdirs,

McColl has a good reputation but I know of Analysts that have left because they could make the same money 5 min down the road and be treated 10x better. Just what I've heard though.

 

See, thats the thing...I'm not that concerned with prestige. I enjoy finance and would like to actually have a career that I enjoy, and make decent money, without giving up my life to do it. That's why I'd like to stay near Atlanta or at least in the SE. Would I make at least 50-60k out of college if I did land a job at one of the banks down here?

 

Yes, they do. Analysts got offered 60-10 this year in Charlotte, same as in NYC.

Fraser, I doubt anyone will throw anything at you but more along the lines of "Where's my coffee? I told you to have it for me 5 min ago?" Just stupid hazing like that. But once again I never worked at McColl, just heard this secondhand.

 

Yeah, but why deal with it if you don't have to? Even in I-banking there is no reason to be disrespectful towards your subordinates. As far as pay is concerned, I would imagine that most boutiques are paying somewhere from 80-120 total package for 1st years. Obviously, this would depend a lot on the firm.

 

I have a friend at HLHZ in Atlanta. They say it is a real New York-style sweatshop. Apparently the bankers there like to pretend like they're bulge-bracket Manhattan bankers with the same hours and lifestyle.

 
Mis Ind:
...but I do know that they claim to handle the middle market down there... whatever that means to them.

Why the tone? Is there something wrong with middle market transactions? I mean, I see the people on here talk about boutiques like they only deal in M&A with gas stations and fast food restaurants, but the fact of the matter is that these firms wouldnt exist without a reason. I don't see the BBs sending a deal team down to do a $50 million sale of a small family owned business.

 

Actually, I know some people (typically lower-status MDs) handling middle market transactions in the bulge brackets. $50 million is plenty big enough.

However, I see firms like HLHZ applying the term "middle market" to anything that's not huge. The term itself implies that there is something smaller out there, and yet you'll see the term being applied to the smallest deals on the street.

The reason why I wouldn't want to work at HLHZ is that it's not that much less work in terms of analyst-hours, and the money and opportunities are comparably bad.

 

Dude, you are lazy. Go to the master IB thread and find Atlanta. I would bet a ton of money that someone requested Atlanta in that crazy long thread.

Edit: Just checked. The thread is called Regional Boutiques. It is on the first page. Look around and read before asking questions.

 
marauders4:
Dude, you are lazy. Go to the master IB thread and find Atlanta. I would bet a ton of money that someone requested Atlanta in that crazy long thread.

Edit: Just checked. The thread is called Regional Boutiques. It is on the first page. Look around and read before asking questions.

Really because I in fact did look on the ib thread, searched for Atlanta, and have done Google searches.not much information out there which is why I asked here. Also I could not even find that page. Could you please link it? I'm actually not being lazy; I just found a very limited amount of info on the subject so I thought it would be in my best interest to ask. Thanks

 

If you haven't already tried the somewhat generic search terms 'investment bank atlanta, ga' and 'investment banking firms atlanta, ga' you should as it has a fair number of legit places and maybe even a few the list in the 'Regional Boutiques' thread doesn't mention.

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yeah, Atlanta is pretty small in that respect. offer to work for free if you live in the area, because it's not like you'll be paying rent. over the past year boutiques, even in atlanta, have been getting much more impressive resumes because even top candidates are having to lower their standards these days. you should also consider Charlotte and other cities.

 

Atlanta is a really nice city to live in, if you're not bent on exit ops and making it big then I'm sure you could afford an amazing lifestyle down there.

Anyways I think you are just looking for freshmen summer - you could definitely find something, my advice is to start early and talk to as many people as you can. I bet there's a decent amount of Duke alum around the city that would be willing to help you out, get their numbers from the career center or alum directory and hit them up.

 

Other than college I have lived in Atlanta almost all of my life so I am pretty biased towards liking Atlanta. Aside from the low cost of living I think it's a great city with great people. In my opinion the Atlanta job market for IB is pretty warm right now. I don't currently work in IB, I am currently in a position with a very similar skill set, but I am in various stages of the interview process with three different firms.

There are some really good firms in the Atlanta area. SunTrust RH is going to the largest and has both industry and product groups. They certainly carry more brand name, but I wouldn't say they are the better than any of the boutiques where you would have much more deal exposure. I spoke with an MD in STRH's m&a group last month and he said that things had been pretty slow for a couple of quarters.i.e. crappy bonuses

There are a lot of reputable boutiques in the Atlanta area that would certainly be worth contacting.

 

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