Hi everyone
I'm currently a senior majoring in economics at a semi-target state school. I have been only focusing on Investment Banking industry for the whole time, but since I'll graduating soon along with immediate financial need, I need to find some sort of job that's available for me.
I was looking for some sort of corp finance role, but most recruiting for the FT positions at big companies are over. So I came to you guys to ask you about which companies & roles I should look for and what kind of job would fit my profile?
I have attached my resume for your reference and I would like to give many thanks to you guys.
One option is to try leveraging your internship at BAML into a full time experience, and while you're there do some heavy networking to perhaps start in IB for 2014 (BAML or elsewhere). Another option is to take the GMAT/GRE, shoot for a really solid score and get into a strong MSF program. It might be difficult at this point to get into some of the stronger schools depending when you take the exam, so consider starting in January 2014, and between graduation and January look at doing a volunteer internship at a small shop to gain experience...they might even like you enough to hire you full time. The idea behind the MSF is that you get access to OCR, you can get another solid internship (hopefully in the field you want), you can network with alumni, and it's only a year, maybe 18 months if you really push.
The most important factor is that you network like crazy! I cannot stress that enough - from my own experience, from reading thousands of posts on WSO etc, if you don't network you're not going to make it very far.
I had a VERY similar resume during undergrad (3.4 GPA, PWM internship, student-manged equity fund, decent EC's) ... I switched majors late in the game and by that time I realized how much of a long shot I was for IBD due to a sub 3.5 GPA, lack of IBD/Big 4/Corp Finance internships, IBD knowledge/modeling skills, etc.
I ended up getting a full-time offer from my PWM internship, worked there for a little over a year while getting licensed and polishing my excel/modeling skills to build my resume, all while studying for the GMAT to get into a solid MSF program. Once I did that, I began networking my ass off, prepping for technical/fit interview questions, and secured a 4.0 in my MSF summer term so I could take advantage of OCR in the fall.
If you have been considering the MSF route let me know, I'd be happy to help and give you more detailed info to see if it might make sense for you.
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