Joining full time immediately after Internship

Currently a finaly year student at a semi target in London with a Summer internship coming up this summer. If I do get a Full time offer, is there any way I can ask to join Full-time immediately. I previously intended to do a Masters at a non-target (as this is all I can afford atm), but alot of friends in the industry + on WSO have said it better to not do a MSc at non-target (not worth the time and apparently won't give me any better looks). In this case, could I mention this to my team this summer and have any hope of joining FT immediately? Does something like this happen often? I declined another graduate job offer due to my intentions being set on MSc but am now in a really difficult spot. Thanks for reading.

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 Maybe it´s not possible to join right after the summer. I'm in a similar situation and my bank told me I could definitely join in January.

 

Yes, you can join in January like above said. Just out of curiosity why not still do the Master’s as getting a FT offer isn’t guaranteed. Also, I’ve honestly seen people in FO roles from non-target Msc like it’s harder but it’s not outright impossible and with a solid internship under your belt I see no reason why that wouldn’t be the case in your situation too if you decided to lateral upwards a tier.

 

I think because people say non-target MSc programmes are essentially not worth the money because it doesn't improve your profile all that much. I agree, if I don't get a full-time offer or other off-cycles then I might be forced to do the MSc or take the year off - just haven't decided which one yet. I'm also having some issues with affording the MSc to begin with (I'll be scraping pennies if I go for it), so it might just be best for me to go into a job and try something when my financial siutation gets better!

 

Trust me the money you’ll get for a banking internship ~10k + the money you can get from the govt ~11k + another 10k you can chalk up of your own money should do it. I’ve had to do the same, it’s not impossible just about making short-term sacrifices. There was a post recently about not taking everything you read on this site literally. Trust me in the real world you’ll see not everything said on this site is gospel. Yes a targets Master’s will help a lot more but doing a Masters at a non-target doesn’t completely blacklist you. Given an already strong resume, which a bit of hustling, I see no reason why you can’t FT at a bank somewhere. In Europe, Master’s help a lot especially if you aren’t coming from a Target UG.

 

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