Recent Graduate, can't find job in banking

Hi all,

I'm a recent graduate from a 2nd tier target with a 3.9 gpa in economics. I have internships in consulting and on the buy-side and have EC's. I screwed the pooch during my senior year recruiting and barely applied anywhere...I took the first job I found on my school's career portal, which is a financial software company that's honestly doing pretty well, but I'm miserable 3 months in.

I'm mainly worried because I despise this company's culture, the people are unwelcoming, and the work is boring. I don't expect to love a banking job either, but the exit ops at this place seem nonexistent, with B-school out of the question unless I get a rainman tier GMAT score. The salary is okay...70k+ bonus 5-15%, but this is not at all what I want to do.

Because of this situation, I've been having panic attacks thinking about how if I stay in this job, my career is over.

Anyone have any tips? Advice I've received from my older family members is to study for CFA Level 1. I've also begun cold-emailing HF's/MM ibanks, etc. hoping for an info call. Am I SOL for 2019 recruiting, should I even bother? Would appreciate advice from people who were in similar situations

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In the above post it looks like he deleted his link but you can tell he was talking about the lobby.

EatsChineseFood, GolfClubSpot, and Chapstick are all accounts used to promote the lobby, a paid mock interview service. I don't really have a problem with the service, but it's pretty dishonest to pose as an IB or PE Analyst / Associate on a forum designed to help people and promote your own company. He's got like 3-6 accounts that he uses to give silver bananas to his posts about the service. He also uses the accounts to monkey shit anyone who calls him out (just see my post history where I called out his other fake accounts).

Just an FYI to anyone thinking about dropping $80 to get a referral to a bank - thats not what his service does. It's great for getting a paid mock interview or information about a very specific group. It's not going to help you make a connection with a bank employee (the customer and the banker have to stay anonymous)

Edit: Aaaand EatsChineseFood's comment above has been edited to remove the link to the Lobby. Just be up front about what your service is for bud

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