What should I do for full time after college

Currently, I'm going into my senior year as a finance major at a Big Ten engineering-heavy school (non-target), and I do not know what I want to do full-time. I am currently in my second internship at a large biotech powerhouse in Boston doing Corporate FP&A. I do not love what I do as it is pretty tedious and boring, and I am not learning nearly as much as I thought I would. Last summer, I had an internship at a boutique consulting firm, which I thought was much more entertaining than my current FP&A role. I have a solid resume for a college kid with tons of club involvement, but the only thing really holding me back is my GPA, which is a 3.3. I have thought about a few industries such as private wealth managementmanagement consulting, some sort of credit, commercial real estate, risk management, and maybe SDR or BDR (not in any order of preference). As of now I have been looking at some healthcare consulting roles because of the great entry role salaries. I also would love to learn more about credit and hopefully one day look at something in private credit. I always thought when I was going into college that I wanted to do IB, but I honestly did not know how early the industry started recruiting, and by the time I realized what I needed to do, the ship had sailed. After reading this site, I was also less motivated to 100% commit and try to break into IB. I've always wanted to work in a firm and not large biotech, but I am somewhat lost in how I should be thinking about a full-time role. Obviously, your first job does not matter THAT much in comparison to your whole life, but I want to start at a competitive place that will allow me to learn as much as possible about finance. I grew up around a ton of finance professionals and have solid connections at a lot of great places, but I am so lost with what I want to do full-time. ABOUT ME: Everyone has told me I would be great at sales, but it's not the place I want to start my career. I have always been well-liked by mostly everyone (maybe people hate me idk) , and I have been known to make people laugh. I love going out with my friends and having a good time. I am known for being super social. In almost every organization in college I am in, I have been elected to the executive board. I am Vice President of my fraternity with 200 guys, VP of the Financial Management Club, etc. I have great conversation skills, but I wouldn't say I am the most analytical or quantitative, but I can hold my own. I only wrote this section so people have an idea of the type of person I am. At the end of the day, I am just a 21-year-old who's lost with all the different finance opportunities out there. I am fine working 60 hours a week but don't want to be consistently  putting in 70-80+.  I'm looking for other people's opinions on the potential jobs I listed above and what their experience was navigating post-grad life. Any info is helpful. Thanks!

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Big block of text is difficult to read so I skimmed it. Your internships can carry you to a good job and it seems you want a light hours job, so I would recommend a rotational program (ex Honeywell's Future Financial Leaders program, Genworth, amazon, etc) where you get to try out different finance jobs over the course of a couple years. You will meet & network greatly through a program like that and can feel out what you like/are looking for in a job. If at the end of your program you still don't know what you want, you can prep for an MBA

Almost every large cap company offers a program like this so get out there and see what works for you. Some programs are broad so i'd look for the finance-oriented programs.

 

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