Where should I get a job?

Where should I apply to get a job given these possible statistics:

3.5 GPA from a school that rounds out the bottom of top 20 universities in US by USNews Math/Computer Engineering Major An interesting EC with some awards to boot intern experience at big 4 tech consulting

Where would you apply?

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If you are looking for a job right now, its more like "where you can get a job".. so apply everywhere..

As what you should apply, what do you want to do is the first question. Then reach out to potential alum contacts or networks as applying online yields to less than 1% response rate.

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I am going to have to agree, take what you can get...

What is it that you'd like to do exactly? That would help us point you in the right direction. I was in the same boat as you, I wanted to do banking (assuming you do as well since your on this forum) but I was hard pressed to find anything in banking since I don't go to harvard, penn or the likes so I took a job in sales and will be making just as much as the boy's/gals working 100 hours a week in ibanking.

Connections are your friend....talk to anyone/everyone you know.

 
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Work is a four letter word, and is terrible. That said, assume that because of my upbringing and whatnot, I am still willing to work as hard as it takes to make the $$$$$$$. But as far as what I want to do, it doesn't matter, its all terrible.

Also, assume I have no connections. I have no family and my alumni connections are terrible at my university of choice.

So, no matter if its PE, HF, banking, consulting, whatever. No comments telling me, its really what your interested in, you can't compare those different industries, HR koolaid hooha...

Pick your poison. What are my shots at any job that is "finance" and where should I apply.

Heh.

 

You can try for a transaction services group at one of the Big 4s. Looks like you have some Big 4 experience under your belt, and they will look favorably on that. In the least, have that as your back up choice. I know I did.

 

well with your background ever think of a job at a prop trading firm using your CS math background for programming? They are usually hiring. Check out firms like DRW, Jane Street, etc. Search around the forums or let me know I can post some more firms to look into.

 
MonkeyMath 3.5 GPA from a school that rounds out the bottom of top 20 universities in US by USNews
I'm sorry but are you kidding?!

So what do you do? -I work for an investment banking firm. Oh okay; you are like my brother, he works for Edward Jones. -No, a college degree is required in my profession

Reality hits you hard, bro...
 

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