My Journal to a job.
Hello everyone,
I have just discovered WSO and so far it's been of great help, however, I think I may get the most out of it by writing (will try to do it on a daily basis) my story and journal to find a job in, well guess where, Wall Street.
Lets start from the beginning. My name is Miguel, 31 year old, born, raised and educated in Spain. Since I remember, I had two passions and dreams, New York City and Stock Markets. And as soon as I finished my studies of B.A and Postgraduate (short of a Master) in Stock Market and Risk Management from University of Oviedo (Spain) I took the biggest decision of my life. I moved to NYC.
First I came for 3 months with a tourist Visa just to be in the city and knock on every door. That was over 6 years ago (Will be 7 on 26th March). I found an "opportunity" at a prop firm. Somehow my dream came true. I had a Visa (J1 for 18 months) and a job (yet no salary). I was able to come back and live in New York City.
However, reality was (still is) pretty different than dreams. After 10 months of trading, making $0 dollars (I had experience trading from home, and was always profitable) and struggling, I was lucky to get a scholarship from the Spanish Government that lasted a few months, allowing my become better at trading and finally have some profits.
Time (and visas, two J1 and one F1 ) passed, market and regulations changes and other events happened and I was out of the business.. .while looking for a new opportunity I spend a few months working in the hospitality business and trying to figure out if staying in this city or not. An opportunity in a Forex shop come up, it worked alright for a while but lost the biggest clients, salary finish (after a year) and I had to move on (that was 3 weeks ago). At this moment I am still working with my clients and trading accounts, but mostly looking for a full time job.
So far I have done a few interviews as stockbroker in NSM Securities, Adams Wealth Manager and Strategies for Wealth. One at New York Life for an internship program. And some unrelated at Terrapinn, Marketing on 6th (second interview next week) and Translations dot com
Next week I am interviewing at Meyers Associate and Ocean Capital.
Also, I am trying to find a complete list of related companies to send email/cold call. I will be working with the Company Database on WSO, Finra list of members and list created on Find the Best and NYS Department of State.
At this moment, I am looking for an opportunity, from an entry-level position to an internship where I can show and prove the company that I am the right person to develop a professional career together. While I understand the limitations of my skills and background and I am working on fixing them.
Any comment, advice, critic, opinion and help not only in my search but also in my resume (attached) will be much appreciated.
I will try to keep this updated (beginning next Monday), as a journal, reading your comments and answering any question that you may have. In the meantime, I wish you all a Happy Thanksgiving!!
Thank you,
Miguel
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Miguel, it's impressive that you are so dedicated to following your dream. The first suggestion I would have though is to not give specifics...... like I interviewed at XYZ Capital Corp last week or I have an upcoming interview at GCL Securities. You never know who may be lurking the forums and unfortunately may hold your comments against you. Also, what exactly are you wanting to do? Being a stockbroker can mean a lot of different things to different people but usually it will be a sales job working with retail clients. Why are you drawn to the stock market? What do you find interesting about it?
Hi subrosa, thank you for your words. I agree with you about the specifics. Will be more careful in that point from now on. I do not have an specific field/sector where I want to develop my career, I am open in that aspect. I do not (or can not) do a stock broker as a sales position. I need something stable, after 31 years, is time to get a salary for the first time ever.
I had a really good feeling with at an interview yesterday. They said they will be interviewing other people this week and will contact me next one. When would be the best time for a Thank you email to the interviewer? I'm afraid today is too early. Better tomorrow (2 days after the first interview?).
Thank you all,
I think you are looking into it too much. You can send it today or whenever in the next few days.
@"Miguel Iglesias" remove your info from the resume you uploaded.
Should be better now. Thanks jbone24
WSO has a resume review program that is very good. //www.wallstreetoasis.com/wso-finance-resume-review
-Remove the periods -Focus on finance related info, remove the Spanish benevolent society (list as activity in bottom of resume). -I would recommend emphasizing the results of stuff you did. Instead of saying, "supporting chief trader with daily technical analysis reports", explain how you analyzed the market/company, used DCF etc.
You have a lot of experience and you just need to clean it up a little bit.
That's a great link, thanks for the info. Will check it with more detail this week. I have consider moving the intern position to at the Spanish Benevolent Society but with the current format, it didn't fit well. Have to twist it again.
Thanks,
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