Keen to hear from active candidates at the analyst / associate / senior associate level how they are seeing the market and how long they have been searching for roles.
Left mine in December due to fit/career progression issues , been tough to find anything tangible.
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This year in general was very off for many, I know people with amazing backgrounds and target unis on their cv that didn’t land anything not even internships, it’s just an off year so wait for the next cycle
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