Summer job in unrelated field or....?

Hey everyone,

Coles notes on me: MBA student in Canada, gunning for IBD, ER or S&T in Calgary.

No luck in getting a summer internship in these fields in Calgary or Toronto for the summer through hiring cycle, or through networking (as of yet.) I've gotten a few offers with Oil companies in Calgary for the summer doing project finance type things, more related to accounting than anything else.

Should I take the offer which would be in a altogether different area than I want, or is it better to not take it and try to network HAM for upcoming full time recruiting, and register for CFA?

Thanks

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Take the offer and spin it into your story.

As background, I had a summer job at a federal regulatory agency last year when I couldn't get IBD. I spun this into my story (boardroom experience, bouncing ideas off third-parties, making research reports, etc.) and said it really caused me to consider i-banking as a job. Result this summer: IB summer analyst; having a job is better than no job.

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Very true. Its a tough market, and yes its not always possible to end up getting IB. Always worth trying with full effort though....But I am aware it may just not be possible.

Thanks for the reply

 

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