Should I skip my gap year before going to commodity trading ?
Hi,
I'm a 4th year student from a french business school and now I have the choice to go either into a gap year internship or for my 5th and last year of my grande école program at Raleigh.
I've been networking a bit and some of them told me that I should contact them back after my studies are completed in order to apply for graduate programs. I don't see any scheduler/analyst/trader assistant internships and I prospected on a worldwide scale.
So what now ? My school owns a campus at NCSU in Raleigh, USA so maybe it would help me to have a leg up in order to network in Houston, Chicago and such. I will graduate from my school and not from the university even if I study there.
I already have a relevant experience in a commodity trading company in a niche market but I'm afraid it won't be enough after my 5th year. Nevertheless there aren't many internship in that field so i'm kind of stuck today.
Thanks for your answers
Beware of Visa issues if trying to get work in the US without residency/citizenship - extremely difficult to overcome, especially if you aren't a superstar analyst they have to have for some reason.
Thank you for the information. I know getting work Visa or citizenship is quite hard but I have a few friends from my school who are working there now. Maybe the fact that I studied at a national university will help. Anyway if I can land an internship/junior/graduate position after I graduate I'll gain a lot.
5th year of schooling for (what I assume is) an undergrad degree vs. a year of real world experience is a no brainer. Get out there. Get real, valuable experience.
My 5th year of schooling is mandatory in order to achieve my studies. Basically I have the choice between gaining 1 year of experience and postpone my 5th or directly go for y 5th year without gap year internship.
If you can get some relevant work experience, you should go for it. Experience always trumps classes when it comes to future interviews.
Do the gap yr internship.
I'd be ok for the gap year but I can't find any internship (either with online application or networking). They told me that graduate programs are more common... The funny part is that I'm willing to go anywhere in this damn world.
If you cant get a job at a trading firm straight away, get a job w/ a surveyor or lab (guys who check commodity quality on behalf of traders when they buy/sell), at a commodity producer/consumer (mine, grain elevator, etc), or at a logistics firm (shipowner, warehousing firm, rairoad company, etc).
Do you seriously think that you'll get a job/graduate program without prior experience ? You're kidding yourself.
I was thinking about doing a commodity trading MSc if I couldn't land anything after my studies. Well I don't find any relevant internship so do I have an other choice ?
Experience is most important
You are right I'm gonna search again for an internship
If you're authorized to work in the US, Cargill/CHS/ADM are all hiring for their summer procurement internships right now. Might be the same overseas.
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