Australian/American Student Introduction

I'm a high school senior living half in Australia and half in America whilst attending an American school. I am currently enrolled at a U.S. college but plan on moving back to Australia once I have graduated and I am very interested in working in IB, though I do realise that I may change my mind about fifty times by the time I graduate.
I guess that what I am most concerned about is the difficulty of getting an IB job in Australia after attending an American school as I don't know if i will have any connections beyond my own personal ones.
Also, the college that I am attending offers an accelerated MBA program that does not require work experience and I am wondering how this will be viewed by most firms.

 

I'm an Australian who recently graduated from a US college - Top tier D1 athletic program (ie. non target) ~3.5 GPA with Equity Research experience during my time and I am finding it tough to break into IB. If you go to HPYS maybe it wouldn't be so hard, but all things equal, they trust the G8 schools here to produce, while graduating from a US school isn't a common practice. Good luck with it all, if you have any questions I'd be happy to use my experience to try and help in any way.

 

From what I've heard it's still hard from HYPS because you don't have OCR and the semesters don't line up... almost all of the HYPS internationals I know are trying to get New York jobs because it's easier logistically.

 

That's true, I absolutely agree. Though if you're a high achiever and you reach out to HR or an employee at a BB/MBB whatever you want to do they are going to add you to the list of consideration, you just have to be more aggressive in terms of your recruitment, you have to go them, they won't necessarily come to you. The semesters not lining up is the worst, I was supposed to graduate this coming June and choose to graduate early (december) and it really didn't help at all.

 

Thanks for that. Do you think that it would make a difference if I could do a related internship in Australia? I know that my college offers many internships there, but I am not sure if they offer them in the right industry.

 
Best Response

If I was you, knowing what I know now I would aim for a BB or any IB internship in the US, and make sure that you apply early for the graduate programs back here in AUS. One thing, "my college offers many internships" sounds like you are limiting yourself a little. If your school doesn't have strong ties to IB, try and create them - things like emailing alumni, emailing Aussies who work in IB in the US ect. One thing that may help if you intern at a firm that also has an Australian office, that way internally you may be helped. Set your goals high, for example a wealth management internship after your freshman year. Even emailing some firms in aus and offering to intern for free during the US break would certainly help!

 

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