Botique IBD SA vs J&J Leadership vs TMT Consulting vs MM Research
Hi girls,
I have a MS from a target and I have to make some decisions pretty soon. As you can see, I am pretty fickle minded when it comes to careers and have applied to many different firms in various sectors. Hey its my 1st (well, 2nd job) really! My 1st job was a back office position which I promptly quit after 5 months cause I got an offer from a target school to pursue my MS.
I have ranked my choices in order of pref:
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Johnson & Johnson (MBA/Masters Leadership Program) - What do you think in terms of exit opps? I'm guessing you could move on to another Pharma firm and thats about it?
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Consulting SA offer from a firm that specialises in TMT - I think this offers the most exit opps.
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MM Research SA - (Not so keen on this because this is more towards economic research, I want equity research but didn't get any)
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Botique IBD SA - 7 man shop. They do quite a number of small-mid deals but I'm more of a markets person. Plus I don't think I can work 100 hours anyway.
Only option 1 is a full time offer, the other 3 are internships. So if I end up picking the last 3 options, I may end up unemployed.
What do you monkeys think?
Are you interested in the sort of stuff J&J does? If so, I'd go with that, given the relative mediocrity of the other options. It isn't IBD, but it's name brand and would look good when it comes time to apply to business school.
The Consulting offer is the next best, given that you'll actually develop some sort of industry perspective that you could parlay into other opportunities in the future (and will likely make MBA recruiting easier). Would depend on the reputation of the place, though, and the kinds of projects they do.
Following that, 3 and 4 don't strike me as great options, but I would probably do the boutique IBD as long as they have strong deal flow, even if the deals are small. MM econ research doesn't seem like a great place to be and would only be worthwhile if you could parlay it into a BB research role.
Are you considering business school? I'd imagine that a big name leadership program like J&J would be pretty desirable at top schools. Not sure if that's on your radar given that you already have a master's. I'd be inclined to take J&J regardless though, as that kind of management training could be really marketable, assuming you want to work in industry and not finance in the future.
I don't know all that well (have just heard things anecdotally from current and former MBAs) so take my advice with a grain of salt, but I don't think you'd be pigeonholed to pharma necessarily, as J&J is one of the well known leadership programs.
J+J leadership isn't designed to provide exit ops: they're grooming you for CFO. However, I know two guys that left for IBD after two years.
Also, it's boutique. IBD is detail oriented, get used to it.
Thanks for all the comments people.
Otter, I am not considering business school or any further study down the line.
I am surprised no one mentioned anything about the TMT consulting SA
It depends on what you want:
J+J = long term stable career. VERY nice people, decent pay, and you have a lot of power in Jersey after a while [you won't BELIEVE some of the shit you get to see there]
Consulting = I don't know, nor do I care
Market Research = dead end job
IBD intern = opportunity with potential for huge returns
I see the real choice as being between 1 and 4: security vs risk. One has a higher payoff, the other has a guaranteed payoff. Keep me posted, I'm curious what you choose to do.
Thanks for your comments. Btw what do you do? It seems that youre neither in IB or CO?
Why do you start off your post with "Hi Girls"?
I drive flying saucers for the bankers who commute to mars
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