How does getting blacklisted from employment work?

  1. What does it take for someone to get blacklisted?
  2. Who has the authority to blacklist someone?
  3. How long does getting blacklisted last?
  4. If you get blacklisted, does it mean that you won't get hired again only within the individual company OR you won't get hired again within the industry OR is it even worse and that you can't get hired again for any job at all, ever? (Like if Morgan Stanley blacklisted you, then you can't get a finance job at any F500 company ever again)
  5. Is there a social/professional platform which tells you exactly which individuals are blacklisted from employment?
 

Not entirely true. I've heard of people making it to Greystar. But yea, you can kiss goodbye any chances at White Deer...

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It shows up on your LinkedIn page, except only other people who are registered with a finance company email can see it, you can't.

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I wouldn't do it. I think you would burn some bridges jumping ship so soon. Deal exposure might pick up. I would hang tight and put your time in. What happens if you go to the smaller shop and in 6 months things dry up. Then you would be really screwed.

 

actually I should have mentioned; I am not in IBD at the BB - I was hired into it but transferred to compliance due to headcount issues. I would like to have a chance to come back to the BB but to a FO position. Does HR do like a firmwide ban?

 

Ohh, transfer out then. If you were hired into IBD, but for whatever reason got re routed then they shouldn't expect you to not look elsewhere. HR processes people, puts up postings. They don't universally ban someone.If a VP or MD wants you on their team HR will have zero say in the matter.

 

I'm sure if you were to talk to them about it, they would be supportive of you. The bank kind of screwed you over, I wouldn't pass up an opportunity like that.

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you could try to leverage your boutique offer with your BB. Just be honest with them... tell them that you like working there but you have an IBD offer on the table, and you really have no choice but to take it since the BB won't move you back to IBD. Present it politely, as a request for advice. They will definitely understand your situation... and if they like you enough it may enough to spur them to push for you to be transferred back to IBD.

 
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highflyer23:
there is no such thing as loyalty on wall street- transfer to the better thing - don't worry about being blacklisted, if your good then they will want you back
There's a loyalty in the sense of professional courtesy. You've got a duty to give the firm an opportunity to match the offer away, (and probably a duty to stay if they can come within 30% of your pay), and you also need to give your manager enough time to plan for your departure. For a very technical role, that could be as much as six weeks.

Typically, there's usually a duty to stay in your job for at least 12-18 months, but if you sign up for one thing and they deliver something completely different as is the case here, you have the right to leave earlier than that.

Follow these three rules, and 80% of managers (95% of sane managers) will understand.

 

Totally agree with the above statements.

To the OP, I know very well what it feels like to be promised one thing and given another. I would think long and hard about working for a company that basically sold you on IB and then gave you compliance. VERY different career paths and opportunities. Go to them, tell them about your offer, give them 2 weeks and don't look back. Your boss in compliance might hate you, but the guys over in IB will respect you for stepping up and getting what you came for.

Real side note, until you are 35 with a wife and kids you shouldn't let a company kill your spirit or shit on you. People tend to respect you a whole lot more when they realize you aren't a mindless drone who they can do whatever they want to.

Promised you IB, gave you compliance, now they lose you. Cause and effect.

 

I don't understand why you think you will get offers rescinded for interviewing.

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That's very doable. I should be able to find some extracurricular activities that I can fluff up enough to make them resume worthy. I was actually just looking at my cover letter template thinking the same thing. Something for me to look into this weekend.

Thanks for the feedback!

 

Your academics are good, so you've got the hard part sorted. In the work experience section, I would advise showing a skill being used and the end result. Right now it looks like a "to-do" list. For example, you worked closely with programmers to develop something, then what? Same applies to your Research and apps section and those bullet points seem to be related, maybe you can make them into 1 bullet point? Since you outperformed benchmarks etc, why not include the results of you portfolio.

Maybe change the Certifications section to Achievements and type some extra stuff in there. I'm also debating whether CFA candidate is relevant.

Change last section to extracurricular and develop some of your points.

Overall its a decent application, I feel your work experience and research section takes up too much space. You need to also show your human side and develop on that a bit more.

Absolute truths don't exist... celebrated opinions do.
 

Maybe what you think = hitting it off is not what they think is hitting it off, Maybe you lack empathy? Could be a psychopath?

Those who can, do. Those who can't, post threads about how to do it on WSO.
 

LOL you're not. I've sent probs the same number of apps, networked way harder than you, but didn't get anything until a few days ago. Don't give up and try harder. Don't just network with alums. Find a template and cold email people at different banks. You can also try applying Hong Kong that just started recruiting - they pretty much just hand out free interviews if you go to a US college with a good GPA. Also now Trump has won you might want to move away if you want :P

 
ebb2018:

LOL you're not. I've sent probs the same number of apps, networked way harder than you, but didn't get anything until a few days ago. Don't give up and try harder. Don't just network with alums. Find a template and cold email people at different banks. You can also try applying Hong Kong that just started recruiting - they pretty much just hand out free interviews if you go to a US college with a good GPA. Also now Trump has won you might want to move away if you want :P

Interesting. Won't I need a sponsorship/work Visa to intern in a foreign country? I'm likely going to be targeting S&T/AM instead, so a possible plan is to get some more experience this junior summer and then maybe try to leverage that into a full-time offer elsewhere.

 

Networking is 100% about making genuine connections with 3-4+ people at each firm.

It is far better to apply to 10 places and network heavy at all of them than apply to 50 places and network with 1-2 people at 10 of them.

I've never gotten an interview I didn't network for

I don't care who your dad is
 
computerized:

fwiw I didn't get much traction with online apps with that GPA either when I went through OCR a few years ago.

Is a 3.5 really that bad? I swear I thought it was like the top 5% in my department...

Guess it's time to keep on networking

 

It's not "bad" per se, it's just not great. And if you don't have other things going for you (relevant internships, hardcore networking, etc.) it's just not going to get you very far in IB recruiting. OP also said he goes to a semi target, so there's probably fewer opportunities in the first place. I would also say that GPA alone isn't going to get anyone a job.

Also different majors will get different amounts of leeway. 3.5 in physics isn't the same as 3.5 in poli sci.

Good thought on networking. Even if you have a 4.0, having more connections can't hurt you.

 

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