Career HELP
Hey Guys, new to the site and wondering if you might provide some guidance as i am very behind in my career progression. I come from a non target Northeast school. Double major in Finance/Criminal justice (I know, weird combo), my GPA is about a 3.2 and have no finance related work. I was aDivison 1 baseball player who played in competitive leagues in the summers.I also had a short stinit in professional baseball, and am finishing up my last semester this fall.
I am lost as to what to do next, I know I am no where near qualified academically compared to the vast majority of people. I want to get into some sort or entry level analyst position, but I know it is very difficult to do so in my situation.
I was wondering if I should get my CFA I, try and get any entry level job I can, or enroll for my MSF.
Any help or guidance from you guys would be awesome. Thanks in advance!
1) People in the business world loves athletes so definitely play that up as much as possible. 2) Your grades aren't that bad, you're likely just behind on networking. There's probably still time to go to a boutique firm but it depends on what specialty in finance you want to go in.Are you interested in IB? S&T? AM? I would recommend narrowing that down, and trying for entry level jobs while simultaneously hedging by taking the GMAT for MMS and MSF programs in case you don't get anything by say, end of this year. Those programs will give you a good springboard for just about any finance field. You have a lot of work ahead but you can get something. It's not too late.
Thanks for your response, and AM right now, I think it would be too tough for me to get into IB right now. Im networking with alumni now, cold calling, emailing, having a couple of meetings i got from that.
So you would recommend taking the GMAT in case no decent job offers come my way, then enroll full time for MSF you think, Then go from there?
Thoughts on CFA, and any MSF programs you recommend for my track record?
Take the GMAT regardless, it's good for 5 years and is a hedge that you don't get what you want in the near future. You can likely get into AM from MSF, but I'm not sure if you get pigeonholed if you start out in AM. You can definitely get into IB from an MMS though, and they almost exclusively take students right out of undergrad so it's potentially less work. One of my bosses is a CFA, it's very good if you want to work for any asset manager, but you have to know you want to do it. A CFA is a nice to have in any case but it isn't extremely helpful to you outside of AM. I don't know much about MSF programs honestly, but I'm sure there's some sort of ranking around somewhere. Just be sure to take into account regions and overall University brand. Hope that helps.
Awesome thank you! So you think a mms would be overall more useful becuase it will allow me to get into IB and it's easier to enroll compared to an MSF?
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