Integrated Travel into Financial Career

Hello everyone,
I'm going to be graduating in a year with a Bachelors in Investment Analysis and Real Estate Analysis from Colorado State University. Apparently, the business school there is ranked in the top 10% but I know its not the most prestigious school. I'm trying to plan what career I want to pursue in the next year.

Is there anyone here in a job that travels frequently that is focused on the areas above? I'm going to be a single young guy and I won't have anything tying me down to a centralized area. I know consultation is a big career focused in traveling, but I'm stuck to what my degree will offer me. I was just looking for some ideas to run by my employment services office at the college to start looking into internships.

Thanks so much

 

I'm looking to travel around 6+ times a year, preferably international rather than just domestic. I'm not looking for anything luxurious (i.e. first class), I just want to see the world for a little while before settling down.

 
WannabeGuru:
I'm looking to travel around 6+ times a year, preferably international rather than just domestic. I'm not looking for anything luxurious (i.e. first class), I just want to see the world for a little while before settling down.

Very few junior positions will warrant international travel. If you want to travel internationally a lot, you should move to a airport hub (London, NYC, etc.)

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Thank you for the quick reply Isaiah. Do you know off hand if Investment Analysis/Real Estate would qualify for any consulting type of work? I heard that Alvarez and Marshal would be a good firm to look into. Like you said, "few position will warrant international travel" its been pretty difficult trying to find a few companies that will allow that out of college. I'm pretty interested in international finance, that's what kind of spurred this whole international travel job search.

Side question: Out of the major global languages that are second to English, what would be the best to become fluent in?

 
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"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee

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