So What Now? (Job Search Advice Needed)

Hi, everyone.

I'm not exactly sure what I need to be doing for my job search. For context, here are highlights of my resume:

1) Graduated with a Bachelor of Science in three years in May in top 10% at off-target business school in North Carolina (econ major, 3.43 major GPA, accounting and finance course background)
2) Run a relatively successful contract dogsitting business (74 unique clients, 35% repeat client base, 51 five-star reviews) - I guess laughable but it has been a good point of leverage in interviews
3) Financial Rep. Intern experience

So what now? I wanted to do financial analysis/IB right out of college, but I honestly couldn't tell you why aside from job security, exit ops, and $. Not that those are the only thing that matter, but I want a stable career, and finance is the way to go.

So knowing this, what am I supposed to be applying for? I'd rather shoot myself than do sales, strictly commission-based jobs, or be a damn teller. I'm open to go anywhere in the country, tech looks nice, but I'd honestly go for anything that had job security, exit ops, and $. I love to travel and love music, but ironically those pay nothing.

Thanks.

 

Corp finance would be interesting. How would you recommend getting into that this late in the process and from an off-target? I was thinking about just going out to LA and getting shopped out by a temp agency and hoping something lands. Obviously networking is great, but it hasn't done much for me so far.

 
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