Summer Plans
Hi all,
In need of a quick advice. Because of family/travelling plans, I couldn't apply for a full 4 month internship in Toronto. I have about 3 months left in the summer, and I want to do something a bit more productive than the current Gym/Tennis/Party schedule.
I'm really interested in finance, and have self learned a lot of Excel skills (modelling) and finance technical knowledge. I'm only a freshman, but I figured some experience would be extremely beneficial down the road. I am trying to find an unpaid intern at a finance related job. I rather be doing something that I appreciate and enjoy than to be making little money and sulking over my job. I was thinking of targeting small hedge fund firms and seeing if they needed anyone. What would you guys do?
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Much respect,
Hao
I'd aim for a PWM internship since it's so late in the recruiting season and you're a freshman. It'll help you a hell of a lot for recruiting next year, what with a track record of interest in finance. Try and find somebody you can do an unpaid internship for (for maybe 15-20 hours per week, more if you/they want), I'd venture to say that's your best bet.
Then most finance internships wont meet your standards. Learn a new language, develop programming skills, get laid, catch up on reading, etc. I'm sure you can figure something out. If you're only a freshman (rising or just graduated hs?) and you're coming in late in the game, most internships available wont have that much marginal value. Just focus on improving yourself and having fun.
Yeah I'm looking for an unpaid internship right now. Cold calling is the best bet?
What programming skills should I be learning? VBA? SQL? I have 4 years of programming in C++, Python, and Scheme. I'm not sure how that'll be helpful in business.
Hao, I'm in the same boat, just finished freshman year at school. Have been emailing and cold calling pwms the past two weeks. Have been successful setting up some brief meetings to chat, hoping they will turn into some shadowing or some kind of "internship" I can throw on the paper. I'm working part time doing some stuff for the family business, some useless stuff but also learning some accounting. The emailing and cold calling really hasn't taken up much time, I would definitely suggest it. I haven't talk to or have any connections with the people I have contacted, and I have had a decent response. It has also been useful just getting the practice with cold calling people, definitely have more confidence at it then when I started.
Bottom line: nothing to lose, and if something works out, it'll look great on paper, if not, you gain the networking experience. Good luck.
Thanks for the encouragement - I will definitely give it a try, there's nothing to lose being this young. You have to put in work to expect some results.
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