Fellow candidates,
After several ever lasting graduate recruitment processes, contesting from a non-target school, the pain has gone - so far - and I have secured an IMO decent offer right after my MSc.
My chances to break into BBs and major local banks have vanished lately for both usual and more weird reasons: poor performance, applications to areas where I don�t really fit, change of plans by the firm... eventually, I think I have steered in time to CF from ER as I don�t see good prospects to develop a progressive career in there in the years ahead.
So, I have eaten a big piece of humility pie, though I cannot be anything but happy as this is beyond what any of my peers could even dream.
Anyhow, I gonna work for the CF team of a Big 4; I see all the advantages of any middle-market boutique, plus the support of a globally recognized brand, which I think it really matters particularly to get into a top tier MBA. On the other hand, they do provide actual formal training and are pretty well ranked by Thomson in my country. These hopefully relevant 2/3 years of experience, the CFA plus a somewhat international background I hope will bridge my way to an Ivy League business school to join the party again at an associate level through the VIP entrance instead.
I�ve read in former threads that the salary is lower as likely the hours are. I definitely can live with that and to be honest, I prefer to work say 15 hrs less a week as I�m not sure whether I can handle a couple of all-nighters in a row.
Any thougths? Thanks for all your informative posts
"Luck does not exist, but merely likelihoods"
After several ever lasting graduate recruitment processes, contesting from a non-target school, the pain has gone - so far - and I have secured an IMO decent offer right after my MSc.
My chances to break into BBs and major local banks have vanished lately for both usual and more weird reasons: poor performance, applications to areas where I don�t really fit, change of plans by the firm... eventually, I think I have steered in time to CF from ER as I don�t see good prospects to develop a progressive career in there in the years ahead.
So, I have eaten a big piece of humility pie, though I cannot be anything but happy as this is beyond what any of my peers could even dream.
Anyhow, I gonna work for the CF team of a Big 4; I see all the advantages of any middle-market boutique, plus the support of a globally recognized brand, which I think it really matters particularly to get into a top tier MBA. On the other hand, they do provide actual formal training and are pretty well ranked by Thomson in my country. These hopefully relevant 2/3 years of experience, the CFA plus a somewhat international background I hope will bridge my way to an Ivy League business school to join the party again at an associate level through the VIP entrance instead.
I�ve read in former threads that the salary is lower as likely the hours are. I definitely can live with that and to be honest, I prefer to work say 15 hrs less a week as I�m not sure whether I can handle a couple of all-nighters in a row.
Any thougths? Thanks for all your informative posts
"Luck does not exist, but merely likelihoods"