Comments on: All About the Back Office, Recovering from Networking Mistakes, and How to Find the Right Kind of Yerba Mate… and More Questions and Answers http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/back-office-networking-mistakes-right-kind-of-yerba-mate/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=back-office-networking-mistakes-right-kind-of-yerba-mate Discover How to Get Into Investment Banking Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:22:31 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: M&I http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/back-office-networking-mistakes-right-kind-of-yerba-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-5445 M&I Tue, 23 Jun 2009 02:39:23 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/?p=1213#comment-5445 Your best bet is extensive cold-calling and alumni networking - beyond that, all you could really do is try to get some kind of unpaid/informal internship at a local bank/valuation/consulting type firm. You will have an uphill battle, primarily because you already graduated and were working for a few years but people have overcome similar obstacles (a few months ago I did a case study on this). Your best bet is extensive cold-calling and alumni networking – beyond that, all you could really do is try to get some kind of unpaid/informal internship at a local bank/valuation/consulting type firm.

You will have an uphill battle, primarily because you already graduated and were working for a few years but people have overcome similar obstacles (a few months ago I did a case study on this).

]]> By: Sean http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/back-office-networking-mistakes-right-kind-of-yerba-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-5438 Sean Mon, 22 Jun 2009 20:52:57 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/?p=1213#comment-5438 I love your site and was recently referred by a mutual friend (unnamed for the sake of this site). I had a quick question regarding my situation: I have some decent experience and interned last summer at a small PE/M&A firm doing a bunch of research and analysis. I was able to leverage that experience pretty well on my resume, even though the firm was not so well known. After graduating from USC I took a job as a Accounting Contractor and have been trying to break into banking (interviewed at a small Valuation firm, got the job and turned it down..bad luck i guess). Now my contract is over and im gonna try even harder to get into IB -- any suggestions for improving my chances? Also is my experience something that may be viewed somewhat negatively? I love your site and was recently referred by a mutual friend (unnamed for the sake of this site). I had a quick question regarding my situation: I have some decent experience and interned last summer at a small PE/M&A firm doing a bunch of research and analysis. I was able to leverage that experience pretty well on my resume, even though the firm was not so well known. After graduating from USC I took a job as a Accounting Contractor and have been trying to break into banking (interviewed at a small Valuation firm, got the job and turned it down..bad luck i guess). Now my contract is over and im gonna try even harder to get into IB — any suggestions for improving my chances? Also is my experience something that may be viewed somewhat negatively?

]]> By: M&I http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/back-office-networking-mistakes-right-kind-of-yerba-mate/comment-page-1/#comment-5401 M&I Wed, 17 Jun 2009 06:02:37 +0000 http://www.mergersandinquisitions.com/?p=1213#comment-5401 PWM at a diff. bank is usually a better idea. PWM at a diff. bank is usually a better idea.

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