January 2008 Month In Review
For everyone new to the site, I though it might be helpful to recap January 2008, just as I did for December 2007.
January was the second full month of operation for Mergers & Inquisitions, and I’m proud to say that visitors and pageviews more than doubled over December levels! I hope you’re continuing to find the site useful. Some of you have sent emails and resume review requests and I will get back to you, it just takes awhile to respond based on my schedule and how much else is going on at the time.
In terms of content, I focused on tips for resumes, internships and getting those investment banking jobs you’ve been after.
Investment Banking Resumes
I wrote 2 articles on resumes – one covering common mistakes in investment banking resumes, and one on how investment bankers read resumes and decide who gets interviews and who doesn’t.
If you want to send me your resume, please make sure to read those 2 articles first as many of your questions will be answered already. If your resume suffers from problems mentioned in those it may take me longer to respond to you as well.
Investment Banking Summer Internship Tips
With recruiting season in full swing, everyone was also very focused on getting investment banking summer internships. To address reader questions, I wrote articles on how the investment banking interview selection process works and on how to improve your offer success rate.
These were both in addition to my already existing guide to getting an investment banking job, published back in November. If you haven’t already read it and want to break into investment banking, be sure to check it out!
Some readers have also asked me about how to do well in their summer internships and improve their chances of getting full-time offers, so I wrote another article about that – How To Dominate Your Investment Banking Summer Internship.
Other Reader Questions And Investment Banking Lifestyle Posts
With all the news of layoffs and the downturn in the economy, some have also asked me if it’s even a good time to get into banking. The short answer: you really have no choice, so do it now anyway. For the longer answer, see my post on signs of a recession in the financial services world.
A couple readers also asked about the “best” groups (despite my insistence that your team matters more than the prestige of your group) and specifically about UBS LA, so I addressed that in a brief post outlining the rise and fall of UBS LA.
Although it was not a commonly asked question, I also looked at a bulge bracket vs. a boutique and went through some of the reasons why I strongly recommend going to the best name you can.
Finally, in another reader Q&A post I covered questions about sales & trading resumes, breaking in from the pharmaceutical industry and the relevance of international experience in China when applying to investment banking jobs.
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