Lateral Hiring 101: How to Look Before You Leap, and Then How to Make the Leap
“Make mistakes of ambition and not mistakes of sloth. Develop the strength to do bold things, not the strength to suffer.”
-Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince
Except with lateral hiring – where “mistakes of ambition” are sometimes just not worth it.
Look Before You Leap: Should You Do It At All?
This is the first question you need to ask yourself. I get about 10 emails per week saying the following:
Read the rest of this article“I’m set to work at Deutsche Bank / Credit Suisse / JP Morgan / UBS next year and feel like a failure because I did not get an offer at GS or MS. To improve my self esteem and get better exit opportunities, I want to make a lateral move to a better bank 2 years from now. How can I do this?”
Last time we looked at this one (early 2008), things were a lot different.
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