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Weekly Reader Q&A: Elite Boutiques, Moving To The Buyside Early And How To Dress For Success As A Summer Intern

Another crazy week at work (pending deals and, you, know, everyone getting laid off and leaving me with all their work to finish) and another weekly reader Q&A while I find time to write more 3,000 word articles…

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Tags: boutique investment banks, bulge bracket, changing careers, Fashion, Hedge Funds, investment banking summer internship, middle-market, Private Equity
Posted in Boutiques, Fashion, Investment Banking Internships, Investment Banking Lifestyle, Recruiting | 10 Comments »

Weekly Reader Q&A: Hedging Your Bear Stearns Summer Offer, Who Really Reads Resumes And The Value Of A Master’s Degree

After last week’s Bear Stearns debacle, it seems that readers took my advice and hedged their offers appropriately, shopping them around and focusing on boutiques in particular.

While this is a great strategy for reducing risk, it carries with it an additional challenge: how to decide on an uncertain offer vs. a certain but “lesser” offer.

Meanwhile, the usual questions on how investment bankers read resumes and whether advanced degrees are actually useful continue to come in.

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Tags: Bear Stearns, investment banking, investment banking resume, investment banking summer internship, Master's Degree, MBA, Summer Analyst, understanding investment banking
Posted in Career Change, Getting A Job, Investment Banking Internships, Recruiting, Resume Tips | 7 Comments »

Weekly Reader Q&A: Summer Internships vs. Study Abroad, Low GPAs, Going International AND Local

Yes, you read that headline correctly: this post is NOT about Bear Stearns.

I’m not sure there’s much more to say on the topic at this point in time, but as the situation evolves you may well expect another installment in the saga (I think Episode 3: The Return of The Offer would be appropriate, assuming everything goes well for the Bear Stearns summer interns and full-time hires out there).

I’m going to wrap up the week with another installment of reader Q&A covering some of the non-Bear-Stearns related questions I’ve received recently.

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Tags: alumni network, boutique investment banks, GPA, international experience, investment banking cover letters, investment banking resume, investment banking summer internship
Posted in Boutiques, Getting A Job, Investment Banking Internships, Recruiting, Resume Tips | 6 Comments »

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Breaking into Finance: How to Get an Investment Banking Job, Networking into Investment Banking, Recruiting in a Tough Market, Breaking in from Engineering, Breaking in from Law, Breaking in from the Back Office

Investment Banking Resumes: How to Write an Investment Banking Resume, How Investment Bankers Read Resumes

Investment Banking Interviews: Investment Banking Interview Guide, The Interview Selection Process, How to Close Your Interviews

Summer Internships: Summer Intern Success Guide, How to Dominate Your Summer Internship, Tips from a Former Summer Analyst, What You Do as a Summer Analyst, 10 Summer Internship "Don't's", How Summer Interns Get Full-Time Offers

Investment Banking Salaries: Investment Banking Salaries vs. McDonald's, Why Investment Bankers Make So Much Money, 2008 Analyst Bonuses

Private Equity / Buyside Jobs: Private Equity Resumes, Private Equity Interviews, The Myth of the Buyside Job, Headhunters: Friend or Foe?

Specific Groups: UBS LA, Boutiques, Restructuring, The Back Office

Quitting Finance: The Conference Room: How You Get Fired, The Farewell Email, A Day in the Life of a Former Investment Banker

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