Can You Really Use Business School to Re-Brand Yourself and Break Into Finance?
“Just go to business school.”
“Go to a top MBA program.”
“With HBS on your resume you can do anything you want.”
It’s one of the most common pieces of advice given to anyone interested in consulting or finance: get into a top MBA program.
Even if you went to a no-name undergraduate, did nothing finance-related since then, and you don’t know anyone in the industry, a top MBA program will let you break in.
Or will it?
What If You Don’t Get a Return Offer From Your Investment Banking Summer Internship?
Or should you?
As summer internships finish up and full-time recruiting begins, this is one question that always comes up:
What should you do if you don’t get a return offer?
A lot of what you should do is obvious – so first, let’s take a look at what not to do.
Investment Banking Networking: How to Break In
Ah, networking into investment banking.
No other topic creates so much confusion – so let’s dive right and see how you use networking to break into the industry.
Definitions
There are 2 main approaches to networking:
- Developing Relationships – Meet bankers at information sessions, during weekend trips, and get to know them over time.
- Cold-Calling – Find a list of local boutique banks and go down the list, setting aside an hour each day for calling firms.
