From start to finish, to apply for a job through the career service office it took me 24 minutes. I went through 8 different pages, filled out a profile, and entered my phone number and email address. Wow.
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Drew Coyne is currently enrolled in a Master’s Degree of Education at Harvard University. His undergraduate degree is from Cornell University in Policy Analysis and Management, and Inequality Studies. He has worked for three different internships starting in Thailand then Los Angeles, ending the last in Washington D.C. All were exciting in very different ways.
One of the best ways to learn is through [...]
Kelly Norton Corporate Partnership Account Manager
Kelly is a great example of how an internship can help be the deciding factor for a career path. Read her story about how internships positively affected her career and lead to an awesome job with the Orlando Magic as a Corporate Partnership Account Manager.
If at first you don’t succeed……try [...]
For those of you looking for an internship with a fortune 500 company, look no further than Walt Disney Company. Not only does their website clearly explain what they are about, but it gives tips on applying, interviewing, and ways to follow up after an interview. There are very few web sites that provide such [...]
Stephanie L. Anstiss is a recruiter for Fifth Third Bank in North Carolina
She was kind enough to share her feedback on ways to land a job at a financial company.
What do you look for when recruiting?
The main thing that we look for in a Customer Service Representative (Teller) is retail experience. Positions where they [...]
Creativity can lead to impossible-to-land internships.
It pays to major in engineering. Geez!
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During the interview, my professor said he found out that the candidate great. He found out that he was a black belt in jiu-jitsu. They hired the candidate.
My point – be prepared for the investment banking internship interview so that you don’t come off as an idiot like me! Good luck with the internship search!
Turn your resume from a check in the box to an asset. Make sure you include everything you can do that is relevant to your investment banking internship. Let them know that you are smart and can get things done.
If you love the work on Wall Street, these hours won’t be a problem for you. You’ll thrive at your investment banking internship. But not every single person is cut out for investment banking internships.
It is incredibly easy to forget the objective of your internship resume. It is easy to think about creating a beautiful document that showcases your history. It is easy to make a killer resume, but hard to get an internship.
Why on earth would anybody just submit an internship resume online? This makes zero sense as your chances of landing the internship are close to about .3%.
Your resume can be a huge asset when you’re applying for an investment banking internship. What do you think JP Morgan, Goldman Sachs, or Merrill Lynch wants out of an investment banking intern? They want students who are experts at banking and can get things done. They want you to be organized, [...]
For many, there isn’t enough room on there for everything you’ve done. This is a good problem to have, but an obstacle, nonetheless. Let’s get one thing straight: extending your internship resume to that second page simply isn’t an option.