Canary Wharfian

I am currently a student at the University of Kent and have just finished my first year in International Business with Econometrics and received a first. I was recommended by my lecturer to look into a potential career in the investment banking industry but from my research it looks like my chances may have already been dashed just because of the university I have gone to.

I was wondering if anyone firstly had some advice on how to apply to the internships and make yourself comparable with the 'target' university candidates?

I have now been at over 20 institutions for work experience within the Finance industry.

People always ask me “does your dad know someone in the industry?”.

My dad is a barber and my mum doesn’t work due to illness...so no.

I set out at 14 years of age to get as much work experience as possible to prove to future employers that I had what it takes and that I had a REAL interest in getting the job I had always dreamed of ever since watching Wall St.
I never wanted to be Gordon Gecko, but I loved the look of the buzzing trading floors that it featured.

That’s the conclusion of a recent report by The Wall Street Journal. As the authors describe, “Specifically, for business and other liberal-arts majors, the prestige of the school has a major impact on future earnings expectations. But for fields like science, technology, engineering and math, it largely doesn’t matter whether students go to a prestigious, expensive school or a low-priced one—expected earnings turn out the same.”

Keep in mind this data is for the United States, but you can bet the conclusions still hold here in London and the rest of Europe. The authors interviewed over 7000 graduates 10 years after they...

Hi guys,

New member here. I am just wondering like how do you deal effectively with immature, and disrespectful team members when working towards a project? This guy in particular is full of himself (Bocconi power) and is incapable of answering and summing up what he thinks. He rambles, bullshits his way through questions and when challenged he doesn't take opposition of his argument.

As I have discussed in my recent post titled How Bankers Really Look At Your CV most hiring managers will only give your CV about 20 seconds when they are scrolling through the initial batch of CVs. Having said that, before your CV even arrives on the hiring manager’s desk it is first screened by a graduate recruiter in the human resource department.