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Yes! My sister turned down so-so job offers received during the beginning of her senior year, and instead decided to delay her graduation a semester and take an internship in a division she really wanted. She's now 27 and made over $300k last year. She would be making about 1/3 to 1/4 that if she acted thinking only short term.
Yes! My sister turned down so-so job offers received during the beginning of her senior year, and instead decided to delay her graduation a semester and take an internship in a division she really wanted. She's now 27 and made over $300k last year. She would be making about 1/3 to 1/4 that if she acted thinking only short term.
Thanks for your reply. That's really awesome to hear. Is there a reason why she delayed her graduation in order to be an intern? I'm guessing the internship needed her to be a student?
Yes, to qualify for that internship, she needed to be a student.
Not sure if you are familiar with finance, but.....
She was offered several full-time middle office jobs at investment banks. Nice opportunities, actually what I do, and would have been nothing wrong with one of these.
But her heart was set on sales and trading. She took a huge risk, and passed on those full-time opportunities, and applied to Sales & trading internships. She got one, performed very well, and that lead to a full-time job offer.
If you have a long-term goal, always manage toward that. You could probably make more bartending than at many entry level positions. It doesn't mean it's a good career move.
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Originally Posted by Boosane
Thanks for your reply. That's really awesome to hear. Is there a reason why she delayed her graduation in order to be an intern? I'm guessing the internship needed her to be a student?
Yes, to qualify for that internship, she needed to be a student.
Not sure if you are familiar with finance, but.....
She was offered several full-time middle office jobs at investment banks. Nice opportunities, actually what I do, and would have been nothing wrong with one of these.
But her heart was set on sales and trading. She took a huge risk, and passed on those full-time opportunities, and applied to Sales & trading internships. She got one, performed very well, and that lead to a full-time job offer.
If you have a long-term goal, always manage toward that. You could probably make more bartending than at many entry level positions. It doesn't mean it's a good career move.
This is great advice, the choices you make today will influence where you go. Do not take a job just because it pays 50k. I would rather take a 35k a year job in the field I actually want to be in, that will lead to my end goal.
If the company has a fairly good reputation (Google them; does anything come up?), then take it. You need work, and a company isn't going to come to you and say "Here, have a job!" You need work and experience. Take it.
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