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| 25-02-2013 09:30 AM | ||
| Unregistered |
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Talk is easy, but which small equity research firm will hire a 30s guy with no experience and some purchased pte uni masters as an analyst??? The samll firms are not as good as big banks people, but neither are they so desperate they will just grab any middle age guy off the shelf who doesnt even have a clue what financial markets is about. |
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| 23-02-2013 02:27 PM | ||
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Buyside Hi, just to add some value to this once great, but deteriorating forum. There are many finance professionals with worse credentials than you. With a 2nd upper in EE from nus, I can safely tell you that you are doing fine. I suggest you setup a Linkedin account first if you haven't, to see how luck & opportunity plays a big role for many average people who got into lucrative roles. Secondly, if you're keen to join banking/finance, the roles which are more promising and "closer to the money", so to speak, are Treasury front office (sales/dealing), Product Managers, Private Banking (investment consultants/product specialists), and Research (any form of research, eg. Equity, Global Macro economics, Commodities etc) These are the ones you want to go into, to make good ROI of your Masters investment. 3 more real-life tips: 1. Many people who are in those roles i mentioned, were not from top tier universities. Eg. if you do a SMU MBA/Masters, you could possibly get into private banking without prior finance exp. 2. If you can't get into top tier firms, get into those roles in small firms first. Start from small and gain experience and you will eventually end up in the prestigious ones. DO NOT take the backoffice offer in a big firm over the roles i mentioned in small firms. If you do equity research for 5 years in a small firm, you will more likely end up as a fund manager/trader/M&A analyst than the guy who did 5 years of backoffice work in an IB. 3. You can start with internships if you can't get perm/contract offers for those roles. I am sure there are lucrative jobs in engineering/IT sales as well, which im not familiar with, so i won't comment on that sector. Good luck! |
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| 23-02-2013 12:30 AM | ||
| Unregistered | Cannot expect magic pills. Try your luck and find an entry or middle level jobs in the field you interested in? | |
| 22-02-2013 11:58 PM | ||
| mela |
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| 22-11-2012 11:02 PM | ||
| Unregistered | can consider be a property agent | |
| 22-11-2012 10:30 PM | ||
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| 22-11-2012 08:59 PM | ||
| wahkao |
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bear in mind your own company have their own backup plans too. If they are not profitable , they will fire you and there's nothing you can do about it. Similarly, if I am not profitable, I find alternatives and create my own backup plans. Who cares what my company thinks. My own job security and salary more important |
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| 22-11-2012 07:02 PM | ||
| wahkao |
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I am already off my ass' and working very hard on an engineering job. In life, its not only about working hard. Working smart is important too. Any smart suggestions beyond this? |
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| 22-11-2012 06:59 PM | ||
| wahkao |
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any constructive advice on how to move on from here? |
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| 22-11-2012 10:38 AM | ||
| Unregistered | Looks like you got con into wasting money on some useless masters private program and now still no better than a fresh degree grad. My suggestion is to learn from mistake and write off the whole masters thing and stick with the technical sales which you at least have some experience and can command better pay. | |
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