<p>I really have a passion of IB/trading... I just recently graduated from DePaul University (Chicago) this summer with a Finance degree. I really didn't know what type of finance I wanted to get into until late this year or else I would have strived to go to a top notch school from the beginning. So for me my situation is different compared to those who knew about IB before hand. I wish I did because I would have played my cards differently. But I have to work with what I got right?</p>
<p>Is it far fetched for me to land an Investment Banking Job (M&A/flow trading) with my background?</p>
<p>I currently hold a marketing position that I got during my senior yr. I took their offer (50k plus small bonus) with this company b/c they were willing to work with my school schedule and plus it was a opportunity to make some decent money during my undergrad. I only planned on keeping this job until i graduated and found a position in the Finance field. </p>
<p>Yesterday I just got an offer to become a financial recruiter (70k plus bonus...) </p>
<p>Do you guys think I should take the recruiting job for the time being while I try to get my foot in the door of IB?</p>
<p>You want to get an internship at an IB/Trading place during college (Junior year). This is what an Ibanker told me "Experience at an i-bank for your junior summer, otherwise you have little or no chance from where you go to school. harsh but true."</p>
<p>So my advice to you is, if you are graduated from college and are working already NOT as an ibanker then you will have no chance of becomming an analyst at a firm, unless you work for a great corp development firm or a top consulting firm. If you are in college, use your connections, or visit top schools during there career fairs and hand out your resumes there.</p>
<p>Looks like you graduated. What I suggest you do is what is the best course to getting into investment banking and trading: stick with your current job, try and get into some solid leadership position and build up your work experience. Apply to Bschool after 3-4 years of work and get into the best schools (all the major recruiting schools). That should allow you to get back into the game. One of the traders I met with was a dentist who eventually applied to biz school after a few years of practice and eventually wound up at the prop desk of a BB.</p>