<p>im a community college student and many people are surprised that i have a finance internship at merrill lynch</p>
<p>Is merrill lynch that good
im very sorry if im ill informed, i just started to choose economics as a major and don't know very much and i got the internship because my counselor told me to give it a try and did the interview and got it.</p>
<p>will it be very helpful in the future?</p>
<p>Merrill Lynch is one of the top banks in the world. Their status of the "bull" is very well regarded. Plus most CC students don't have internships. Good job. It will be very useful depending on what industry you want to your career in. </p>
<p>Are you interning with an Financial Adviser?</p>
<p>Are you interning at a Merrill Lynch retail brokerage ? Unless you get a good mentor, you may be disappointed. You'd almost likely to be an administrative assistant. Will you be paid?</p>
<p>yea it has been dissapointing
i do lots of administrative work
thats why i dont understand the significance maybe
does it look good on my resume even thoguh i do a bunch of administrative work</p>
<p>Can u spin the work to sound good on your resume? Can you ask for additional responsibilities? Is there any additional work to be found? I know if I was a full time employee there, I'd want you to do my work (given you can do a decent job).</p>
<p>really dont know how to spin it
ive asked for more responsibility but havent gotten any
maybe its becuz im a cc student lol
but im still surprised i passed the interview though</p>
<p>I don't know how many people you work with and interact with there, but I would definitely try to be proactive and take things off people's plates if possible. At worst, I would try to establish an unofficial mentor/mentee relationship where you could learn from someone and perhaps gain a better understanding of how they do their job.</p>
<p>Mgrs are often too busy to deal with such things and you may just need to take matters into your own hands (if possible). Also, if you can sit down with your manager, perhaps you can re-emphasize your concerns.</p>
<p>the key is to ask question. anything you want to learn or know more about, ask them. most of the time, they are willing to help you out and you will learn a lot more.</p>
<p>Under the guise of internships, lots of companies , especially those with well known brand names are ripping off students eager to look for meaningful work experience. The just want to have some part time free labor while the student only can put down the brand name company on their resume but with little or no relevant job experience.</p>
<p>It is up to the students to ask the companies to spell out clearly what the job descriptions entail. Keep looking for other jobs and don't be afraid to quit.</p>
<p>I know the OP posted a long time ago but I’m interested because I got this internship as well at Merrill Lynch.</p>
<p>I’m also a freshman at a community college. They (the two managers that interviewed me) were honest and told me that I’ll mostly do, if not only, administrative work, be there assistant but that I can ask questions to learn a little bit about the job.</p>
<p>I was accepted after the interview but I can still not sign all the official papers so what do you guys think about that? Should I say just because it is Merrill Lynch or no because it is just clerical work?</p>
<p>My goal is to transfer to the best universities that I can reach (I went to Community College because i didn’t go to high school here+ financial reasons but I am a very good student).</p>
<p>Thank you so much</p>
<p>I am working at Merrill Lynch Global Markets fixed income trading division under the quantitative analytics group (which in most banks fall under research but for BOAMER fall under technology). Should I expect the same thing like the OP being non-frontoffice and all?</p>
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<p>Do you have any alternative plans? If not, it can’t hurt to try it out. Its likely true you won’t do much real work, but perhaps if you are proactive you can learn a little bit about the business and make a little money.</p>
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<p>I would expect you to have some interesting work to do, are you sure it isn’t front office? I’m not as familiar with BOA/MER so I don’t know. Will you get to be on the trading floor? To me it sounds like it would be a pretty good position that you could leverage. What do you want to end up doing?</p>
<p>Thanks C-Revs. Well, I could do other internship but I don’t think that the job I’ll do will be much different that’s why I figured that at least Merrill Lynch is a prestigious name on a r</p>
<p>Is this a pay or non-pay internship?</p>
<p>Any internship can be good paid or unpaid as long as you didn’t PAY TO GET AN INTERNSHIP, lol. Experience and personal development are what really matter.</p>
<p>VectorWega’s idea is good too. Try to spin it as much as you can. Emphasize communication and leadership.</p>
<p>you have to start from somewhere. You should stick to it and slowly build up your experiences</p>