<p>study like there's no tomorrow, obtain leadership positions on campus, and network network network.</p>
<p>I've always wondered this. How do you network?? I mean, when I go to internship/job fairs or recruiter info sessions, there are just so many people there that it's almost impossible to chat with company representatives or impress them in some way. So how do you exactly network????</p>
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<p>You acquaint yourself with someone, exchange information, and keep in touch. Not that hard.</p>
<p>that doesn't work, when there are hundreds of other kids waiting to talk to the same person and that person wants to get out of there as soon as possible.</p>
<p>Maybe you're not trying hard enough. Remember that you always have to follow up later.</p>
<p>It always seems that whenever I talk to recruiters or company reps, they're not at all interested in talking to me. They just wanna get out of there because there's so many people asking the same thing. I don't blame them - I'd get annoyed too if I were in the same position.</p>
<p>Just make sure to get a business card, and make sure you email them or call them later.</p>
<p>You'd be surprised at how many kids will talk their ass off at a job fair but never follow up. The recruiter is not going to look for you later. You've got to go after them.</p>
<p>^^ makes sense. Thanks for the advice . :)</p>
<p>No Problem.</p>
<p>another way to network is to simply talk with other students, friends, and family members. meet up with them and have a meal or coffee together. you wouldn't think it, but people have all sorts of connections and different experiences that you could learn a lot from.</p>
<p>Disclaimer::: If you're an accounting major and do well, and you want to persue accounting - DON'T READ THIS POST. UConn / Penn State/Rutgers have fabulous big4 recruiting and it is a great career for you! They also have good underwriting possibilities.</p>
<p>If you plan on doing finance/econ then DO BY ALL MEANS READ THIS:::</p>
<p>IMO, it's probably better going to a community college (or third tier college) that's easy to get a 4.0 in - then doing double up in finance, econ, get involved like crazy and then transfer apply to Michigan / UVA/ Notredame / BC / UNC Chapel Hill .</p>
<p>Many, many comm. colleges valedictorians are accepted each year to colleges lke Cornell / Michigan / UCLA / UVA.</p>
<p>Of course, getting a 4.0 Rutgers / Penn state / UConn would be even better but these schools are no cake and they involve difficult, competitive pool of students.</p>
<p>My cousin and some friends both 4.0'd their comm. colleges and got accepted to ivy league schools. Now she's a private equity banker for UBS (united bank of switz.). </p>
<p>Unless you want to do mediocre business jobs, DON'T go to the middle ranked state B- school and major in finance. I've been to the business fair at Uconn and it is AWFUL. I didn't see a SINGLE I-bank or anything of that caliber. The kind of companies that I saw: 1) low-end sales jobs 2)insurance sales jobs 3)you get the point.</p>
<p>Again, if you want to be successful - go to a top 20 B school. Right now it looks like you'll have to transfer there. Why not save money, go to a comm. college and transfer?</p>
<p>Also, I contacted the biz office at Uconn and I have heard of top UConn Biz underg. students get IB internships but it is a rarity (15 students out of hundreds). If you're the super hard working type and know you can pull of a close to a 4.0, then by all means go to UConn because you "might" still make it big right out of undergrad. But why graduate with a median GPA from a school like UConn and end up in sales?</p>
<p>I don't mean to sound like a jerk but I have a ton of friends in the UConn biz school who are graduating with near 3.6+ GPA and going into low-end sales jobs. The ONLY lucrative thing from the biz school here (supposedly high-ranked(hehe yea right)) is if you go into accounting. They have solid accounting recruitment. But if you're finance or economics - good luck getting into a top B-job!</p>
<p>kotchian123... you have much to learn...</p>
<p>I agree kotchian. I know a lot of finance majors who never even get BJ's.</p>
<p>Most recruiting on campus should not be at job fairs, but one on one half hour/hour interviews when reps come to campus to interview. Job Fairs are the low end of recruiting.</p>
<p>kotchian, i appreciate you're help, but it isn't easy, at least not as easy as you make it sound, to be number one even in a community college class. but besides that, i am ready to get away and would never even consider going to my community college for 2 years</p>
<p>You might be able to do it if you work really HARD.</p>
<p>-At Uconn Do finance and minor in econ. and get a 4.0 GPA and become very involved. Do not waste your time on other bogus undergrad. biz majors. </p>
<p>-Contact the undergrad. Biz Career Center at UConn and ask about investment banking possibilities before you hit your junior year. If you maintain exceptional grades, they will help you get interviews.</p>
<p>-Read as much financial literature as you can. WSJ, what not. This is very useful when it comes to interviewing and you can really impress them if you know your stuff.</p>
<p>Rutgers/Penn State= Competitive but possibillity of Front office </p>
<p>UCONN=Backoffice</p>
<p>Hmmm....what makes you think Rutgers/Penn State have more front office opps than UConn? Back up your assertion.</p>
<p>kotchian123- No offense its really nice that you want to help. My dad works at UBS and they hired the majority of new investment bankers from UConn. Being located in Stamford, someone majoring in finance in UConn has a very good shot at landing a job at investment banks. Because at investment banks you usually have to prove yourself before you get hired.</p>