Entry-level Management Consulting / I-Banking positions
Posted: Thu, 28 Jul 2005 5:17 pm
Okay, so I've got one of those irritating hard-luck stories: I'm a Malaysian who graduated from a top ten university last year with a BA in Political Science (I also took a bunch of advanced Economics classes out of pure interest, including game theory, probability modeling, and what-have-you).
After graduating, I got a position as an analyst with a consulting firm and signed a contract to start in November; unfortunately, just before my start date, the office restructured and my position was eliminated.
Work visas in the US are subject to a salary cap, and, long story short, after several months of interviewing, I was unable to find any entry-level positions in the consulting industry because a) I was working out of the normal recruiting cycle and b) the work visas ran out (i.e. "We'd love to have you work here, but we need someone to fill the position immediately")
Since my student visa is expiring, I'm returning to Malaysia in the next few weeks and I'm particularly interested in multinational consulting (and finance) jobs in the region. I've only started researching positions (as well as a few exploratory phone calls to firms) in the region, and I'd be grateful if anyone could give me some good pointers on what I'm looking for. I'd love to work for a place like McKinsey, but I'm aware that the time frame I'm working in probably misses out on their normal BA recruiting cycle.
Anyway, I look forward to everyone's replies--I hope I don't sound like a big crybaby!
(A little about me: I've, er, relatively good research and writing skills,as well as the ability to pick apart a 10K filing with my eyes closed. I'm also pretty good with Excel VBA. Lots of international experience (I'm a diplobrat). And I did a whole bunch of team sports and leadership activities during college, yadda yadda yadda...)
After graduating, I got a position as an analyst with a consulting firm and signed a contract to start in November; unfortunately, just before my start date, the office restructured and my position was eliminated.
Work visas in the US are subject to a salary cap, and, long story short, after several months of interviewing, I was unable to find any entry-level positions in the consulting industry because a) I was working out of the normal recruiting cycle and b) the work visas ran out (i.e. "We'd love to have you work here, but we need someone to fill the position immediately")
Since my student visa is expiring, I'm returning to Malaysia in the next few weeks and I'm particularly interested in multinational consulting (and finance) jobs in the region. I've only started researching positions (as well as a few exploratory phone calls to firms) in the region, and I'd be grateful if anyone could give me some good pointers on what I'm looking for. I'd love to work for a place like McKinsey, but I'm aware that the time frame I'm working in probably misses out on their normal BA recruiting cycle.
Anyway, I look forward to everyone's replies--I hope I don't sound like a big crybaby!
(A little about me: I've, er, relatively good research and writing skills,as well as the ability to pick apart a 10K filing with my eyes closed. I'm also pretty good with Excel VBA. Lots of international experience (I'm a diplobrat). And I did a whole bunch of team sports and leadership activities during college, yadda yadda yadda...)