This is something I wrote in response to another question on IB and high finance. Now, if you came from i-banking and high finance in the States, you probably stand a good chance if you use the top headhunters like Heidrick & Struggles, Korn Ferry, Boyden to name a few.Are you talking about getting in at analyst or associate level? From your question, I'll assume that you are referring to associate level positions at a minimum.
Okay, in your best interests, let me be absolutely frank - to get into high finance jobs, which include traditional investment banking, sales, trading or private banking, it is quite difficult to get into the Tier 1 banks like Goldman Sachs, Citigroup, Morgan Stanley, Merrill Lynch, JP Morgan, CSFB etc...
Main reason is that they recruit primarily on-grounds at the top business schools (what they term core schools) in the US, UK and to a lesser extent, Australia. It is when they cannot find MBAs from their core group of schools that they open it up to others from their non-core schools or other with experience. To be honest, the few Harvard, Wharton, Columbia, etc. MBAs (you get the idea) who want to return to the SE Asia office are usually enough to fill these positions.
It is true that other Masters degree holders like M.Finance or MSc. Finance etc can get in too but still a bit harder because they deemed core recruiting programs as the MBA at HBS, Wharton, Columbia, LBS etc.
The other way to get into the Tier 1s is through very, very strong networks already in the banking industry.... That probably works better than having to go through the "normal" channels which I described above
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