| Topic Name: |
Getting started in Asset Management |
| Message Name: |
Not a sir |
| Date Posted: |
06/22/2000 |
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Thank you sir for your answer. I have background in equities and am currently in fixed income/derivative to have overall perspective of investment. Would it make any difference if one wants to go to equity v/s fixed income.
Frankly, due to circumstance I did not get my MBA at a top school. Despite high gmat score and 4.0 gpa. Anyway, I am trying to do everything in the world to show my self at least equivalent to a ivy MBA. So would be completing CFA, CPA, FRM (Financial Risk Manager) and JD or PhD. The advice on this board has been a single source of light in the information darkness. |
| Message: |
I'm not a "sir"; please don't make the assumption that I would be.
Get your CFA, and network every chance you get. Go to all the CFA meetings, etc, and get your name out every chance you can. Try to get involved in things that show you are serious about reaching your goals. You don't have an Ivy MBA, so you'll just have to take an additional step to get to the same place. Leverage what you do have.
One more idea, call to see if you can get informational interviews with people that are in the areas you would like to work in. Find out what they look for, and ask for suggestions regarding what you could do to improve your qualifications. They should be able to give you highly valuable feedback once you determine what area you want to get into.
One last suggestion, if you send out a cover letter, don't address it "Dear Sir," or "Gentlemen", and if you are uncertain weather the person you are writing to is a man or woman, call to find out before you write "Mr. X".... I always throw them right in the trash.
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