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job search ideas? |
| Message Name: |
Hit The Spring Job Fairs |
| Date Posted: |
04/01/2006 |
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I'm about to hit the job market, so I would appreciate any helpful input.
-No full time work experience
-MA econ
-advanced stats/econometrics (Matlab, SAS, Stata, Excel)
-CFA I
-quantitative finance/financial math(i did okay, but I'm pretty sure that I'm not "quant" material)
-some research experience (public policy, law and technology)
-worked on a statewide political campaign
-conversational Thai and Japanese
-B.A. political science (elementary legal research and writing)
-SAS Base Programming Exam (hopefully in May)
-learning SQL, okay with Access
I tried to summarize my resume in a few bullet points. I was thinking about (1) equity or fixed income research with a focus on the Pacific Rim or (2) a strategy or litigation consulting firm, also with a focus on the Pacific Rim.
Those are just ideas, I'm open to suggestions (or else I wouldn't be writing).
I'd be very grateful for any help. Thank you.
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I suggest cruising the spring job fairs and career expos on campus and the commercial ones put on by newspapers, etc. Visit each employer, pick up brochures, pump a few hands, pass out resumes. Then do some research. Also, do a self-assessment - what do YOU want to do. What are you passionate about - what makes you smile and what is most likely to make you want to spring out of bed every morning.
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