I am going to look into the CFA again, although I must say I hope I don't have to wait 3 more years before getting a position. It would hopefully help my long term career path. I was long winded because I had over 60 posts to reply to since yesterday when I started the thread. I can't be saying anything to turn people off because I have not gotten any interviews. They must look at my resume, see Stony Brook University, and trash it, if they even do that. Probably go through a stack, pull out the Ivy's, and cut down from there.
Well what do you suggest when you walk into a place and speak to someone in HR who says everything is on the website now, you need to create a profile and work on your application through the portal. I am registered on every bank/financial service company/tech company/company with any possible position I would qualify for's internal job board. Keeping all the passwords straight is increadibly hard since I refuse to ever right any password down and they all have different requirements (8 chars, 2 symbols, 1 capital etc). Then when you call to check on your application and try and talk to a human, they simply steer you right back to the website again.
Do you have a burger flipping job or something currently? Maybe they are looking for somebody that is willing to do whatever because it shows some initiative and a desire to be productive.. my daughter is starting her Masters classes, that kid has been employed nearly steadily since she was fifteen, she has a lot of money banked up but this summer she was demo'ing products at supermarkets just to protect her savings... that looks very good on a resume', I doubt she will ever be out of work for long her entire life... I used to hire Co-op students for an Engineering Laboratory... after hiring a few people that had incredibly high GPA's that absolutely were worthless in the lab.. I mean these guys WOULD NOT WORK on stuff, it was all too far beneath them to actually work as a technician.. it would have been the greatest experience for them but they would not do it.. I started hiring the 3.0-3.3 guys, they would work as a tech and we would then hire them as engineers.... I almost beat one Chinese 4.0+ guy to a pulp one day, he refused to stop eating his lunch at a clean room bench and the next day he had his feet up and was eating away... we sent him back to his school right there and then.. Employers are very, very wary of the guys that come in saying they can do anything and if not, they can learn anything in no time...
I technically am still on the books at the one marketing company, although I have not done a job for them in some months, but my resume shows as current. I have been working for an appliance company delivering refrigerators/washers/etc for some extra income off the books, but have not included that on my resume. I am living on my own, basement apartment, not to bad. So I do have bills to pay, luckily I have been getting assistance when I need it. I am 25, I can't take delivering fridges much longer, I need a career. I was offered a management position/partnership agreement with my bosses in a well known chain store when I was 18 because they wanted to expand and bring me in as I had worked there for several years. I wanted more from life, in hindsight I should have taken it. They opened up several more location after that and I would be an owner by now.
That has been an unrealized fear for 25 years. You can hide under rocks, afraid of your own shadow, or go out and make good decisions. But econ as thinking it would be the way? Not much more than being an Art history major.
I think the odds of landing a career type job that you desire are very slim in the greater NYC area. In the eyes of almost any employer, you are a college graduate with no experience. There are many more qualified folks who have been laid off, (with a proven track record) that are willing to work at a lower level (salary wise and position wise) just to get their foot back in the door. There is no way you can compete with these experienced laid off financial industry folks. Have you thought of moving to a region of the country that might have better prospects career wise for a financial analyst? Maybe Texas? Just a thought....
Food for thought Have you tried hiring a head hunter / placement firm Or Working for a temp agency Good Hunting - times are tough out there RN
I hope your emails and resumes don't contain typos like "increadibly" and "right" instead of "write." What's so hard about keeping passwords straight? There are plenty of programs that will do that for you... if you're not resourceful enough to handle that, how do you expect to find a job in a recession? I detect a bit of a victim's mentality... please drop it. You need to stand out from your competitors in a GOOD way, not a bad way. A few ideas (assuming you've found a decent company): 1) Tell them you'll work for free until they want to hire you because you're so sure you can add value, they'll see it if only you can get your foot in the door. Then work your ass off. 2) ALWAYS be positive and make it about what you can do for them, NOT what they can do for you. Stand out in your selflessness. If it's a decent company this approach will, ironically, get you a lot more than looking out for yourself would.
SUNY Stony Brook's computer science program is widely recognized as one of the best in the nation. Major Wall Street firms does recruit its computer science graduates heavily. If he got a GPA 3.7 in computer science from SUNY Stoney Brook University, he would not have problems getting an entry level trading jobs with Goldman Sachs now.