Transcript UMBS Alumni Relations

Finance Club
Investment Banking Student Resources and
Expectations
Susan Woodall
Overview
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Summary of MBA1 process
Role of Career Counselors
Bank Specific Contacts
Expectations
MBA1 Process
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Conduct Self Assessment
Investigate Career Opportunities
Form Study Groups
Target Employers
Establish Contacts (Corp presentations / WSF /
informationals)
6. Prepare Targeted Resumes/Effective Cover letters
7. Keep Up On the Market
8. Strengthen Interviewing Skills (mock interviews)
1. Fit / technical
9. Prepare for Second Rounds
10. Make an Employment Decision
Career Counselors – Role of Career Counselors
Key areas where counselors can assist:
• Self-assessment
• Understanding the style/expectations in the recruitment process
– Particularly important for international students
• Work on your “story”
• Resume reviews
• Mock interviews
Logistics
• Counselor hours are posted on Mtrack under: student
menu/careers/career counseling
• Hours are posted 2 weeks in advance and they update at
midnight on Sat. Sign-up early.
Career Counselors 2001-2002
Investment Banking Career Counselors:
Manisha Bathija
[email protected]
Tiffany Herrick
[email protected]
Manaswi Jhala
[email protected]
Jeffrey Kreick
[email protected]
Arif Motorwala
[email protected]
Susan Woodall
[email protected]
Bank Specific Contacts
• Available to address bank specific questions
• Assist in differentiating between banks
• Contacts will offer sessions to
– Introduce bank and discuss their experience (Late
Sept/October – specific dates to be announced)
– Prepare for interviews specifically with this bank
(pre-WSF and January)
Bank Specific Contacts
Bank
Banc of America
Bear Stearns
Bear Stearns
Citigroup Investment Banking (SSB)
Credit Suisse First Boston
Deutche Bank
JP Morgan
Lehman Brothers
UBS Warburg
A.G. Edwards
Dain Rauscher Wessels
First Union Securities
Goldman Sachs
Merrill Lynch
Morgan Stanley
Piper Jaffray
Contacts
Devin Khosla
Christine Zanellato
Jeff Kreick
Keith Anderson
Susan Woodall
Alexei Pavlovich
Mark Wenger
Tiffany Herrick
Manaswi Jhala
Arif Motorwala
Adam Conrad
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Expectations
Treat your job search as your 6th class!
Expectations – Timely Use of Resources
• Time goes by quickly and resources are limited
– Complete self assessment ASAP
• Talk to CC this week/next week
– Complete Resume Review
• Have first review by CC completed by end of September
– Begin working on your “story” now
• Review with CC by Mid October
– We recommend 2 mock interviews prior to the WSF (1 will
be required)
– Use bank specific contacts to help you focus your search
Expectations – Requirements to Attend WSF
Requirements for Wall Street Forum
– 1 Resume review session with Career Counselor
prior to October 5th
– Complete at least 1 Mock interview prior to Wall
Street Forum (specific date to be provided)
– Submit names of 3 banks your are focusing and
why (brief with 3 bullet points for each bank)
(forms will be distributed at next meeting)
Going Forward
• Timing of bank specific sessions and special
events will be announced at future meetings
• Address questions to myself or other contacts
provided in this presentation