finance degree

[dd20045]

hi all, im going to be graduating in the next 1.5 years from a top 30 business school from where i well earn a finance degree and econ minor. i have worked hard throughout school as an RA, and also receiving an athletic scholarship which i have combined with good grades which have heavily reduced my college costs. however with the way the economy has been and the future unknown what job opportunities are really open to people looking to entering the business world rite out of college as it seems everyday i come by companies that either try to scam their employees or turn them into door to door salesmen with the title of financial analyst with the good business jobs only open to workers with at least 5 years of experience..thanks for all the help or any responses i get...

[MercutioATC]

1. I guess it depends on what you plan to do with your degree.

If you're looking to be a trader, yeah, you'll be a door-to-door (more accurately, a phone-to-phone) salesman to start.

[flvegan]

3. a/k/a cold calling hell.

[MercutioATC]

4. Righto.

A telemarketer...although the brass ring is a 7-figure salary, not a package trip to Bermuda.

[Tangerine LaBamba]

2. Bankruptcy law -

always a good bet, now more than ever.

Credit counseling.

A cleaning service - working with foreclosed dwellings or cleanups after a father blows away his family and then takes himself out. That's a real growth industry in America, it seems.

There's always cloistered religious orders.

Best of luck to you, though .................

(P.S. - it's "right," not "rite.")

[flvegan]

5. You sound like me many years ago.

Except I considered law school, but shot that down fairly quickly. My only advice is to find an area of work you want to be involved in. Then, take any job that gets your foot in the door. Excel at everything you do there, and be promoted. If your degree doesn't work for you right off the starting block, let it be your "secret weapon" so that when an opportunity opens, your profile looks that much better with that degree.

Good luck.

[dd20045]

8. thanks for the responses

and i really messed up with the rite and right, great catch...With the recent government scandal's with the financial institutions I'm really shying away from becoming a trader. I would love to do something where i could help people like a financial adviser but those jobs seem to be really difficult to get and most result from nepotism. Are their any companies in the California/ West Coast area you guys/gals recommend for internships or applying for jobs. Thanks for all the responses and hopefully everyones fighting through the Bushsession err I mean recession! ...The RA stands for Resident Assistant.

[A HERETIC I AM]

9. You live in Receda? Pacific Life is based in Newport Beach.

http://www.pacificlife.com/Channel/Career+Opportunities/Newport+Beach+Office.htm

https://www.pacificlife.apply2jobs.com/index.cfm

Good firm, well capitalized, privately held.

[MercutioATC]

10. I'm trusting that you're just using a liberal form of shorthand in your posts.

Others have mentioned it and I don't want to harp on it because I realize that some people have a different standard of grammar for things like blog posts than they do for everyday communications...


...but the spelling and grammar in your posts here have been atrocious if judged by the "everyday use" standard. If that's just a function of this being a forum post, that's fine (though you'll still get criticized by some of us old folks). If it's even close to being representative of how you communicate in a business atmosphere, I'd second the suggestion that you take a couple of writing classes.

Communication is 90% of success.

[lindisfarne]

6. You might improve your writing skills first. Those alone would put you in the reject pile at most

companies. Run-on sentences do not facilitate communication.

[A HERETIC I AM]

7. First of all, work on your writing skills.

I'm sorry to be picky, but your writing and grammar are atrocious for someone supposedly graduating "from a top 30 business school" in 1.5 years. Present yourself as you would like to be perceived. If you want to be perceived as a professional, then look, act, sound and write like one.

When you say you've worked as an "RA" do you mean Registered Assistant?

Are you going to study for the CFA? No one is likely to hire you as an analyst without it.

Are you open to traveling? Do you speak a foreign language? If I was twenty years old again, looking to get into the financial industry and knowing what I know now, I would be studying Mandarin Chinese and/or Arabic.

[dd20045]

11. sorry about the grammar

i do not need to come to a message board and boast of my written grades in college or how i did in literature classes. I was trying to quickly describe myself and rushed my description which has clearly brought about the grammar police. I was simply looking for advice by some of the other members on the site as i highly respect so many of the opinions here and even enjoy the discussions and dialogue that takes place in the forums as I am completely surrounded by horrific conservatives at my university. thanks all

[galileoreloaded]

12. I hired a Wharton MBA two days ago for $15 an hour......

as an office manager. MBA's are a dime a dozen these days, sorry.

My suggestion, get creative. You start off thinking you do X in life and you end up doing Y. Most of the time Y is way more fun anyway.