The IB&C Pre-University Thread for School and A Level Pupils

well it already happened in November. im not sure if they are doing any more of them but it was called the Young Investment Banker Programme. Was at UCL. The company running it was called InvestIN Education. cant remember the website off the top of my head but maybe search for young investment banker programme in google!

Good idea.

My advice: DO A LEVEL MATHS. My biggest regret in life was not doing maths at A Level. Much more useful/important than an A Level in Business/Economics.

Are there any programmes or days like the J.P.Morgan School's Programme?

RBS, Nomura, MS, HSBC and some of the Big 4 all run something.

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Thank you Sir.How do you rank HSBC?

Lately there have been a lot of threads popping up from pupils interested in a career in Banking/Consultancy.

I have discussed it with the moderators and they've agreed that it would be a good idea to 'sticky' a thread for school pupils to ask their questions on topics like: appropriate A Levels, finding work experience and placements pre-university, and writing cover letters/CVs. With any luck this will stop the forum becoming clogged with identical threads, and act as a resource for those of you considering careers in Investment Banking or Consultancy, who might not know where to start.

The "Intro to IB&C" is a good place to begin: http://www.thestudentroom.co.uk/showthread.php?t=259237, but if you can't find what you're looking for by using the search function, please post in here and hopefully somebody with some experience will be able to help you out.


A Level Choices

Some points about A Levels as made by Paddy:






Other useful pages (will add as I get more):

http://careers.jpmorgan.com/student/jpmorgan/careers/europe/preintern/schools




CV Tips from PoZ:





Writing a Cover Letter

This is a pretty useful article from Mergers and Inquisitions.





Some interesting videos

This website is great, has interviews with people in various roles at Investment Banks, getting a grilling about their jobs and what they do.

http://www.careerplayer.com/careers/...nvestment.aspx



Cheers.

How does being lgbt help at all?

Banks love diversity - and lgbt people are more rare in the recruitment process.

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How do they even know though, its not like its something one puts on their CV.

They run special diversity programmes specifically for individuals of all types of backgrounds (army, low income, lgbt, female, black, disabled, post-pregnancy etc.) to give them a heads up with breaking into finance. It's something HR and the banks make quite a big deal of.

I agree, you could bluff it to an extent but it becomes awkward when they ask you to star in their new premiere video about lgbt sharing your experiences and then your friends are like...What?

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I'm surprised, I thought the banks would be so right wing they wouldn't care.

Ahahaha that would be hilarious!

Applying for the Goldman Sachs and Morgan Stanley insight days this years, any tips on making a successful application?

Yeah, I'll contact you in a bit though. Currently away from home.

If possible, could you please offer me some guidance in applying to such insight days? In particular, I am applying for the Morgan Stanley open day. Thank you.

Banks love diversity - and lgbt people are more rare in the recruitment process.

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