hey guys, anybody else think there's very few opportunities this year compared with previous? so far I have come across several companies where they were offering schemes previously are not now, like:
schroders have already filled their graduate quota for investment roles from their summer interns
aberdeen are only taking on grads who have gone through their summer internships for 2017
can't see anything on T.Rowe and thought they were open around this time last year
UBS dont have ANY technical roles so far this year
neither do BAML (yet)
so far i've applied to the usual suspects (fidelity, baillie gifford, man etc.) but have found it limited outside some of these. I've looked at applying for some equity research roles at IBs but again no luck at places like UBS, RBC, BAML (thats only from the ones i've seen also). I'm really hoping not to intern over the summer with the desperate hope to convert.
I've heard that conversion rates were higher this summer due to smaller intakes at certain places, anyone hear this or experienced what i'm saying?