Highest Paid Job???

Thank you for clearing that up for them. My mother once lectured at nottingham so I feel ibliged to jump to their defence when you made it sound as if their graduates were inferior to that of warwick and bristol. In my opinion oxbridge lse ucl and imperial (a maths degree from there will work wonders) are surely top. But hey a first from the likes of notts warick and bristol will work almost just as well.
I advised these guys, who have a knack for numbers like i do to go for trading. 60hr work weeks and a salary that may exceed that of a bankers.

Oh yes, for those of you looking to become tomorrow's CEO's look into management consulting as the learning curve is incredibly steep and you gain great skills. what do management consultants do here's your answer check thi site http://www.vault.com/. It is probably the only career in the city that offers salaries to new graduate at the same level as investment banks. It involves a lot of travel and the hours can range from 60hrs to 80+ when something big is going down.

Thanks lyd. It is indeed silly to write off your chances of ever getting a good job just because you are not an oxbridge grad. A lot of Oxbridge grads (and the same goes for a lot of graduates) are lazy and complacent and resting on their laurels-something that recruiters can sense.

Case in point, one selection centre I went to, there were two really cocky arrogant Cambridge students who from talking to them, you felt that they thought they had the job already. Guess who didn't get the job?

To sum up my views:
If you want money and are willing to pay the price, investment banking, merchant banking, stockbroking or consulting are the jobs for you.
Provided you go to a decent university and get a 2.1 or above you have every chance of getting in. Your chances increase in proportion to the amount of research of the company and profession you do, the effort you put into your application forms, and the more enthusiastic and interested you seem in the career. Apply for an internship and apply to as many companies as possible.

Good luck everyone!

Look i didn't say you need to go to oxbridge to work at a top investment bank, i said it REALLY helps. Look firms like goldman sachs do presentations at oxbridge and lse (and a FEW other places).
A few years ago Morgan Stanley Dean Witter recruited half, yes half of its total grduate intake from oxbridge, then you can imagine many were from lse and continental europe i.e.bocconi in italy.
Derivatives traders (or equity traders even) make loads IF THEY'RE GOOD.
When their market is the hot market then top performers will earn 7 figure salaries (you can quote me on this).
have you not been using my links?
Maybe you go to a low class university and can't accept that you're chances in investment banking are non-existent.
Try operations (back office work), they'll recruit you from there. Its well paid but not nearly as well as front office.

Dammit go to the goldman website, or jpmorgan or even citygroup, you'll see that im right.

Thanks lyd. It is indeed silly to write off your chances of ever getting a good job just because you are not an oxbridge grad. A lot of Oxbridge grads (and the same goes for a lot of graduates) are lazy and complacent and resting on their laurels-something that recruiters can sense.

Case in point, one selection centre I went to, there were two really cocky arrogant Cambridge students who from talking to them, you felt that they thought they had the job already. Guess who didn't get the job?

To sum up my views:
If you want money and are willing to pay the price, investment banking, merchant banking, stockbroking or consulting are the jobs for you.
Provided you go to a decent university and get a 2.1 or above you have every chance of getting in. Your chances increase in proportion to the amount of research of the company and profession you do, the effort you put into your application forms, and the more enthusiastic and interested you seem in the career. Apply for an internship and apply to as many companies as possible.

Good luck everyone!

what is your country?

I did work eperience in Rothschild and Sons investment bank and i was told they only recruit Oxbridge graduates...i really enjoyed my time there and i thought it wld be the last time i wld be seeing that bank from the inside but now I have a place at Cambridge to study Economics, so alls gd!
Basically this was to confirm The Economists point that top banks only take the best students!
Sxxx

TIS TRUE EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!

how about this....

go to reasonably good uni. end of first year send a letter to
top US unis with exam results and go there like MIT, Harvad,Princeton...

isnt that a good idea ?

I bet Harvard is much better than Oxbridge. Although quite expensive.
this way I am sure it is easier to get scholarship. If the first year exam result is good enough.

I'm not sure employers like you changing universities, unless their is a good reason for it. it tells them you lack commitment (big thing in banking) and you may jump ship whenever you want.

I am goin to mcgill in Montreal.....its knowns as the Harvard of Canada...and a friend of mine (G) told me its better than oxford and cambridge.........after u have a degree from mcgill u get paid over 150,000 dollers a yr...

Thank you.

Thing is I am an international student. and I have to pay a lot for unis
in UK.

If I have a good exam results in my first year. Unis in US might willing to pay my tuition fee. Would that work ???

I am goin to mcgill in Montreal.....its knowns as the Harvard of Canada...and a friend of mine (G) told me its better than oxford and cambridge.........after u have a degree from mcgill u get paid over 150,000 dollers a yr...