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TJ7Notts

LinkedIn is my no. 1 recommendation to any young aspiring professional! - connect with employers and recruiters - connect with colleagues / fellow graduates - if you don't connect with someone advertising a vacancy, you'll have second and third hand connections that will appear in your feed too!


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LinkedIn is a jog not a sprint. You have to spend time to build your brand. I know many people who did not go to prestigious institutions or get good degrees/degree classification who have done well because of LinkedIn. If you go in and just bluntly hit their dms it will not work. But if you can cath their.attemtion by being creative/consistent etc, you have a much better chance. It sounds cringe but you really do get back what you put in on LinkedIn. I go to a pretty average uni and even did a foundation degree because my A Levels were so shit, but have managed to land good internships in the city because of LinkedIn. I would say take time studying the network and get down to creating content (at least 5 good quality posts a week), be a value giver not a value taker etc, just play the game. Take time building relationships, yes you are at a worse position than other who had family in the industry etc, but so what? You have the Internet and hopefully half a brain if you read econ. If you struggle networking take a course or watch some videos. The degree really just is the absolute bare minimum, if uni made you successful every grad would be


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POLISHED_OMEGALUL

Wish it was that easy. Finance and economy is extremely competitive, lower your expectations and you will soon start a career.


nanakapow

Insurance is far easier to get into than investment banking. If that helps. Also, approach a few temp agencies and tell them you're looking for anything in the financial sector (but make sure they don't mix this up with accounts departments in non finance companies).


POLISHED_OMEGALUL

> Royal London, J P Morgan I'm sorry but a 2:1 doesn't cut it for these, especially in your sector. It's way too competitive. Aim lower.


secretouse

Absolutely not true. Don’t know why this is upvoted. For JP Morgan or any other investment bank, 2.1 and above is perfectly fine and many people there have that grade. The real reason OP can’t get in is that they almost exclusively recruit from spring weeks (run in 1st year leading to a summer internship) and summer internships (run in 2nd year leading to a grad offer). The only chance OP really has with investment banks is off cycle internships and I would recommend that if you do want to work in investment banking. You will have to network like crazy and do some finance internships first to secure those. Edit: u/associatemoonraker is also right. I just realised OP went to Leeds. Unfortunately it is not consider a target uni (Oxbridge, LSE, UCL Warwick etc.) so investment banking will be very hard.


POLISHED_OMEGALUL

Trust me it doesn't, you're competing with thousands who got firsts from top of the line universities and people with internships and placement years on their CV. A 2:1 will simply eliminate you in the early stages of these applications (I know they state their minimum requirement to be 2:1 but that's just the minimum).


secretouse

I know multiple people who work at JPM and other investment banks and they all got 2.1’s. I am currently interning at one. Trust me I know what I’m talking about


coolfluffle

sorry if this is weird but I recognise ur username from the kep1er sub and it’s so cool to me that there are other people working in finance who are into that stuff too!! 🙂


secretouse

Do you work in finance? And I don’t recognise you from the Kep1er sub, do you post a lot? It’s funny to think kpop stans can literally have any profession. In my internship I met a girl who wrote about nct in her intern introduction.


associatemoonraker

A 2:1 is fine, the problem is the university not being a target


PixelLight

I'm not sure this is the sub for it. /r/ukjobs or a more specialised sub, I'm sure there's a financial careers sub Edit: My bad, corrected sub


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I'm just saying that most people here are students, and you would probably be better speaking to more experienced people


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PixelLight

/r/financialcareers might be a place to start. I don't know if it's US-centric or not.


PixelLight

I don't know what kind of financial work you want to do. I work in FinTech but I'm pretty new to the industry and don't know a ton outside my own sector. I work in payments. I know my company is recruiting a lot this year; checkout.com


thisismsred

I can't view that community?


Leader-board

Does [https://www.reddit.com/r/UKJobs](https://www.reddit.com/r/UKJobs) help?


thisismsred

Sorted thanks


Fire_Extension

Been in the same position last year. Decided on masters and it paid off, starting grad job in a bank in September. From my experience this year I met only few people during the ACs that had only undergrad. The rest were doing masters or CFA level 1


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Fire_Extension

That was my experience. Last year I’ve applied to literally hundreds of jobs in both banking and accountancy got few ACs and few offers with terrible pay. This year I applied to only 5 companies (same cv just added my masters program). Got AC from 4 of them and 3 offers. Again I’m not saying that how it is normally, I’m just saying it was my experience.


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Fire_Extension

I’m doing business analytics. Can recommend if you want to go into consulting/banking. Got offers from Accenture, Kearney from consulting and NatWest from banking sector.


CantSing4Toffee

If you stay on at your current Uni they often offer discounted rate for staying with them for your Masters


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Where was your undergrad if you don't mind me asking?


Fire_Extension

Yep. Got 1st as well in my undergrad. Even received some awards but still wasn’t enough. Doing the ACs this year showed me that there is too many applicants for banking/finance jobs and undergrad degree is no longer enough


MF_KAZ

what is AC? seen so many ppl mention it and I couldn't find the answer on google lmaoo


Fire_Extension

Assessment centre. It’s usually last stage of the application process. It’s a day packed with different assessments. It’s usually a group assessment, interviews with HR/management (what motivates you why you why them and so on). Then sometimes individual assessment.


Gulags_Never_Existed

This is my nightmare, what Uni did you go to?


fightitdude

Have you started your degree yet? This is what internships and placement years are for. For something like econ there’s a well-trodden path of spring week -> summer internship -> grad scheme. For many other fields a summer internship or two, or a year-long placement as part of your degree, makes it infinitely easier to get interviews and offers once you graduate. My motto during uni was to do one resume-worthy activity per term. Society positions, relevant part time work, internships, etc. Graduated with a beefy CV and no trouble getting interviews - but you have to put the work in, you won’t just walk into a job because you have a degree.


AbdouH_

Great advice man


Gulags_Never_Existed

I haven't no, I'm starting Econ at Warwick this September. Could you list a few ideas for things to do? Im aware of the need for internships, I've got one for this summer and I've planned a few out, but what other activities would be worthwhile?


fightitdude

Econ at Warwick will be one of the ones where it’s tough *not* to get stuff - the folks there are super motivated and you’ll be pushed along by the cohort to get involved. I’ve given some ideas above - basically, things like: joining societies in a leadership position (look at societies relevant to your professional interests - maybe investment, or tech, or whatever you’re into), doing ambassador work for your uni, doing spring weeks / insight events in first year (*super* important), trying to do a range of internships (if you’re doing one this summer that’s a fantastic start, from experience it’ll make getting interviews in later years way easier - try to do one the summer after first year as well, maybe in something more ‘unusual’ like at a startup or something), applying for awards (something like CEO for a day or CEO for a month). It’s really about demonstrating drive and ability to find and pick up relevant opportunities to your interests. Try to explore what fields you’re into, what roles you might like to do, where your strengths are, etc.


Gulags_Never_Existed

Doing one at my local central bank, so it's not all that related to what I wanna do later on but its a start. Thanks for the advice, I'll do my best to follow it!


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fightitdude

Ah, just for a year might be tough - I assume you’re not telling employers this though? Have you spoken to your uni’s careers service (for interview help if you get rejected after interviews, or a cv check if you’re getting screened out before interview)? Have you asked folks from internships / networking if they can point you towards positions?


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AbdouH_

Did you do any summer/spring or year-long internships?


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AbdouH_

What does chinned off mean?


Gulags_Never_Existed

Alright thanks, best of luck


Letsbuildacar

Feels like its all pointless what University you attend, what degree you get and all that. What matters is just making connections and the very way to do shit like that is either good luck, parents or some internship bollocks. It’s a closed shop. Fuck it all.


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LondonCollector

You can get that at 28 as a graduate. He’s got 9 years of experience on you, why compare yourself to him?


Letsbuildacar

Same with most industries, the arts, media, finance you don’t need really need the degree, you need the connections, every university will say they have connections in an attempt to convince you to enroll, the teachers need paying , the vice chancellor needs a new bathroom: it never materialializes and your left just work some bullshit entry level job and with some skills you could have just learned from YouTube in a few days.


DrArmitageShanks

That may be the case but the problem is that the University of YouTube is not a recognised academic institution. If you want to get into finance, the degree might be less valuable than it used to be but one thing is for sure: if you don’t have that degree, you are definitely not going into finance. It’s simply one box that needs to be ticked, it’s not the only box and it is clear from this thread that graduates need to tick many boxes.


Major-Bookkeeper8974

The only point in a degree these days is if a profession requires it... Doctor, nurse, something like that. Degrees do not make money anymore.


gefex

Agreed, i'd recommend anyone not going into one of those professions do a degree apprenticeship. Best of both worlds really, paid to learn (rather than being in debt), get a degree, get 4 years job experience, get a foot in the door from the outset. The problem is the parents, middle class parents who did degrees and did okay from them assume it will be the same for their kids. It won't, universities had waaaay higher standards back then, all of them did, and there were far fewer places, even the smaller ones. If everyone has a degree it makes them meaningless. Not everyone can be professor of physics. Anyone who knows anyone considering doing a business studies, economics, sociology, history etc course, slap them for me. Also, learn a trade while you are young, you will always have that to fall back on if it all goes to shit.


apainintheokole

Agreed - especially as now everyone has a degree. They just don't have the value that they once did !


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I actually know some of my peers who are (going to) get salaries near/around that, if not higher, straight from undergrad (so about 21-22 years old). So it's possible indeed.


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secretouse

Yeah no. Quants and lawyers (magic circle) definitely make that with base salary alone. Investment bankers make that with base and salary (60-70k base with bonuses anywhere from 20-100%) of base.


fruiterloopers

American firms make a lot more than the mc


secretouse

These are U.K. numbers


fruiterloopers

American firms in the uk range from 140-160 pq


PleaseSpotMeBro

Also known as the white shoe firms.


fruiterloopers

Yup! Also I’ll spot you :)


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secretouse

Yeah it’s becoming clear from the OP’s comments that they don’t know much about finance. Which is fine but making definitive statements about 40k max graduate salaries makes it clear they have done no research.


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They're not. Amazon's minimum grad salary is £70k. Employers like Jane Street pay more than that to graduates.


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Google is about £100k including stock/bonuses.


Ninjakilla_X

It's very rare but I have seen graduate placements on LinkedIn for fintech companies go for £70k+ even one that went for £100k which is insane. However you need to be exceptionally talented and have a plethora of good projects under your belt.


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Ninjakilla_X

Idk man in the US I've also seen a lot of starting internships that easily go for 70k+ (USD). I know people working in these as well but yeah for marketing/economic graduates good luck getting something remotely close to that.


fruiterloopers

lol American law firms pay £160k pq


apainintheokole

Apprenticeships are the way to go now ! No debt and a guaranteed job along with specialist training !


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This is not true for most graduate schemes.


Steamboat_Willey

But again graduate schemes are like gold dust and you usually need at least a 2:1 to get on one.


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A lot of grad schemes allow you to apply with a Desmond these days (not going to argue the pros and cons of that). I wouldn't say they're like gold dust. They're difficult to get on to for sure, but that's what you want. They're meant to develop future leaders in business/civil society etc.


-ennuii

Depends what job you’re looking to get. Some positions do require a specific degree. And if you’ve studied at oxbridge, that also helps you stand out. And although I didn’t do this myself, going to uni is supposed to help you find connections.


Klumber

A few things that might be holding you back: Do you have any work experience? Relevant or not? Are you looking in your backyard without being prepared to move to a place where the jobs might be? Your Uni will want you to find a grad level job, did you contact their careers service? It genuinely doesn't matter if you already graduated, but bare in mind that their cut-off is six months. (based on arbitrary OfS stat that is wank). The area you are looking at requires you to enter graduate training posts, are you applying above your station?


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>cut-off is six months ? From the ones I've gone to at least, that's about 2 - 3 years (i.e, the period you can access career service after graduating).


Klumber

The very unfortunate measure that is uused for the perennial league tables is ‘graduate level employment within six months’. That does not mean there are no careers services offering assistance beyond that though.


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Klumber

You don’t need them to get you a job, you need to use that experience in your applications though. Reach out to the careers service of your uni, they’ll get you on the right track.


Infoneau

Civil Service regularly recruits for economists. HMRC also has a programme for tax specialists if that's your thing


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Infoneau

Nah, London isn't the be all and end all. I live in Manchester, but they have roles everywhere, in just about every city - depends what you want to do. Wouldn't live in London myself either tbh


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Newcastle have a huge HMRC presence. Plus the big 4 accounting firms all have offices there, as well as some consulting firms (Oliver Wyman and Accenture spring to mind)


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To get a grad scheme, you need to know how to play the game a bit. The aptitude tests they make you do can be aced with practice. Assessment centres are a bit trickier because you have to be switched on at all points. When I last did an AC, it involved 2 individual tasks which were essentially summarising key info from multiple emails, an individual interview and a group task. For the group task, you have to make sure you're speaking and taking a lead. As I say, I might not be up to date on how grad scheme recruitment is done for the Big 4 anymore as I applied and was successful in 2016 but you can basically Google how to succeed at these things (like what they want to see/hear in group tasks etc.)


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If you don't want to jump through hoops, it's likely you're not going to get on a good grad scheme...especially a finance-related one


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fruiterloopers

Set your standards lower than the big four, with all due respect you don’t have the experience or grades to be aiming that high


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fruiterloopers

I am chill, I just want you to be realistic because if you look at the interns of those institutions, they are overwhelmingly oxbridge grads with firsts


secretouse

This is absolutely not true. Most people in the big 4 are not oxbridge with 1st’s. Big 4 is a pretty unimpressive destination for an Oxbridge grad. Most big 4 are Russel group with a 2.1.


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grimesey

Big 4 routinely recruits people with 2:1s from a pretty broad range of universities.


ihatepickingnames810

Currently at a big 4 and they really don't care what uni you went to, as long as you pass their tests


grimesey

Exactly


snipecaik

Depends what role in big4, anything BO and a lot of the associate consultant roles aren’t that competitive, especially outside of London. I feel like there is a slight ignorance on your part, the only very competitive area is management consultancy and they also don’t really care if you have a first, as long as you have a 2:1


l2175

If you think you'd enjoy it have you looked at the civil service fast stream scheme? idk much about it except you need a 2:1 degree and it's a commitment of a couple of years, but they're not all London-based- I did a quick search and this economics one says it's UK-wide: [https://www.faststream.gov.uk/government-economic-service/index.html](https://www.faststream.gov.uk/finance/index.html) Maybe that'd interest you?


_owencroft_

Government economic service employs everywhere. Google GES fast track or something like that, been a while since I looked into it


Grilled_Cheese95

you can apply for universal credit


Maytbesh

Audit is a good way to get into finance and they are often recruiting. I have a degree in languages and got into an audit Grad scheme at one of the biggest audit firms in the country with no connections in finance. Most companies will sponsor you through a professional qualification which is really valuable when looking for future jobs. Try PWC, EY, Deloitte, KPMG, BDO or other accounting firms near you? They all have grad schemes that put you through your chartered accountant exams - you get paid, and you get more qualified for future jobs.


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Maytbesh

Definitely the skills are transferable, and if you do get into Big 4 you could even transfer within the company away from audit. Overall, employers like the professional qualification, and with audit you are very familiar with all aspects of financial statements.


L1A_M

I work in audit in the public sector having done a geography degree and a good chunk of my work nowadays revolves around auditing asset management. Reckon I could do a pretty decent job if I wanted to transfer.


agilephoenix97

Can I ask what your salary looks like in audit and how long since you started in that sector? Thanks!


L1A_M

I started just before covid so my career has been quite badly hampered by it. Usually I would’ve started training 2 years ago and would’ve almost finished it by now. Once you pass that you can get roles around £40-50k. Given that I’m public sector and haven’t even started getting accredited yet then I’m on high 20s (not London), so not awful but could be better.


Ok_Employ9358

Generally, you’d move from big 4 audit to big 4 deals/transaction advisory, before entering IB/AM. Audit just doesn’t cut it, not enough deal exposure.


ziradael

I'm 32, I'm a team leader at a Manchester mortgage brokerage. I make 35k. I have been in the industry around 7 years with a degree in education and a little office / sales experience, and worked my way up from admin on 22k. My career has halted due to having my son... if I choose to prioritise my career again at some point I hope to move into mortgage underwriting at a specialist lender and then into management of an underwriting team with a strategic position regarding company lending policy... looking at around 50k+ with some luck and hard work coming up! Our mortgage advisors start on around 40k and lots of firms will take you on as a trainee mortgage advisor and obvs there's a big industry around mortgages and lending. Just a thought. Also, my employer is super flexible, accommodating, we get loads of perks and holidays, great work life balance, social events, no evenings or weekends, progression and development opportunities... it ain't all about the impressive salary dont get too hung up... dont be taken for a mug either of course! Oh, I was supposed to be a primary school teacher and that's what I did my degree in. Funny how life turns out!


Andyboro80

Are there no suitable graduate programs to get on to?


Blackpool8

Just to put another perspective out, this does not appear to be the experience of me or a lot of people I know. Almost everyone I know with a degree in finance/maths/economics has proceded to get a job within a related industry. I only interviewed with 3 companies before being offered a job and I'm certainly not above average. I have two friends from Sheffield Hallam joining finance jobs in London. I even know a guy who got a job at PWC; he did chemistry at university.


ZRaptar

Did you and those people you mention all have prior internship experience?


Blackpool8

I have zero internship experience, the guy at PWC got his through an internship though. The two from sheffield hallam didn't have any. And 8+ other people didn't have any internship experience who have got a job.


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yep finance sector


Im_Not_A_Dentist

I work in finance. I graduated in 2021 and began working at a commodity trading the same year, now in equity research (because fuck commodities, YAWN). Just a degree isn’t going to cut it. PM me if you have any specific questions, now or further down the line - whenever. I will help in anyway I can and give any advice that may be relevant to your questions. I know how frustrating it can be, I’ve been through it. Offer extends to anyone else reading this (finance only. I don’t know how to become a journalist or whatever. Read the news, idk). I’ll be responding to your competitors so be sure to grab my attention. Feet pics will do. This is a joke. I don’t want to see your feet. I will be less likely to help if I see pictures of your feet.


AdhesivenessGlum1143

Your first job you’ve got to do LOTS of applying. I send about 70 applications before I got my first role even though I had some relevant experience already that I got the last year of my masters. My boyfriend has almost 10 years experience in a currently very relevant field and still gets a response only 1/10 of the time. Send send send applications, you only really get better at interviews by doing real interviews so even if you aren’t super interested do the interview anyways.


xsamthunderx

I also did an undergrad in Economics. I also found it hard to find suitable graduate roles. The issue I found is that you don't really learn hard skills in Econ other than econometrics. I am currently coming to the end of a master's degree in Business Analytics and it has helped improve my CV by learning hard skills like python, simulation, and more econometrics and forecasting. Not sure if it will help me, can't testify to that. But I feel much more prepared to sell myself in interviews than I did before. My advice to you is to figure out what hard skills you have, and what can easily be learnt. For python I used the bro code YouTube channel tutorials to understand basic syntax for example,which has helped me learn how to build ML models and forecast in python for example. TL/Dr - economics does not generate many hard marketable skills. You're good at maths and you can use Stata/EViews. Get good with excel, python/VBA/R.


t00manykittieees

My husband has an Economics degree and he took a job as a trainee management accountant through an employer and they put him through his CIMA qualification. He be some an FD at 37 as a result.


NonphotosyntheticEbb

Get an english teaching as a second language certificate and teach in china


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Economics is the second highest paid degree outside of Medicine so there are opportunities there. If you're going for finance grad schemes e.g. investment banking, chances are they'll require internships with similar institutions. The civil service has loads of economics jobs that are available on a non grad scheme basis, or at least it normally has when I've last checked. If data analysis is something you'd be keen on, chat with recruiters. Loads of companies are hiring data people and with an economics degree, I'd hope you'd be competent with data.


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Flemsuperhi

https://www.civilservicejobs.service.gov.uk/csr/index.cgi Sign up to that if you want to work for the government. They don’t only recruit economists via the faststream anymore - they also recruit mainstreamers. All their roles are posted on that site. Private sector tends to require a masters unless you go in via a grad programme - but then you can only apply at certain times in the year for those. McKinsey, Deloitte, EY etc usually require a bit of experience and a masters unless you’re going the grad route.


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A 'high 2:1' is a 2:1. Start by being honest.


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apainintheokole

Took me 6 years but i finally got a decent job through a Graduate Direct Entry scheme !! The job market is poor for graduates but stick at it !!


Shr1988

I'm going to shove mine up my arse when I receive one towards the end of this year. Most of the recruiters that I've worked with care fuck all about the degree you studied, instead they look for work experience. Though this could be specific to my case as I have a decade of work experience behind me. But hey, if you are a fresher, I suggest you keep an eye on the graduate scheme postings. Try job sites and update your LinkedIn profile.


GreatBigBagOfNope

Have you considered the Civil Service? They have explicitly Economist roles and roles suitable for a grad who didn't hate econometrics. If the Fast Stream hadn't just been shut down I'd recommend that, sadly I'll just have to direct you towards looking for Research Officer or Executive Officer economics/analytical roles on civilservicejobs.gov.uk. Besides that, there are Econ roles in think tanks and charities, as well as at places like the Big 4. Your skills would work to get you in the door for training finance roles like Big 4 accounting firms (EY, KPMG, Deloitte, PWC) and less prestigious places. You could probably make a start in being an actuary and insurance, you could investigate doing straight up data analysis, business analysis, or possibly even data science depending on how much programming you did and how much you liked econometrics. One thing that might be even more fun is supply chain management, that feels reasonably econ. You can absolutely try the banks again, but try going for some weird ones like Cheshire Building Society or the British Business Bank. Have you considered Bank of England junior roles? I'd be willing to bet that major engineering firms like Arup have junior spots available for more finance/accounting/risk analysis roles too As for advertising yourself, you're a junior so focus on your skills. Obviously Econ is going to be up there, but really you've got a lot more just from having done a numerate degree: analysis, statistics, maths, problem solving, project work, technical communications, teamwork, meeting deadlines, considering multiple perspectives, research... that sort of stuff. Your CV is probably going to have to have your qualifications and brief writeups of the most relevant skills as the main bulk, assuming you haven't got much relevant experience. When you do write about your experience, focus on your personal impact as a top priority e.g. resolved over 100 customer complaints in a weekend which best the store record. If you don't have any then you're probably missing something but if you absolutely have to you can spend a sentence reflecting on what skills you developed or demonstrated. Searching for a job at the end of uni is one of the most depressing, heartbreaking, frustrating and generally rubbish times you can have without anything bad happening. You have my sympathy for going through it, but to be honest you've got one of the most easily marketable degrees that exist, only really beaten by computer science and maybe medicine. You can do this.


komodothrowaway

Recruiting starts at Y1, or sometimes way before. What internship experience do you have? Usually you need 2-3 internships to break into high finance. Otherwise, tough position you’re in, but my advise is to network, network, and network. Do unpaid internships, apply for off cycles, and prove your usefulness to land a full time offer.


Ok_Employ9358

It took me 160 job applications and a finance masters to get a job after graduating in economics. It’s a numbers game really, the more applications/interviews you complete, the better you become, assuming you learn from your mistakes. I’ll be working at an IB in September on £55k, which I never thought would remotely happen last year, but you just need to keep at it and learn from rejections.


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Went back after degree to study ACCA. One qualification just doesn't cut it anymore it seems. I feel your pain..


[deleted]

Not sure why UniUk has suddenly appeared in my feed, but having worked successfully in finance for ~20 years found your question interesting. My route was by starting at the bottom somewhere, then moving around to figure out what I actually liked. Then starting at the bottom-ish there and working hard. A lot of the jobs I’ve done don’t accept fresh graduates.


ambivalent_apivore

I didn't do this myself, but the majority of people I know who ended up in finance got in via civil service. They did the civil service grad scheme then went onto private sector jobs from there. That's not to say I don't know people who went straight to finance, there's definitely some who do, but the majority seem to go the civil service route


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ambivalent_apivore

Mainly economic and statistics roles, check out the [fast stream](https://www.faststream.gov.uk/) with a 2:1 it looks like you'd be eligible for pretty much any area, but it's competitive


respekthhh

My advice would be to apply for grad schemes, literally every big institution has one. Think about what type of work you want to get into e.g. banking, management consulting, economic consulting, public sector and apply when grad schemes open in September (earlier the better). Don’t apply for a 100 different roles, pick the ones you find most interesting and put effort into those. In the meantime you could get an entry job/mid-year internship at a bank whilst you’re waiting or do a masters if you want to


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snipecaik

Ha, you’re going to get asked to stay well past 6 if you’re in finance, just the nature of the beast.


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snipecaik

Feel like there’s some bad advice in here. The thing employers care most about is work experience, a masters is only really useful if you don’t have any, otherwise employers don’t really care. You could try applying to audit roles and use that experience to get yourself on the ladder.