Career path guidance Italy to London (or maybe not)
Hello everyone, I am a 2nd year International Economics and Finance (BIEF) at Bocconi University in Milan.
I need some help since I have so many doubts I don't even know where to begin with.
Like many students that want to break into IB, I realized it too late and I missed spring weeks and 1st year summer internships. Applying to London was a shitshow, and I realized that a good GPA was not enough to get interviews for London without any work experience.
So I started looking at smaller boutiques in Milan (BBs don't really take summer interns here) and I've found quite a few that seem interesting and I plan on getting in touch with. I didn't find much info online so if anyone has any experience or knows about these firms it would be extremely helpful. I am mainly looking at EQUITA, Cassiopea Partners, illimity, Vitale & Co and Mediobanca.
Now, assuming I manage to get a summer internship at any of these firms, I see three potential paths.
1- I finish my bachelors and I start working at the firm I interened at.
1.2 - I finish my bachelors, apply to BBs in Milan and I start working there. (I don't see a huge difference with 1 since I would still not go to London or do a masters. The only benefit I see from this is that a bigger name might give me a better shot for London (but I'm not sure so I'm asking you guys).
2- I end my bachelors and I apply to London. I manage to get an off-cycle (or full time) in London
3- I apply for a top masters program (LSE, HEC...) and go through the whole recruiting process in my 1st year -focusing exclusively on London.
I know this sounds very general, but my main questions here are:
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With my profile (Bocconi bachelors, summer internship at one of those boutiques or similar) is it possible to go for n.2 (getting an off-cycle or full time in London)?
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Does it make sense to start working at any of those after my bachelors to switch to London after some time? Is this doable? Would it be better if I go with 1.2, that is I apply to bigger BBs and after some time try to switch to London?
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Any comments on the banks I mentioned, if some are better than others, and if there are more I should look into.
Thank you for any help. There's very few discussions about such a career path here so I thought I'd ask and hope someone has any experience to share. Thank you so much!
3rd option is the best and most realistic. Go for masters, its going to be very hard to break in otherwise. Can you give me silver btw I need to post something.
Begging for SB is absurd 💀💀
Aint no way an assitant is talking
Great!
Go for option 3 (others being not feasible imo) and try to get an internship at any boutique in Milan - it doesn’t matter that much which one you end up at.
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