When getting a job, how important are grades VS activities.

FootballBanker
Sat, 12 Jun 2010 18:29:59 +0000

Why don’t you just get a part-time job thats somewhat related to your field? By the time you graduate you should have 2-3 years of relevant work experience with the SAME company which is major. If you end up getting promotions, and raises then that looks awesome as well. Working full-time and graduating with good grades is a huge accomplishment, doing it while working part-time is a difficult task.

I want to stay in the banking field which is why I’ve been with the same bank for going on 2 years now. I’ved worked my way up to a Senior Banker position, and by the time I graduate I will be in management. My company just expanded to municple banking and I’m starting to build connections with that division in the campany. I will get an analyst job over a external candidate 9/10 times if we have similar educational credentials (if a kid is coming from a top top school with excellent grades then that might be a deciding factor). Even if I jump ship and go to another bank my experience will give me the nod for positions.

I’m pretty sure other large companies are going to give the nod to a person with real world experience or internal candidates than someone that has none. If you look at job descriptions they all want experience these days. I know my company asks for at least 2 years of public finance experience to even be considered for a analyst position.