The Fast Track: The Insider's Guide to Winning Jobs in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, & Securities Trading - Softcover

Naficy, Mariam

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0767900405 ISBN 13: 9780767900409

Publisher: Crown, 1997

Synopsis

Get an Insider's Edge on Launching Your Career.

Are you thinking about working for the likes of McKinsey, Merrill Lynch, or Salomon Brothers?  Thousands of undergraduates, MBA students, and others are rushing for prestigious entry-level positions in the highly competitive and lucrative fields of management consulting, investment banking, and securities trading.  How are you going to compete?  In The Fast Track, experienced recruiter and fast-track insider Mariam Naficy helps you make the right decisions every step of the way as she guides you through the rigorous, highly specialized recruiting process.  The Fast Track includes:

Comprehensive job descriptions of consultants, analysts, and traders, explained in layperson terms.
Over twenty in-depth interviews with people in the business at every level from first-year analysts to CEOs and recruiting managers.  
Tips on preparing an irresistible rÚsumÚ, giving a great interview, and choosing the right firm.  Listen in as recruiters at a top firm review candidates they interviewed.
Profiles of the top forty firms across the country with information you can't find anywhere else, including career paths, office culture, and interviews with employees.

About this title

From the Publisher:

"This is the book that the financial services industry has been waiting for--finally, a comprehensive guide that will give you an advantage whether you're trying to break into these industries or are already in them."
--Jennifer Rolnick, Recruiting Manager, Bear Stearns

"Excellent information--a candid, first-hand look into the daily experiences of investment bankers and consultants. Captures in one book what it takes months for students to learn on their own."
--Lance Choy, Director of Recruiting, Stanford University's Career Planning and Placement Center

About the Author:

Mariam Naficy, a graduate of Williams College, worked as an analyst at Goldman, Sachs & Co. and as a consultant at Gemini Management Consulting, where she recruited new employees.  She is currently pursuing her MBA at the Stanford  Business School.

About this edition

• Publisher: Crown
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0767900405
• ISBN 13: 9780767900409
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 368