Recent College Grad Cannot Find Finance Work?
I just graduated in may and have sent my resume out to several recruiters, several of which dont deal with people like me (little to no experience), i have also been applying to several jobs online via monster and careerbuilder and what not. Well i have not heard back from anyone?!?! I have a masters in financial economics and you ideally like to be a financial analyst in the denver, co area. Is there something i am doing wrong? Any advise as to how i can atleast get a call for an interview? Currently i am in toledo, oh so i cant really be walking into anyplace in denver and all i am doing is basically emailing my resume. Is this not the best of ideas?
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Sorry your in this situation. I have some very general suggestions. Have you tried working with the Career Center at your college? They should be able to help. Also try talking to some of your professors. Hopefully you can get some good references from them. Make sure your resume was looked over, corrected, looked over again, corrected, looked over again, and so forth. My career center at school kept suggested corrections on mine until it was perfect. RobertHalf is a company that specializes in placing professionals in Finance and Accounting jobs. I used to work at Ernst & Young and I worked with them to locate my current job as a financial analyst for a public company. Maybe look them up and give them a call. Good luck to you.
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Congrats on finishing up your degree. Nobody can take that away and your education will always stay with you. For the search, start with your career center for polishing the resume and interview skills. Second, you will need to be mobile to find what you are looking for. Go to a bigger city and get after it. Don't worry about making lots of money. Just go for your passion and stick with it for a few years (keeping an eye on graduate school at the same time OR looking for advancement). Lastly, and most importantly, GET A MENTOR. Someone you can respect and trust. Good luck.
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I am in the Denver area. I actually work and live in the Denver Tech Center, which has many finance jobs. I recommend you try Smith Barney located on Dry Creek Rd. I have heard from several people they normally hire brokers and financial advisors without any exp. as long as they have a degree. As far as starting pay from what I have heard a couple of years ago from people who work there is around $45k and up, and of course you get your commission and bonuses on top of that. I am just going to give you a list of places you prob. haven't thought of. Money Line (DTC) Chase Bank (DTC) Citi Financial (DTC, loan processor) Any major car dealerships..(Go Toyota, Ralph Schomp, Burt Kuni...etc. These dealerships have very big finance departments that pay very well. Edward Jones (DTC and surrounding areas, financial advisor) IRS (Downtown Denver, accounting) Echostar (Englewood at Inverness, many positions in finance) Of course try monster.com, denver westword, rocky mountain news, jobing.com,and go to all the majors news websites in denver that may help you. You are guranteed to find something in the finance industry here in Denver. Good luck and if you need some help, email me. Personally, I would not try recruiters here in Denver due to bad expereinces. I have also heard success stories so continue to try if you want.
I just graduated in may and have sent my resume out to several recruiters, several of which dont deal with people like me (little to no experience), i have also been applying to several jobs online via monster and careerbuilder and what not. Well i have not heard back from anyone?!?! I have a masters in financial economics and you ideally like to be a financial analyst in the denver, co area. Is there something i am doing wrong? Any advise as to how i can atleast get a call for an interview? Currently i am in toledo, oh so i cant really be walking into anyplace in denver and all i am doing is basically emailing my resume. Is this not the best of ideas?
Financial Services - 4 Answers
Random Answers, Critics, Comments, Opinions :
1 :
Sorry your in this situation. I have some very general suggestions. Have you tried working with the Career Center at your college? They should be able to help. Also try talking to some of your professors. Hopefully you can get some good references from them. Make sure your resume was looked over, corrected, looked over again, corrected, looked over again, and so forth. My career center at school kept suggested corrections on mine until it was perfect. RobertHalf is a company that specializes in placing professionals in Finance and Accounting jobs. I used to work at Ernst & Young and I worked with them to locate my current job as a financial analyst for a public company. Maybe look them up and give them a call. Good luck to you.
2 :
Congrats on finishing up your degree. Nobody can take that away and your education will always stay with you. For the search, start with your career center for polishing the resume and interview skills. Second, you will need to be mobile to find what you are looking for. Go to a bigger city and get after it. Don't worry about making lots of money. Just go for your passion and stick with it for a few years (keeping an eye on graduate school at the same time OR looking for advancement). Lastly, and most importantly, GET A MENTOR. Someone you can respect and trust. Good luck.
3 :
Gas Prices Going Up-Another Threat for Poor People http://www.thebiztime.com/2008/07/02/gas-prices-going-up-another-threat-for-poor-people/
4 :
I am in the Denver area. I actually work and live in the Denver Tech Center, which has many finance jobs. I recommend you try Smith Barney located on Dry Creek Rd. I have heard from several people they normally hire brokers and financial advisors without any exp. as long as they have a degree. As far as starting pay from what I have heard a couple of years ago from people who work there is around $45k and up, and of course you get your commission and bonuses on top of that. I am just going to give you a list of places you prob. haven't thought of. Money Line (DTC) Chase Bank (DTC) Citi Financial (DTC, loan processor) Any major car dealerships..(Go Toyota, Ralph Schomp, Burt Kuni...etc. These dealerships have very big finance departments that pay very well. Edward Jones (DTC and surrounding areas, financial advisor) IRS (Downtown Denver, accounting) Echostar (Englewood at Inverness, many positions in finance) Of course try monster.com, denver westword, rocky mountain news, jobing.com,and go to all the majors news websites in denver that may help you. You are guranteed to find something in the finance industry here in Denver. Good luck and if you need some help, email me. Personally, I would not try recruiters here in Denver due to bad expereinces. I have also heard success stories so continue to try if you want.
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