This post isn't about my sophomore DD, but about my senior DS's job search. I figured I'd share because our 2021 kids will all be there in 2 short years. Time FLIES!
DS is a Finance major. Last year at this time, he was interviewing for Summer Internships. Finance kids work mostly in 4 areas: investment banking, consulting, wealth/asset management and corporate finance. He decided he didn't want investment banking and while he was really interested in consulting, he didn't feel qualified for the consulting interviews, so he focused on wealth/asset management. He also applied for a few corporate positions just in case. He got a few interviews and a Super Day with a mutual fund company in Charlotte, NC. That was the internship he really wanted, but he didn't get it. Instead he got a great corporate finance internship with a Fortune 200 company in our city. He did very well there, made a ton of money this summer, and they gave him a nice offer for full employment with a great salary upon graduation. But he wasn't sure if he wanted to stay in corporate finance, so he started the campus recruitment process again this Fall.
It has been a very stressful two months. He applied to 68 companies, got 8 on campus interviews and several more phone/video interviews. He decided to focus mostly on consulting and wealth/asset management this time around. He was invited to 5 Super days so far (2 consulting firms; 1 investment firm; 1 large commercial bank, which he turned down because it's in Buffalo, and he didn't want to live somewhere that snowy; and Aldi Grocery Stores for a district manager position, which pays a boat load of money but is in a bad location, so he turned it down).
He was really starting to stress because the offer he has from the Summer Internship program expires on Oct. 31st. Yesterday, just 1 week before his offer expired, he got an offer for his dream job - EY (in Commercial Consulting) in the city he really wanted to be in with a really nice salary. He is over the moon excited!!! The craziest thing is that he figured a job like this was a long shot as it's such a competitive industry to break into. He couldn't get near the mobbed EY booth at any of the career fairs or receptions. He just went online, applied through his school's link, recorded a video interview (which he did in his kitchen wearing boxers shorts on the bottom and a suit on the top). He didn't think anyone would ever bother watching, but a week later he got an email inviting him to fly to Dallas for a Super Day. Once he got there and attended the reception the night before, he realized he was there with 60 other kids! And this was just one of their scheduled Super Days - so many kids! The next day, he had 3 interviews (1 case, 2 behavioral). He felt really good about the 2 behavioral interviews but said the case was really hard. He flew home and waited. He had resigned himself to taking the Summer offer, but then yesterday his dreams came true. When he told me the great news, I was so happy for him that I burst into tears.
It's what we all want as parents, for our babies to be happy! And employed!