| Lazard and Evercore Partners are part of a slew of | | | | you down but you could land a job in the corporate |
| boutique banks reporting healthy upticks in revenue. | | | | finance department of its biggest client. |
| Deals are flowing, earnings are up and everyone is in | | | | Next, consider jobs that will help you move up as the |
| a jovial mood. This is a good time to introduce | | | | economy picks up and the demand for M&A |
| yourself to the boutique banks you want to work | | | | staff grows. Is there a summer research assistant |
| for. But heed my advice and do not become overly | | | | job open in the equity research department? |
| complacent. In a market where I am seeing | | | | Analysts were the first to be cut during the |
| applicants from bulge bracket families knocking for | | | | downturn but the big and boutique banks alike are all |
| months on investment banking doors, consider | | | | staffing up on analysts. The corporate finance |
| employing a comprehensive 360-degree job strategy. | | | | department is a good place to be if you have |
| 360-degree thinking is an increasingly popular method | | | | M&A ambitions, and they always need |
| of improving effectiveness from the manufacturing | | | | accounting staff. Cut your teeth helping crunch |
| floor to workplace culture. It recognizes the | | | | numbers on equity and bond financings, acquisitions |
| importance of decision making that involves and | | | | and divestitures. In the secondary market, consider |
| impacts all levels of an organization. In 360-degree | | | | slicing up tranches and selling securities. You will gain |
| job hunting, we focus on impacting all levels of your | | | | important knowledge of securities valuations and risk |
| position sphere - the job position you are targeting | | | | profiles of investors in the secondary market, which |
| and opportunities above, below and parallel to it. Let's | | | | will be an asset when structuring and valuing |
| say your target job is a junior investment banker. It | | | | corporate financings. |
| looks easy. Send in the resume. Trouble is, several | | | | Aiming your job search higher may appear more |
| intermediate bankers from Goldman Sachs, Lehman | | | | challenging. The upper echelons can provide |
| Brothers and Bear Stearns also have their resumes in. | | | | unsurpassed opportunities if you are realistic. Consider |
| Let's do a 360. First, let's spin around from side to | | | | more junior positions working alongside more senior |
| side. What other opportunities are open in the firms | | | | players. You can gain invaluable experience and |
| you are applying to? Consider looking at analyst | | | | contacts - and a little clout - working as an assistant |
| opportunities. Good experience as a technology | | | | to a managing director of mergers and acquisitions. |
| analyst will help you make a lateral move as the | | | | Wall Street was built by modest bankers who |
| M&A technology market, which is heating up, | | | | worked their way up from the mailroom. |
| continues hiring. Boutique banks are gaining business | | | | Conducting a 360-degree job search is an opportunity |
| by emphasizing specialized services such as financial | | | | to become master of your universe. When you do |
| advisory. This implies that they will need to bolster | | | | land the junior M&A banking interview, you will |
| their pool of analysts. Asset management and | | | | have a repository of knowledge and contacts from |
| restructuring are other core services increasingly in | | | | informational interviews at all levels of the investment |
| demand from boutique banks. What opportunities | | | | bank and its corporate clients. |
| exist in corporate M&A? The bank may turn | | | | |