Work Experience in South Korea?
If I work at an investment bank at a prestigious firm in South Korea for one to two years, will that be a good enough work experience to get into ibanking bulge bracket firms in New York?
Apr 28, 2014
Apr 28, 2014
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Comments (8)
Serious question: WHAT THE FUCK YOU THINK? This site is 90% college students with a handful of loser wannabes, why are you validating your experience with them?
You can do whatever you put your mind to, and fuck anyone who says otherwise.
Is it prestigious in Korea or prestigious worldwide?
i've never seen anyone transition from korea to america without anmba, even the ones that worked atGS/ms korea.
Agreed. There wasn't anyone at my firm (or at least that I know of/met) that came from Korea who didn't go through the traditionalMBAroute. Doesn't mean it can't happen, but your best bet is network a shit ton, which is damn near impossible since your halfway across the world, or go do anMBAand then come in as an associate and skip the 3rd analyst role. If you have prior banking experience and then want to doBBbanking out of anMBA, getting a job will be incredibly easy (assuming you're at a halfway decent school).
if you seriously want to transition from Asia to US, the best bet isHKregion in China (as competitive as NYC). Then comes Singapore (mostly mid and back offices tho), and then Shanghai to a lesser extent. To be honest, Korea and Japan has less derivatives and other financial products to deal with. So your experience there is pretty much different from your counterparts in the US. That being said, no USMBAmeans no career advancement in US. Even analysts from US need to go thruMBAmost of the time, why shouldn't you?
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Learn moreYou're right in the sense that korea is backwaters, but you're way off about singapore and japan. Singapore is backwaters? It's the hub of SE Asia... Korea is a shithole because all the foreign banks outsource execution of transactions toHK. Almost every bank has japan coverage separate from the rest of asia.
No USMBAmeans no advancement in America? I know plenty of guys with EUMBAsthat are doing just fine here.
Chill dude. I have personal experience and many friends in those places. I'm trying to make a factual statement rather than "accusing" any foreign offices.
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