Head to Wall Street: Wharton Business School Students' Job Search in Practice

Author: (American) Nicole Rivkin, translated by Wang Zihong, Liu Jianzhou
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Publish Date: 2006-08-01
Features: At the world-renowned Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, today's Ivy League students are being groomed to become tomorrow's business leaders. The undergraduate business program at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ranks #1 in the nation. Many titans of Fortune 500 companies started their careers here. Out of tens of thousands of applicants worldwide each year, only 500 outstanding students are selected to begin a rigorous four-year academic journey, which many in the finance industry believe is comparable to an MBA program. In the fall of their senior year, students begin a demanding ten-week job search process to prove the value of their education. They compete for coveted positions at top-tier investment banks and consulting firms (such as Goldman Sachs and McKinsey & Company), potentially earning six-figure annual salaries and immediate signing bonuses of $10,000.
The Race to Wall Street: Wharton Students' Real-World Job Search takes us behind the scenes of the job search process through the experiences of seven Wharton students. The authors followed them throughout the intense hiring season, witnessing candidates confidently engage with recruiters at grand career fairs and enduring relentless rounds of interviews that tested their intellect and perseverance over the course of a single day. This book chronicles the job search journey of graduates from America's best business school—Wharton—and provides an inside look at the recruitment processes of Wall Street's most prestigious investment banks and consulting firms. It offers invaluable insights for Chinese university graduates seeking employment. Nicole Rivkin lets you see the job search experience of Wharton's top graduates—strong and highly competitive—setting a standard for faculty and MBA students. If you want to understand the reasons behind America's economic dominance in the global economy, this book provides the best answer.