If you lack any professional experience in equities, it could prove challenging to get an investment-related internship and then a full time job. Therefore, if you find yourself in this boat, you should be working on a two year plan that gets you real world experience. In your first year, see if one of your professors will give you independent study credit for working at your school's endowment. If an endowment assignment isn’t possible, pursue a similar role at a local bank trust department, wealth manager, family office or even at a brokerage. Anywhere you can get your feet wet should be considered as any equities experience is better than none.
If you can’t find something you can do for credit, then pursue a non-paying internship with one of these firms as a way to gain experience. Even if you start out just doing grunt work, this level of initiative shows potential recruiters your interest and commitment to the field of investments. It also gives you investment related experience to put on your resume.Image credit: piero20051 / 123RF Stock Photo
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