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The Fast Track: The Insider's Guide to Winning Jobs in Management Consulting, Investment Banking, & Securities Trading

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Get an Insider's Edge on Launching Your Career.

Are you thinking about working for the likes of McKinsey, Merrill Lynch, or Salomon Brothers?  Thousands of undergraduates, MBA students, and others are rushing for prestigious entry-level positions in the highly competitive and lucrative fields of management consulting, investment banking, and securities trading.  How are you going to compete?  In The Fast Track, experienced recruiter and fast-track insider Mariam Naficy helps you make the right decisions every step of the way as she guides you through the rigorous, highly specialized recruiting process.  The Fast Track

Comprehensive job descriptions of consultants, analysts, and traders, explained in layperson terms.
Over twenty in-depth interviews with people in the business at every level from first-year analysts to CEOs and recruiting managers.  
Tips on preparing an irresistible rÚsumÚ, giving a great interview, and choosing the right firm.  Listen in as recruiters at a top firm review candidates they interviewed.
Profiles of the top forty firms across the country with information you can't find anywhere else, including career paths, office culture, and interviews with employees.

368 pages, Paperback

First published October 1, 1997

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June 24, 2016
"Amazing for all"

An amazing book that teaches you all about management consulting and investment banking in terms of the nature of the job, recruitment information, insider interviews and even company profiles. It is a very good read, regardless of your career path.
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