How do I get into an internship in the financial sector?
Asked by Claudio F
I am in the first year of College studying finance and would like to get into an internship that is either low or not paid. I would like to become a personal financial advisor, accountant or mergers and aquisitions expert. I live in Saginaw, Michigan.

Best Answer:
Those are vastly different positions with completely different ways in the door. As a first year, you will most likely be unable to get a real internship for any of the three, they don't usually take people until after at least your sophomore year, for a M&A banking internship, you really have to be top of your class in a great school to get anything. Try the websites of all the investment banks, submit your resume into their database for an internship position. Sometime websites like Monster or the New York Times Jobsearch database has listing for internship postions. For a financial advisor, you want to look at Merrill Lynch, Citigroup Smith Barney, JPMChase private client, and other such reputable private client places. For accounting, do an internship at a big 4 company (E&Y, PWC etc) For M&A banking, one of the investment banks or any other financial group you know of around your area that utilizes event driven strategies. You really should be getting your internship through your college this early on. Good luck.

interns DO NOT get paid. go to the place you want to work and ask if you can be an intern. they will tell you what to do from there
Answered by ashley marie