3 years ago, a recruiter told me that I would never break into a finance role and I should settle for a fund accounting role

I’ve been in IB for 2.5 yrs now making double what I made in public accounting and this recruiter has been laid off twice in the last 12 months

Few life lessons from this:
1. Never take no for an answer
2. Those that try to bring you down are often in insecure about themselves

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How did you break into IB?

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Most recruiters can’t get you jobs that don’t directly correlate to your current role. My first job was as a state auditor and wanted to break into big 4. A recruiter told me none of the big 4 would want me since I was a state employee. I felt crushed as I wanted the “big 4” experience. I went out myself and networked. Met a senior manager and got a job at Deloitte Tax within the next month. It’s about who you know. The recruiters are not gonna waste their time trying to get you into a role that’s a harder fit.

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Did the recruiter specialize in landing fund accounting roles? Maybe just speaking to make a buck

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Was the recruiter from Robert Half? Different details, but I had a similar experience

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So happy to read about your success. I agree that recruiters don't always understand your skill set. I worked in fund accounting for many years and it was a niche that I enjoyed. But you cannot compare working in IB to being a fund accountant or any other operations role. Some of my former colleagues became CFA's and ended up in prestigious and much higher paying roles.

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The only good recruiters I’ve seen are the executive ones. The people who only place VP / C-Suite level. Everyone else will say anything to get you to feel like you shouldn’t dream and take their role they get paid for instead lol

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Agreed, never Ever let anyone limit what your abilities are. You can learn to do anything if you commit to. Thanks for sharing the inspiration

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Recruiters are hit or miss with salary and trajectory. Some can only talk on what they’ve seen which is hyper localized, low/average performing transitions. Leaving audit as a senior, recruiter told me I’d be lucky to get $70-$75. I left for $100, left that 4 months later for $130. Basically doubled her suggestion.

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