Currently working as a finance administrator auditing mortgages it's not the dream job, I'm in my final year studying Bsc Business & Financial Management, on track to get a 1st class hons degree, applied for an internship at Rothschild but the dream is to get into private equity i trade personally on the side any advice and help would be welcome, thanks.

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Work with data and python etc, my friends in PE and HFs all have top tier ability with it and I’m blown away by what they can do with it. Helps with research and makes analysis 100x easier

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Check out Jupyter notebook too, my friends like it a lot and it helps segment python code to better narrow down where errors could occur

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Bro, you aiming too high rn tbh. Diversify applications, do research and don’t spam a generic CV around. Get comfortable with different divisions (revenue ones) and consider any Big4 as well

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Simple try one or all of the following: call your PE targets directly and introduce yourself, apply online, or call in your favors or ask someone who knows someone to have them expect to receive your resume.

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