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Corporate Finance Jobs: Cozy Careers, But Bad “Plan B” Options

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Recruiting is straightforward and much less competitive / time-sensitive than IB roles; you can get in coming from a solid-but-not-top-tier university with decent grades and good accounting knowledge. Recruiting: How to Win Corporate Finance Jobs Corporate finance jobs are much less competitive than investment banking jobs.

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Fixed Income Research: The Overlooked Younger Brother of Equity Research?

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But a few other reasons also explain why fixed income often gets overlooked: the unstructured recruiting process, fewer job openings, and the “cushiness” of senior-level roles. An Example Fixed Income Research Report Recruiting: Who Gets into Fixed Income Research? power & utilities , FIG , or industrials ).