- Herman Ko, 27, has postponed his university degree in a semester to a trainee in JPMorgan.
- He managed to win a full -time role, but decided to leave just over three years after the start of the position.
- Ko said that long hours, as well as a gap with his career aspirations, pushed him to leave.
This test also filed is based on a conversation with Herman KO, 27, former banker of JPMorgan. The following has been modified for duration and clarity. Business Insider has checked its employment history.
I was not the most academic focus student at college.
I did not have a perfect GPA and I did not have a clear idea of what I wanted to do for my career. I only knew that I wanted two things in a job – one, she had to be prestigious, and two, she had to offer good career mobility if I wanted to leave my job.
I decided to focus on obtaining a job in a investment bank. Admittedly, I continued a brilliant object, but it checked all my boxes, whether in terms of remuneration, prestige and exit possibilities.
I thought that as there was something that I particularly appreciated, I could also choose a job that offered the potential and the maximum advantages.
That said, the trip to Determine a job in a profit -shaped support bank was hard. When I started applying for courses, my GPA was only 2.4 out of 4.3. Nor did I have family connections that could offer me job references.
It pushed me to approach my job search differently from most of my peers. I knew that I could not leave my GPA, which is really only one line of my whole CV, define my request.
To this end, I experienced different interview methods and revised my CV countless times. I networked with finance professionals to have a better idea of what life is on the trading floor. In this way, I could try to position myself as an industry professional instead of a student with a wide -eyed eyes trying to find his way.
Another thing I did to distinguish myself during my courses was to perform magic tricks at events like my boss’s birthday. This helped leave a memorable impression on my colleagues.
Determine my diploma to win a concert in JPMorgan
Ko said he had to abandon his return offer to Deutsche Bank and postpone his graduate from a semester to a trainee in JPMorgan. Herman Ko
In fact, I obtained a return offer from Deutsche Bank after their internship for them, a year before my diploma.
However, in my last year, I decided to apply for American banks because they are considered more prestigious than their European counterparts. This is where I received a summer internship offer from Jpmorgan.
It introduced me to two problems. First, if I wanted to be stagnated in JPMorgan, I had to abandon my job offer in Deutsche Bank. Second, I had to postpone my graduation by a semester in order to stagnate in JPMorgan as the first cycle.
Although it is a huge bet, I decided to stagnate in JPMorgan anyway. For me, it was a unique opportunity to work in one of the best banks in the world.
Fortunately, I did well in the internship And obtained a place on the two -year JPMorgan two -year graduate program. I did four different rotations, where I was able to present and sell cash and cash management products to customers. At the end of the program, I won a full -time role at the bank.
Working at JPMorgan was an exhilarating experience. All those with whom I started to work were incredibly intelligent. I learned a lot from the internal JPMorgan training as well as from work.
Leave JPMorgan and trace a new path
Ko said he was still able to use the sales and pitch skills he took over at JPMorgan in his new role at Career Hackers, a Startup of Human Resources and Education Technology. Herman Ko
After working at JPMorgan for about three and a half years, I decided to call this. On the one hand, the long hours I scored began to wreak havoc on my body.
I also realized that the work done in an investment bank is very specialized. In my case, I was responsible for marketing financial products specifically to financial institutions.
It was not what I wanted for my career. I wanted to stay ahead of the curve and cover the solutions fueled by the latest technologies instead of traditional financial products.
At a deeper level, I also wanted to challenge myself. Although I reached a lot in JPMorgan, I could not say how motivated it was by the reputation of the bank. I wanted to see if I could still excel without counting on the JPMorgan brand.
This finally led me to my current employer, Career Hackers, a startup of human technologies and education technology. My new role has aligned itself with my passions and my interest in mentoring and technology.
Even if I now work in a start-up, I can always use the sales skills I took over at JPMorgan. As a junior banker, I was able to learn the strings by first taking the minutes of meeting, then gradually gradually to direct the conversations of customers myself.
This made the transition to my new role much more fluid, because starting work tends to be self-directed.
With hindsight, I have no regrets to start my career at JPMorgan. The opportunities and the exhibition I had there could not have been found anywhere else.