I really want this Smith Barney job. Here’s the job description
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We are currently seeking candidates for an internship opening in the San Francisco office of Smith Barney. The internship will be for academic credit in lieu of monetary compensation, and candidates should be currently enrolled as university students. Duties will be as follows:
Equity Research: The intern will be engaged primarily in researching existing and prospective holdings for two Smith Barney equity portfolios benchmarked respectively to the MSCI EAFE and the S&P 500 Indices. The portfolios combine qualitative and quantitative processes for evaluating and monitoring positions, and the interns duties will consist of the following: screening companies according to predetermined criteria; identifying comparable companies and creating valuation spreadsheets; monitoring and helping to determine the relevance of news stories, research reports, and other events on existing holdings; and helping to weigh risk/reward scenarios in the context of a broader portfolio. The work will involve substantial use of MS Access and Excel in addition to research tools ranging from Bloomberg, ADP, the Internet, and several databases unique to Smith Barney.
Academic Research: The intern may be involved in monitoring and summarizing academic work in select aspects of the equity markets.
Additional Exposure: The intern will have the opportunity to attend occasional presentations on subjects relating to the equity or fixed income markets or other areas and will be given related reading. The intern will gain exposure to asset allocation principles and may attend meetings with clients, most of whom are current or former officers and directors of publicly traded companies or financial industry professionals (analysts, investment bankers, traders, and hedge fund managers).
Other Comments: This internship will not involve marketing activities such as cold calling or mass mailing and will not be clerical in nature.
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I love the other comments part. I really hate desk clerk work and I really didn’t want to do telemarketing (ie calling random people on the phone). It might be unpaid, but it still sounds like it would kick ass.
I finally finished my resume today. I’ve been so freaken busy with it lately. Last night there was a blackout in my block right after midnight, so we took off to Gennie’s place for a while. I really needed to shower, so I showered at her place haha. I thought the lights would be back on by the time we made it back at 3:30 AM, but it was off. So I couldn’t finish my resume then. The night before, I found out you attach a cover letter along with your resume when applying for internships, so I didn’t finish it then because I didn’t feel like I had the time and the energy to devote it to finish both of them. The night before I had a project due for English and an essay, so I didn’t finish it then. The night before, I have no idea what I was doing anymore.
Today I took my fourth and final in class essay for my english class (no more english classes, please), and mailed my dad some pictures I had ordered online and my brother the Haas and Cal T-Shirts I got for him to wear in Afghanistan, and a copy of my acceptance letters from Berkeley and Haas. I then went to Clark Kerr to chill with Mr. Mike Lee and work on my resume some more, because for some reason, I can really concentrate when I’m there. Then to El Cerrito to visit Sang work at Copelands sports shop, and I dropped off my mountain bike there for him to fix it. I just know it’s gonna kick ass. Then back, and work on my resume some more, and go through a bunch of paperwork for UC and Haas applications, just making sure I did all the steps right. I wish there was more of a 1, 2, 3 step process, but it seems more like 1234567 all at once. Overall, really productive day. Dodgers lost, though…