Careers in Investment

By Willy Franzen

Looking for an entry level job or internship in investment? This is an overview of how to approach the search and a list of companies that might have relevant entry level and internship opportunities.

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When you think investment, you might think “lots of money”. And while it’s true that people who work in investment deal with lots of money (and in some cases make lots of money), not everyone working in investment works with millions of dollars. If you’re interested in a career in investment, here are a few options:

Investment banking is the one that springs to mind most immediately: working with companies and their assets. As a recent grad you’ll likely start out as an analyst and work your way up. This job invites only the best and demands long hours, but pays very well.

You can also become a financial planner, a generalist who coordinates and makes sense of a wealthy individual’s recommendations from all their financial advisors. Depending on the state you may need a license to become a financial planner. Another option is to become a securities analyst and research various companies’ prospects in an industry.

You’ll need a bachelor’s degree and lots of initiative for all of these jobs, as many of them are performance-based, so get your hustle on.

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EA to Senior Executive - Global Investment firm - 125K - 150K base plus bonus - Bachelor's Degree required. TBG \| The Bachrach Group Washington, DC	View
Sr. Assistant Director of Economic Development-Business Investment City of Fairfax Virginia Fairfax, VA	View
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Companies with Entry Level Jobs and Internships in Investment

Defy Ventures - Defy Ventures is an NYC non-profit that provides people "who have criminal histories with life-changing entrepreneurship, leadership, and career opportunities.”

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Trefis - Trefis is a Boston, MA based company that has developed a set of tools that “helps you understand how a company’s products impact its stock price.”

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Conrad N. Hilton Foundation - Conrad N. Hilton Foundation is an Agoura Hills, CA based non-profit “family foundation established in 1944 by the man who started Hilton Hotels.”

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eVestment - eVestment is a Marietta, GA based company that provides "insight and intelligence to the institutional investing community through" data and analytics tools.

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Mercy Corps - Mercy Corps, a Portland, OR non-profit, helps “people in the world’s toughest places survive the crises they confront and turn them into opportunities to thrive.”

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Bailard - Bailard is a Foster City, CA based “employee-owned investment firm that has served institutions and private investors for over forty years.”

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The Rockefeller Foundation - The Rockefeller Foundation is based in New York, NY and is putting its $3+ billion endowment to work promoting "the well-being of humanity throughout the world.”

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CB Insights - CB Insights is based in NYC and “helps you track the world’s most promising private companies, their investors, their acquirers and the industries they compete in.”

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PitchBook - PitchBook is a Seattle, WA based company that provides “clients with the highest-quality PE and VC data, news and information."

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J. Crew - J. Crew is a New York, NY based apparel retailer that started with a catalog in 1983 and is known for its preppiness, but that may be changing.

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SmartAsset - SmartAsset is a New York, NY based company that provides “all the information and analysis you need to make the best possible financial decisions.”

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Chopper Trading - Chopper Trading is a Chicago, IL “technology-based proprietary trading firm that operates in a range of global markets and trades on several major exchanges.”

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AxialMarket - AxialMarket is a New York, NY based company that “is revolutionizing the capital formation process for private companies.”

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Belvedere Trading - Belvedere Trading is a Chicago, IL based proprietary trading firm that has been specializing “in equity index and commodity derivatives” since 2002

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Blueleaf - Blueleaf is a Cambridge, MA based company that provides super simple software that helps financial advisors more easily communicate information to clients.

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ByAllAccounts - ByAllAccounts is a Woburn, MA company that offers a technology solution that aggregates “account data from virtually any online financial source.”

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Betterment - Betterment is a New York, NY based company that is making investing frictionless for the average person, and they have a ton of job openings.

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LearnVest - LearnVest is based in New York, NY and helps women "live a richer life" by providing personal finance content and tools, and they're hiring.

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Wolverine Trading - Wolverine Trading is a Chicago, IL based trading firm with a ton of entry level career opportunities for new grads.

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Benzinga - Benzinga is "an innovative news and analysis service that focuses on global markets," and they have some fantastic jobs for new and recent college grads.

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YCharts - Interested in investing? YCharts is a company that provides investors with easy access to objective information, and they're hiring.

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Crain Communications - Crain Communications is a publisher that covers all kinds of different business niches, and they have some really exciting career opportunities.

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Medallion Financial Group - Medallion Financial is a NYC based company that helps taxi cab drivers finance their businesses, and they have some interesting job opportunities.

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New Profit - If you're intrigued by how New Profit is translating venture capital to the world of non-profits, you may want to check out their job opportunities.

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Morningstar - If you have any interest at all in investment research or analysis, you have to check out Morningstar and their career opportunities.

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Kickstarter - If you’d like to be part of that growth and you love the idea of helping make creative projects happen, you have to take a look at Kickstarter’s Jobs page.

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AlphaMetrix - AlphaMetrix is a rapidly growing Chicago company that helps provide investors with transparency into how hedge funds invest their money, and they're hiring.

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The Receivables Exchange - The Receivable Exchange’s aims to "be the most trusted capital market in the world for small and mid-sized businesses,” and they're hiring new grads to help.

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Sandbox Industries - If you’re intrigued by venture capital but more interested in building businesses than buying pieces of businesses, Sandbox Industries might be a fit for you.

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FactSet Research Systems - FactSet focuses their College Recruiting on Consulting and Engineering, but that doesn't mean that they don't have entry level opportunities in other areas.

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MCG - If you're quantitatively minded and looking to work in an innovative and entrepreneurial environment, then you should consider a job at MCG in Providence, RI.

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SecondMarket - If you find markets and high finance fascinating, then a job at SecondMarket might be a perfect fit for you.

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Root Capital - If you’re excited about international development, but also like the free market approach to investment, then you should check out Root Capital’s Jobs page.

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Lattice Engines - Judging from Lattice Engines’ Jobs page, they’re looking for extremely smart, quantitatively minded people.

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Ceres - Ceres is a Boston, MA based non-profit that aims to “integrate sustainability into capital markets" and they're hiring right now.

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Lowercase Capital - Ranchhands is what Lowercase Capital calls their Jobs page, and right now they’re looking for a Cowpoke/Intern.

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Financial Engines - If you’re intrigued by what Financial Engines is doing with retirement investing, you should check out their Careers page.

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OpenView Venture Partners - Considering working at OpenView Venture Partners? Check out their Jobs page. They’re looking for a Market Research Analyst and open to hiring a new grad.

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Union Square Ventures - Typically Venture Capital is an extremely difficult field to break into, but I just got word that Union Square Ventures is hiring, so I'm sharing it with you.

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Jump Trading - Jump Trading relies heavily on entry level talent, which is why College Recruiting is one of the main sections on their site.

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eRealInvestor - New college grads don't have the cash to start investing in real estate, so they have to work their way into the industry another way— like a job with eRealInvestor.

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People Capital - If People Capital and its peer-to-peer lending platform gets you excited, then you should check out their job listings on Startuply.

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Wayne Hummer Wealth Management - Wayne Hummer has a Wealth Manager Training and Development Program that looks like an awesome way for a new grad to break into the wealth management field.

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Wikinvest - Wikinvest's Jobs page shows a number of positions for new grads - Software Developer, Web Developer, User Interface Architect, and Flex/Flash Developer.

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Scottrade - There are many reasons to want to work for Scottrade - but the best is that they're hiring at the entry level.

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Bridgewater Associates - Bridgewater Associates is a global macro-economic hedge fund that credits its success in the markets to its unique values and unique culture.

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Carnegie Corporation of New York - The Carnegie Corporation currently has three job openings. One is definitely entry-level, and another could probably be seen as such for the right person.

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Motley Fool - Motley Fool, Alexandria, VA, is a company that aims to “educate, entertain, and enrich” its customers with excellent financial advice.

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