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Young, potential expatriate seeking career training leading to job?
I am a med student from the USA with a strong academic record and college degree in Economics with business minor. I would like to leave medicine and travel to Singapore to work and live, maybe long term. I am interested in Banking and Finance. However I lack work experience and consequently don't offer much advantage to employers over local graduates. I am willing to undergo some job training or certifications if that will allow me to land a decent job with some firm. Temporarily I can provide for myself or have my family help me as long as I can make a living within a couple of months probably. What should I do? I really want to go there but I need to make a plan for it to happen. I am smart, single and motivated but the lack of experience has held me back in previous attempts to leave medicine. I am doing fine in medical school but disliking it. The paradox is that everyone wants experience. But to get experience, you need prior experience. Most college degrees are no big deal. They just show that you are dedicated and intelligent enough to finish college. I have heard of a CFA. In a few years I would like to get an MBA (INSEAD?) so I am not that keen on getting more than the minimal certifications to land some decent starting job right now. Surely not all the fresh grads have CFAs and 3-5 years of experience.
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- Work on your CFA and get some experience in finance at the same time. A degree in economics and business is no big deal. In the finance industry, they want people with a minimum of 3-5 years experience.
- well, study the Banking and Finance then, and maybe you can try search on 88db for Banking and Finance jobs in Singapore
