Using Extracurriculars to Get Into a BIG 5 BANK | Ming Ma, GBM Finance Intern @ Scotiabank

Описание: In this episode of The Excited to Share Podcast, host Omar El Malak is joined by Ming Ma, a Global Banking & Markets (GBM) Finance Intern at Scotiabank.

Ming shares how he used his extracurriculars to advantage to land one of the most prestigious finance internships in Canada at the end of just his second year of university. We also talk about what skills to learn and the best FREE resources to learn them, how to make up for a lack of experience by choosing the right extracurriculars, and how to network the RIGHT way.


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Hey! I'm Omar, a fourth-year computer science student at the University of Toronto, minoring in business and math.
On The Excited to Share Podcast, I bring on interns and new grads at top companies to share their tips to get you from the classroom to your first "excited to share..." job announcement.
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⏱️ Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:31 - Welcome Ming!
5:00 - Icebreakers
10:15 - Transitioning from engineering to finance
13:31 - What you learn in university finance programs
16:14 - Co-op vs. no co-op
17:55 - How to find alumni to connect with
19:37 - How to find valuable events to attend
20:59 - The most underrated courses to take in university
22:52 - How to build the key soft skill that applies to any finance role
27:39 - How to get involved with student clubs as a first year (Association of Accountancy)
30:30 - Earning an award at a student clubs (Association of Accountancy)
33:12 - Effective time management tips
34:33 - The experience you gain when managing student club funds (Web3 Student Group)
38:34 - The most important hard skills you learn as a student club finance director (Web3 Student Group)
40:38 - Gaining finance experience through clubs of other disciplines (Web3 Student Group)
44:39 - An underrated way to find and build valuable connections
46:12 - Gaining one-to-one investment banking experience in a student club (UTSC Student Managed Fund)
54:00 - Is being a teaching assistant a useful experience? (UofT)
56:47 - The importance of longevity at a student club (Management and Economics Student Association)
01:02:25 - How to work your way up through a student club (Management and Economics Student Association)
01:05:16 - What does an insurance internship look like? (Allstate)
01:10:31 - Being a financial analyst intern at a big 5 bank (Scotiabank)
01:14:47 - How to succeed as a finance intern in a large corporate setting (Scotiabank)
01:17:27 - The best way to approach getting a major finance internship (Scotiabank)
01:19:47 - The most important extracurricular to spend time on in university
01:22:16 - Ming's one piece of advice
01:23:33 - Outro