I spent my last holiday touring the UK (and Turkey) and one of places I had the most fun in the UK was Glasgow, Scotland. My hotel, Hilton Glasgow, was just few meters away from the Glasgow office of the multinational investment banking and financial services giants, Morgan Stanley. Right from my hotel room I had a clear view of the offices and my bus stop was right in front of the building.
Having read about investment bankers in my school years, I really did want to become one after school. I got the opportunity to start my career in a Nigerian investment management firm in Victoria Island, Lagos, but I didn’t spend more than a couple of months there before I proceeded on NYSC and came back to start a career in the oil and gas industry, my favorite industry, where I have had my 12 years post-NYSC career.
While I have no intention of returning to IB, I still like reading about IB career and readers of this website and my book, The Road to Victoria Island, will know I talk a lot about it.
Spending few days in Glasgow, just few meters away from Morgan Stanley Glasgow office and seeing their employees exit their cosy offices during the closing hours triggered the career blogger in me to take some pictures, and, later, feature the firm on this careers website.
Morgan Stanley is one the top 3 investment banking firms in the world. Like other leading global brands, the origin is United States. The firm has physical presence in over 40 countries with a staff strength of more than 57,000. Morgan Stanley mobilizes capital to help governments, corporations, institutions and individuals around the world achieve their financial goals.
A good degree in a good school, with an MBA, can help start a career in Morgan Stanley, which claims to do on and off-campus recruiting. According to their comments in Vault, the American careers website, the firm says, “efforts such as targeted networking events with experienced professionals and on-campus recruitment for undergraduate and graduate students allow us to engage and prepare all of our candidates for the various opportunities we offer”.
Some of the major pros of working in Morgan Stanley are:
- Good brand that can help your career much later in life
- Good training
- Travel and networking opportunities
- Good bonus
The major con is, you work long hours!
You may want to read this captivating fiction on the Investment Banker and the Blogger.
American careers website Vault also wrote on interview tips for Morgan Stanley aspirants.
