Learn from Mistakes

Name: Bryce Jackson Year: Senior Major: Economics Minor: Business Institutions CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Goldman Sachs For my Fall 2020 CFS experience, I worked as an intern in the Private Wealth Division at Goldman. Due to covid-19, my entire internship experience was virtual, so I was never able to go into the office….

Uncovering Various Career Paths

Name: Ben Ramos Year: Junior Major: Cognitive Science Minor: Business Institutions CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Goldman Sachs This quarter I’ve spent my time interning in the private wealth management division of Goldman Sachs. The aspect of the internship that I have appreciated the most has been the opportunity to learn about the careers…

Efficiency Through the Onboarding Process

Name: Amish Gupta Year: Junior Major: Economics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Morgan Stanley My journey with CFS started a little bit hectic. It began around December of 2019, where I was juggling finals, extracurriculars, recruiting for CFS, and recruiting for a summer 2021 internship. After going through multiple practice interviews and researching the…

Wealth Management Internship: Mesirow Financial

Name: Adam Clark Year: Sophomore Major(s): Economics Minor(s): Transportation and Logistics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Mesirow Financial This quarter I had the opportunity to intern at Mesirow Financial, a midsized financial service firm based in Chicago. Mesirow has 1,000 employees spread across three divisions: investment banking, wealth advisory, and investment management. The firm…

Experiencing Market Volatility at UBS

Name: Alan Chao Year: Sophomore Major(s): Math, Economics CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: UBS Despite my initial interests in other industries, my CFS internship in wealth management provided me with an experience and insights into the financial industry that I greatly value. The markets are experiencing a bout of volatility created by coronavirus that…

Morgan Stanley: A Transfer Student’s Experience

Name: Alec Aragon Year: Sophomore Major(s): Economics Minor(s): Business Institutions Program CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Morgan Stanley A little over a year ago, I was a freshman at Indiana University, studying at The Kelley School of Business. Envisioning my college experience, I expected to be challenged by my school; to be confronted with…

Networking through Coffee Chats

Name: Naina Mishra Year: Sophomore Major(s): Economics Minor(s): Entrepreneurship, Business Institutions Program CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Goldman Sachs My name is Naina Mishra, and I’m a sophomore studying Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Business Institutions. I was born in Mumbai, and then I lived in Singapore and then Hong Kong before moving to the US…

Developing Relationships at Goldman Sachs

Name: Naveena Sharma Year: Junior Major(s): Economics Minor(s): Computer Science CFS Class: Business Field Studies Employer: Goldman Sachs This fall, I had the pleasure of working as a wealth management intern at Goldman Sachs. I have learned a lot through this internship about markets, asset classes, portfolio management – and the business field studies class…

Daniel on Week 9 of his Fall 2013 Internship

Name: Jianan (Daniel) Junior Major: Economics CFS Program: Field Studies in the Modern Workplace Chicago Field Studies has definitely been a tremendous experience – one that I would consider to be one of the highlights of my experiences at Northwestern. Going into the internship, I had no idea what to expect because the firm I’m…