Published: September 15, 2025 at 8:30 am
The traditional career playbook is broken. Apply online, wait for responses, hope someone notices your CV among hundreds of others. Meanwhile, the most interesting opportunities never make it to job boards.
During my final year at university, I watched this play out in real time. Talented peers followed the standard route, doing excellent work and attending networking events, hoping to be remembered when graduate positions opened. I took a different approach to create the role I wanted.
Private equity is notoriously difficult to break into, yet I found myself with an offer to join BGF as a graduate. It wasn’t by accident.