Advice please.

Hi I am posting to see if anyone can help and provide some advice. I am a recent a Postgraduate, I achieved a merit in my MSc in Finance and Management from a top 20 university in the UK. I know I do not have the intellect nor the charisma to be cut out for a job in IB etc and my University would not be on the radar of such jobs. I am basically asking if there are any careers in finance that could be suggested for myself and how I would go about getting my foot in the door for an entry level job in that career, my ideal working hours would be no more than an average of 50/55 a week. I know I am not going to be a millionaire or anything like that I just want a position in which I can progress and work towards an end goal whilst being compensated fairly. Three peers from my degree have got positions in Wealth Management and Private Banking respectively. I do think those three examples could be considered as an anomaly comparatively to the careers that I could get into. Any help would be really appreciated, thank you for taking the time to read my post. 

 

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