Less than 1% of bankers break into PE?

Water Cooler Careers
#1

It’s certainly a very tough field to break into, but less than 1% of bankers breaking into PE seems a little too low, no? See #5 for the UK.

http://news.efinancialcareers.com/uk-en/280743/the-10-most-desirable-jobs-on-wall-street-and-the-city-in-2017/?utm_source=GLOBAL_ENG&utm_medium=SM_LI&utm_campaign=PAUL

#2

Huh, so this is just the number of applications received per job listing. All the positions here seem to be pretty entry level, which is why they have the most applications. I wouldn’t take this too seriously. “Business analyst, anti-bribery and corruption” is not the 4th most desirable finance job…