Candidate outcomes at Goldman Sachs, Blackstone, Freshfields and Clifford Chance.
For internationally ambitious candidates pursuing highly selective careers in law, finance and consulting.
If someone you trust sent you here, this is the shortest introduction to ECS.
Hassan Akram, Founder and Principal Advisor, Elite Careers Strategy
Hassan personally leads every Diagnostic and the parts of an engagement where judgement matters most. Families are introduced to the person who does the work.
Does someone who understands elite recruitment rate the judgement?
"The strongest career strategist I have encountered - anywhere in the world."
Kristin Irish
Former Head of Campus Recruiting, UBS Investment Bank New York
Former Deputy Director of Career Development, Yale School of Management
Would another sophisticated family trust ECS with their child?
"Probably the best decision we have made for our son."
Parent of an ECS client.
What does an ECS intervention look like in practice?
Ahead of his vacation scheme at Freshfields, a Magic Circle corporate law firm, Oxford law student Atel Rassoli worked with ECS on one problem: converting the scheme into a training contract.
Atel subsequently secured the Freshfields training contract, and wrote afterwards:
"Appreciate the advice Hassan :)"
Atel Rassoli
Oxford Law
Freshfields Training Contract
Kristin Irish: Independent endorser - not a client of ECS. No affiliation with, or endorsement by, UBS or Yale School of Management is implied.
The family quotation is anonymised. Role only: no name, no firm.
Atel Rassoli's outcome is published with his consent. ECS is independent of Freshfields, does not place candidates, and outcomes are secured by the candidate on their own merits.
Candidates supported through ECS work have progressed to or secured outcomes at organisations including:
More than 100 documented outcomes across elite law, finance and private capital, with evidence retained on file.
Explore the track record→ECS is independent of all institutions referenced. No affiliation or endorsement is implied. Outcomes are individual, secured by the candidate, and are never guaranteed.
Applications are reviewed for fit before a Diagnostic is offered.
Suitable families are invited to a founder-led Private Diagnostic.
You leave knowing the actual selection problem and whether ECS should be involved. If we cannot materially help, we say so.
ECS works with a deliberately small number of families each year.
Applications are reviewed for fit. Parent or sponsor welcome, and there is no commitment to an engagement on either side.
ECS treats introductions confidentially and is independent of the firms and institutions referenced. No affiliation or endorsement is implied, ECS does not sell access or placement, and outcomes are individual and never guaranteed.
Elite Careers Strategy. 45 Albemarle Street, Mayfair, London W1S 4JL.