Attend all the on-campus presentations and company events you can. This includes professional/cocktail events. Set up informational interviews.

Hone your hard technical skills if you want to break into “analyst” high finance roles.

Prove you can do the work. For example, write a thorough and comprehensive report that shows your analytical skills. Build and analyze financial models. Demonstrate that you can hit the ground running on the job.

Highlight skill sets that others don’t have. Outline your experience that others don’t have that you can leverage at your ideal role.

Make a list of skills required for your job and list your skills.
Match them up; defend and provide examples of skill matches.
Your next job switch should be made to plug gaps of any missing skill sets.
Now you have a plan, a goal, and a story to tell!

Everyone’s just as smart, if not smarter than you. Show, not tell. You must be able to articulate why you are better than the rest, given the fact that there are people out there smarter and more experienced.

Have some honest, good reasons besides the money.