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How to Get an Investment Banking Job at J.P. Morgan
You’re just out of school and aiming to get a job at a top bank. Like most Wall Street operations, J.P. Morgan wants graduates with good grades, a strong GMAT score and applicable work experience. It also wants candidates with strong analytical skills who can think on their feet. Here are some tips on how […]
Nine Cover Letter Mistakes to Avoid
A cover letter is an opportunity to differentiate yourself from a stack of similar resumes. But more so, it’s a chance for hiring managers to weed out candidates who show poor judgment. Ask any recruiter or hiring manager – a bad cover letter hurts you more than a great cover letter improves your chances. Related: […]
Four pre-Christmas mistakes that could scuttle your application
You should be sending resumes to recruiters before Christmas, but you shouldn’t be making these mistakes: Waiting until January It sounds counter intuitive, with hiring grinding to a seasonal standstill, but it makes sense to contact recruiters before Christmas rather than in the first quarter. Right now they have fewer active mandates, giving them more […]
Rejected for a Graduate Job in an Investment Bank: How Soon Will You Hear Back?
We’re at the key stage of the year for investment bank’s full time graduate recruitment processes. First interviews are happening or have already happened and assessment center are in play, but you still haven’t heard anything back after sending in your graduate application a month ago. Does this mean you’ve been rejected? Not necessarily. Investment […]
How to Impress Graduate Recruiters from Goldman, Barclays, and Credit Suisse
Before you make it on to investment banks’ grueling assessment centers, you must first make it through the application process and, in order to do this, you need to impress the graduate recruitment teams. They sift through hundreds of resumes and covering letters every year, so you must be exceptional to stand out. What’s more, […]
What Investment Banks Want to See in Your Resume
Candidates often wonder what makes a resume attractive to an investment bank. The answer will vary from one bank to another but here are some things that make a resume stand out. 1. Clear and concise descriptions of your jobs and what you actually did. No one wants to wade through a page of text […]
Although Resumes Are Sometimes Overrated, Here’s How to Improve Yours
Does the perfect resume really exist? You need a resume that works for you. If you ask a career coach or recruiter about resume format you’ll get a different answer from each of them. There’s no right way to write a resume but it’s really important that you are happy with it and it reflects […]
50 ways to improve your resume to land a financial services job
This could be the most comprehensive list of tips for writing a resume yet! Ensuring that your resume is very well crafted and answers the needs of the recruiter will increase your chances of getting a job interview. A good resume is the first step to landing that job you want. Our tips: 1. Don’t […]
How to properly address a cover letter if you don’t know the hiring manager’s name?
You’re applying for a job online, but you don’t know the hiring manager’s name or gender. How can you find that information? Or, if you can’t get a name, what are some alternative ways to address the cover letter without being too impersonal or old-fashioned? Here are some tips on handling tricky situations like these: […]
Poison Pills: What Makes Your Resume Deadly?
Career coaches and resume writers often spar and tussle about what you must include in your resume or how to present certain items. But what most people agree on is what will poison a resume. There are some things that are almost certain to curtail a financial job application before it even gets started. You […]
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