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The Junior: I’m a graduate, I’ve done two contracts, I desperately want a full-time front-office job, but I can’t find one
With tightening headcounts in banks, contract work seems to be the norm nowadays. I graduated about a year ago and I haven’t got a permanent job yet. Instead, I’ve embarked on front-office banking contract work in order to gain work experience. I often ask myself if what I’ve done is worth it, and what makes [...]
Here’s how to wow judges and win an internationally renowned business competition
What: The KPMG International Case Competition Where: Hong Kong. Incidentally, it’s the first time that the global event has been held in Asia. When: Late April Who: Champions in their own right. A hundred students first won competitions in their respective countries before competing globally. The 24 teams were given realistic business case studies, which [...]
Day in the Life: Investment banking analyst
Name: Carmen Chan Firm: UBS Title: Analyst Dept: Investment banking 7.30am – 9.00am It is always hard to describe a typical day at work because you never know when the markets or a transaction will take a sudden turn. That being said, I usually start my day around 7.30-8.00am from home. One of the first [...]
Fly on the wall: Here’s what it’s like to be a graduate trainee at UBS
If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like to be a bright young thing being groomed for greater things at a global bank (read: graduate trainee) – wonder no more. Last week, eFinancialCareers sat in on part of a business dynamics course for 26 UBS graduate trainees from across Asia Pacific. All hail from [...]
The Junior: All I’m really doing as an analyst is PowerPoints, PowerPoints and more PowerPoints
Many young undergraduates harbour dreams of becoming an investment banker when they finish university, but few know what the job entails, except that it pays a lot of money and the words “investment banking” sound sexy and cool. Those who know the reality have probably done an internship in the sector, be it in ECM, [...]
The Junior: The job market is so competitive that even semi-experienced candidates are applying for graduate roles
Having not received any calls in late Q4 and early Q1, I have suddenly been asked to all kinds of interviews, be they by phone, face to face, or at assessment centres. In the past two weeks alone, I had six of them. I have this conclusion: the job market is very competitive, with a [...]
GUEST COMMENT: 5 ways to adapt your CV if you want to get into an M&A boutique
There are numerous reasons why you might want to work for an M&A boutique. Firstly, they’re still hiring actively. Secondly – they offer excellent experience if you’re junior, with full exposure to the client and deal process on offer from the start. And thirdly, if you’re a more senior banker, a boutique can be a [...]
Do you genuinely want to get a new job? Try this, this and this
If you, like our guest columnist last week, have been sending out applications and CVs and getting no response, you may be feeling annoyed. Worse: you may be feeling apathetic. Don’t. And don’t be. As John Lees, career strategist and author of How to Get a Job You’ll Love, explains in this particular Harvard Business [...]
What it’s honestly like to be a junior M&A banker, as explained by a junior M&A banker’s girlfriend
As part of its excellent series on careers in financial services, the Guardian has spoken to the girlfriend of someone who has recently become an analyst (ie. Junior banker in M&A). Needless to say, their life together has changed substantially. She seems more perplexed than annoyed, but her insights are fairly spot on. If you’re [...]
The Undergraduate: 2011 came and went, the world didn’t end, and neither did my graduate job hunt
On December 31 2011, my friends and I huddled together with cold bottles of beers and glasses of whisky in our hands, waiting for the clock to strike midnight. We desperately hoped the ancient Mayans were right — that apocalypse would arrive and our job search would be over. Alas, it was not to be [...]
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