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How £5k can buy you a financial services internship

Investment banks and other financial services firms like to paint their graduate recruitment programmes as meritocratic processes, suggesting that the nepotism and elitism associated with the sector in the past are now consigned to an ugly era of history. However, a bountiful supply of relevant work experience is the best way of eventually securing a […]

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Five tips to turn a banking internship into a full-time offer

If you have received a summer-analyst offer from an investment bank, here’s what it takes (besides a lot of hard work) to convert it into a full-time offer. 1) Find out who really does your evaluation You might be told during your induction that your team head will provide input into your evaluation, but in […]

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A warning to all interns: Start building your personal brand now, before you graduate

Whether you’re fresh out of school or already accustomed to the groove of university, you will have increasingly heard the phrase “personal brand”. On first encounter the concept may seem completely alien or even unnecessary; however, in fact, you already have a brand but may not be aware of it. It’s the key that will […]