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Tag: Financial Services
CFA Institute’s six steps to fix the global financial system
How do you even begin to fix a financial crisis that cost at least US$12 trillion and wiped out 20 million jobs? This is the task that the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) Institute has taken on, unveiling a a six-step solution drawn up by an advisory committee under the the leadership of Professor John Kay, visiting Professor of […]
How to unearth highly competent headhunters – Guest Comment
If you’re trying to move into a new job, a recruiter or headhunter can be a great ally. On the other hand, dealing with a recruiter can be very frustrating. The biggest complaints I hear from candidates are about the lack of recruiter feedback – particularly if they’ve gone all the way to second or […]
GUEST COMMENT: The Government’s restriction of Tier 1 visas has really started to bite
When the Government stopped issuing Tier 1 visas (previously known as the Highly Skilled Migrant Visa) I knew that it was going to effect the financial services IT recruitment market. At least half of the Java developers I had placed over the previous 12 months had either been on a Tier 1 visa, or had achieved UK residency following 5 […]
4 financial services firms which you not be aware of, but which offer graduate training
It’s not all about big banks. There are plenty of other fish in the graduate hiring sea – they may not be as big, as prestigious, or hire as many people, but because they’re not very well known, they may also offer a better ratio of applications to graduate places. After all, the large investment […]
Where are all the senior women in Ireland’s financial services industry?
There’s a shortage of women in Ireland’s boardroom, according to the Institute of Directors in Ireland (IoD). Does this apply to the country’s financial services industry too? The answer appears to be yes. Bonnie Stevens from Accreate Executive Search says there are no women who hold ‘chair’ level positions in Ireland’s financial services industry and […]
GUEST COMMENT: 50 tips for writing a CV that will get you a job in investment banking and financial services
This is the most comprehensive list of tips for writing a resume or CV on the internet 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 immeasurably. A good resume/CV is the first step to landing that job you […]
Qualifications that WILL get your CV seen. The CFA is not necessarily among them
As a follow-up to last week’s article on what UK-based financial services recruiters have been searching for when they search through the eFinancialCareers CV database, we’d like to elaborate on the particular qualifications they’ve been using to sift your CVs. The list for July, in rough order of popularity, is below. Some qualifications were […]
GUEST COMMENT: Subtly stroke an investment banker’s ego in order to achieve a new job
It’s a sad truth almost universally acknowledged that unless you have a perfect CV which is a perfect fit for a job, you’d be an idiot to send your CV to a “careers@” email address, or to upload it onto a firm’s website. You might as well print it out, fold it into a paper […]
New lessons in faking charisma
Bob Diamond had it. Brian Moynihan is notoriously lacking in it. However, it’s generally felt to be a boon – especially if you’re attempting to network your way into a new financial services or investment banking job in an unfriendly market. We’ve offered instructions on charisma-faking before. Now we are updating them: the dark art of […]
Recruiters have little time to review your CV. Here’s how to ensure it gets selected, not rejected
If you work in financial services recruitment, your day will be spent reading CVs. Sometimes, hundreds of them. Understandably, they don’t spend long on each one. “We receive between 25 to 150 applications per mid-to-senior vacancy advertised. If the resume comes on its own, without a verbal introduction or referral, we tend to give between […]
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