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How to reject a promotion without torpedoing your career
Turning down a promotion in the current climate might seem insane, but sometimes there are very good reasons to reject advancement. The trick is how to do it without it being a career-limiting move, resulting in you vanishing into corporate obscurity, never to re-emerge. How can you ensure that turning down one job doesn’t mean […]
The science of manipulating recruiters into giving you a job
If you really want a particular job and you make it through to interview stage having done your preparatory power poses, equipped with a set of sensible questions to ask and ready with some pointers on charisma, you may think you stand a good chance of getting through. Maybe so. But you could probably improve your chances of gaining […]
Six rules for selecting a second spouse when you work in banking
It’s not just Rupert Murdoch – financial services professionals are also prone to undertake serial marriages – and suffer marriage breakdowns. Take Roger Jenkins – the 58 year old ex-Barclays banker who divorced his beautiful Bosnian wife Diana in July 2012 and has since been associated with first Elle Macpherson and then a Venezuelan beauty […]
Five golden rules for workplace cursing in the style of Jamie Dimon
Using profane language and working in an investment bank may seem as apt a combination as wearing a stetson and rounding up cattle. But swearing at work is a difficult business. If you get it right, you can end up looking like Jamie Dimon – who earlier this week insisted there was ‘no bullsh*tting’ about the […]
Eight excellent reasons to hang on to a job you hate
There may seem only two good reasons for hanging on in a job that has become as appealing as shoveling excrement in torrential rain: i) you need the money and ii) there are no other jobs on offer. However, if you’re feeling trapped in a job you dislike simply because it pays the bills and […]
Even a $90k MBA is no guarantee of a job in banking
A Masters of Business Administration (MBA) has always been an expensive investment – if you study at Harvard or the London Business School, you’ll need to whop out $91k and £61k respectively. If you want to get into investment banking, it may not be worth it. Investment banks are notoriously fussy about the MBA schools […]
Things headhunters can do for your career. Things they can’t
Next time a headhunter calls with a tantalizing opportunity at an unnamed bank with plans for business domination, you might want to listen. New research suggests that if you use a headhunter you’re more likely to achieve instant career progress than if you don’t. The research, involving scrutiny of an executive search firm’s database of […]
The art of being a good banker, and a good person
If, when presented with a morally dubious scenario, you ask how you might appear to do the right thing, rather than genuinely taking the more ethical track, the chances are that you’re not going to last long in the banking sector of the future. Banks, particularly investment banks, are going through a culture shift where […]
Six audacious CV lies that usually work
Your CV is one of the only opportunities you have to sell yourself to a prospective employer, but there’s a fine line between embellishment and outright lying. Financial services professionals are attempting to stretch the boundaries of reality on their CV, however. Research by employment screening firm HireRight shows that nearly 60% of resumes it […]
Frighteningly impressive résumés of junior bankers in the 2nd tier
We’ve noted on several occasions that the sort of person who gets a junior job in an investment bank these days has a frighteningly impressive CV. Take the 2012 analyst class at J.P.Morgan in London, most of which has completed multiple internships, speaks multiple languages and has multiple degrees. J.P. Morgan is indisputably a top tier […]
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