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Everything you need to know about Deutsche Bank’s Accelerate scholarship for candidates of black African, Caribbean or mixed black heritage
We spoke to Andre Flemmings from Rare, a diversity recruitment company which runs a scholarship programme in conjunction with Deutsche Bank to get more black students into banking. This is what Andre told us: What is the Accelerate Scholarship exactly? It’s a scholarship programme offered each year by Deutsche Bank to candidates from back African, Caribbean, [...]
UK university students have suddenly discovered that actuarial careers are a good, solid bet
Something has happened. Actuarial careers, long known as a highly-paid, stable, quite unpopular and therefore comparatively accessible option by the student cognoscenti, have emerged from the shadows. Today’s release from graduate research company High Fliers, reveals that a lot more students want to be actuaries this year than last year. Human resources is popular too [...]
The UK’s most employable and money-oriented students attend these universities
There are two things out today which suggest where you should have gone/be going to university in the UK. Thing one is the Guardian’s university league table. This offers a ranking by university and by universities with the best career prospects. Thing two is a new report from research company High Fliers (known also for [...]
Is an accounting qualification genuinely still a route into front office investment banking?
Back in the day, if you failed to get into a front office investment banking job (in this case corporate finance or equity research) as a fresh graduate, you still had options. The best one was to join a Big Four Accounting firm and to gain an ACA qualification. Thereafter, as long as you had [...]
Nomura’s head of recruitment says new UK immigration rules haven’t affected his ability to hire Russian graduates
If you’re a Russian student who wants to go and work in the UK after graduation, life is harder than it used to be. The UK has imposed new immigration rules and a cap on the number of non-EU citizens who can work in the country. However, Malcolm Horton, head of recruitment at Nomura, says the [...]
Put your questions to the EMEA head of graduate recruitment at Deutsche Bank
Faye Woodhead, head of graduate recruitment for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) ex-Germany at Deutsche Bank, has agreed to respond to some of your questions on graduate jobs and internships. We’ve started the process by asking Faye a few questions below. Please post your questions in the comments box at the bottom of [...]
Look, these places still have financial services internship and graduate positions going for 2012!
You should really have completed your application for an internship or graduate position at an investment bank a long time ago. Most banks open their applications in August. If you haven’t applied, you’re eight months late. But who are we to castigate? Maybe you did apply. Maybe you didn’t get in. Either way, there are [...]
Behold: the last remaining graduate and student opportunities in finance this year
By now, most financial services organisations are closed to applications for both their summer internships and graduate programmes. However, some opportunities remain. Here’s where: Bank of America Merrill Lynch: BAML still has long-term internship vacancies in London for sales roles within its global markets division. Apply here Citigroup: Citi is still advertising for summer internships [...]
This is how good you’ll have to be to compete with the best students in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for a job as an analyst
Ever year, the CFA Institute runs the, ‘CFA Institute Investment Research Challenge (IRC)’. An annual competition for university students across the world, it requires students who enter to work in university-based teams and put together a presentation on a company in the style of an analyst working in an investment bank or fund management firm. [...]
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 [...]
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