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Your questions to Laura Shipp, the person responsible for graduate recruitment for the UK at SocGen Investment Bank
Laura Shipp, vice president, people and talent development manager at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking, has agreed to respond to some of your questions on graduate jobs and internships. We’ve started the process by asking Laura a few questions below. Please post your questions in the comments box at the bottom of this page. [...]
Techies: should you consider a move to Ireland, Scotland or…Bournemouth?
With more financial services firms ‘nearshoring’ IT functions, the prospect of a move to Ireland, Scotland or even Bournemouth for techies seems like an increasingly inevitable option. But there are still many reasons for sticking with the City. Fidelity Investments has just unveiled plans to create 100 tech jobs in its Dublin and Galway offices [...]
Bye-bye London, hello Belfast, Dublin and Glasgow
Because it’s traditionally been where the jobs (and the money) are, technologists working within investment banks have obviously gravitated towards the City. But, with more development work being ‘nearshored’, is there an argument for moving to a more provincial location? Examples of relatively highly-skilled development work being carried out beyond the confines of the square [...]
Corporate banking recruitment heating up
With losses around bad loans shrinking in the first half of this year, there’s a growing sense of expectation that a number of firms are set to increase headcount in their business banking functions in the second half. Lloyds last week posted a profit of 742m in its commercial division in the second quarter (compared [...]
Still jobs to be had at Irish fintech firms
With all the gloom surrounding the Irish economy at the moment, it’s surprising to see an industry that seems to be doing comparatively well and still has an appetite to hire – financial technology providers. What’s more, they’re keen to attract UK techies. Shrinking IT budgets in the banking sector would suggest software vendors in [...]
What, exactly, is wrong with my CV (3)?
I’m currently an associate in real estate investment banking, but am looking to move on. I’d consider emerging market private equity (Africa/Asia ideally), including distressed debt analysis. Alternatively, I’d be interested in working for a developer in their corporate finance department. Eventually I would like to be involved in African real estate development projects, in [...]
Asia now pays if you work in investment banking IT
Salaries for financial technology professionals in Asia are now comparable with the UK, and Asian firms are interested in hiring senior IT pros and people with specific product knowledge. The slumping pound, together with the need to hire westerners for senior financial technology roles, has driven up salaries in both Hong Kong and Singapore, says [...]
Some of the richest people in the City are headhunters
If you want to make big money in life, the best careers to go for are (in descending order): trading, ‘general finance’ (AKA all areas of finance that aren’t trading or insurance), law, and…recruitment. Based on pay figures drawn from clients of wealth manager ‘The Route’, the average top end trader is earning 1.5m, the [...]
Contractors lose faith in finance
IT contractors are fleeing financial services as the proportion of workers in the industry hits its lowest level for three years. A report by contractor services company Giant Group says just 22% of contractors are working in the financial sector, down from 25% in the third quarter of 2007. Nor does this look set to [...]
Time for IT contractors to get committed?
IT contractors could be the first for the chop if banks wield the axe in technology divisions. “The last time there was a downturn was in 2000,” says Michael Lapin, managing director of IT headhunter ML Search. “Then there were sweeping cuts of contractors. Now, they might be converted into permanent positions, or they could [...]
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