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GUEST COMMENT: I have attended a positively mind-blowing class as part of my Masters at the London Business School
Gabriel Chen is a Singaporean student at London Busines School and a former financial journalist for Singapore’s Straits Times. I recently wrapped up one of the best courses of my Masters in Finance at London Business School (LBS). Called Topics in Asset Management, it was taught by Robert Jenkins, an external member of the Interim [...]
These are the financial services qualifications which should enable you to earn the most and the least
Following on from last week’s look at the qualifications most likely to get you a job in UK financial services now, we’d like to elaborate with a look at the financial services qualifications that should – apparently – enable you to earn the most money. The figures below are derived from jobs currently advertised on [...]
The head of risk at AQR on the qualifications that will help you get a job
Trader and blogger Michael Martin has been talking to Aaron Brown, chief risk officer at hedge fund AQR Capital Management and the man whom Nassim Taleb apparently called “the Dean of Wall Street Risk Managers.” Martin’s interview is very long and very informative and includes such trading (and potential career management) gems from Brown as: “These [...]
In order of preference, these are the qualifications financial services employers want now
If you’re about to lose your job and are worried about finding a new one, you may be tempted to seek additional qualifications. If so, the figures below provide a snapshot of what financial services employers using eFinancialCareers to advertise roles are looking for in theUKat this moment. Needless to say, the information below has [...]
GUEST COMMENT: I have a graduate offer from RBS and am now feeling extremely concerned
When I agreed to spend last summer as an intern in RBS’s fixed income business, I thought I was under no illusions. I knew that RBS didn’t have the strongest investment banking platform on the street. However, I also knew it was a strong fixed income house and had heard that it had a more [...]
GUEST COMMENT: It makes a big difference if you’ve got a first class degree when you work in financial services
I can still remember the anger of my fellow rates traders as they poured over the CVs. We barely recognised any of the candidates’ universities, and those we did could hardly be called impressive. We were one of the most profitable desks inside our bulge bracket bank, how then was it possible for HR to [...]
Qualifications to ensure you stay employable
If you want to make yourself employable and to indemnify yourself against redundancy, you may be thinking of trying for the CFA Charter. This is probably a good plan, there is nothing wrong with taking the CFA exams, they are sufficiently hard that few people pass them and they are one of the most sought-after [...]
Put your questions to the head of graduate recruitment at the Royal Bank of Scotland
Michael Maddick, head of graduate recruitment at Royal Bank of Scotland has agreed to answer some of your questions and offer some advice as this year’s graduate recruitment season kicks off. We’ve got the ball rolling with the Q&A below, but if you’d like to post your questions in the comment box at the bottom [...]
Your questions to the head of EMEA recruitment at Goldman Sachs
Once again, Sarah Harper, head of recruitment for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) at Goldman Sachs, has agreed to respond to some of your questions on graduate jobs and internships. We’ve started the process by asking Sarah a few questions below. Please post your questions in the comments box at the bottom of [...]
Our ‘student answers’ function is back
Any student wanting to break into finance can be guaranteed one thing – competition. There are over 230 applications for every vacancy within investment banking. It helps, therefore, to get ahead. eFinancialCareers can give you a helping hand. We’ve just revamped our ‘student answers’ function, which allows you to post your concerns or experiences and [...]
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