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Eighty percent of your networking will be a waste of time – Guest Comment
The Pareto principle, otherwise known as the 80/20 rule, was probably not designed with networking in mind – after all, the Italian mathematician who devised it died in 1923, long before the concept of working a room was invented. Nevertheless, networking fits Pareto’s principle perfectly. Here’s my point in a nutshell: you can have 1,000 […]
Wanna get ahead? Punch the boss
More than two decades ago, Travis Tucker and David Gatti crossed hockey sticks as teammates on the University of Massachusetts ice hockey team. After college, the two took jobs at Smith Barney as financial advisers and stayed with the firm after it merged with Morgan Stanley. Last week, Tucker took his entire wealth management team […]
Don’t fall at the final hurdle: six tactics for tackling hiring managers’ lingering doubts
Let’s assume that you’re one of the lucky few to have managed to make it through to the interview process for a financial services role, you face another hurdle – post-decision headcount approval. Not only must hiring managers now make the case for creating the role in the first place, they also have to convince […]
GUEST COMMENT: Networking is hard work work, there’s no guarantee anything will come of it, you may be seen as a taker, but it must be done (properly)
The Good Samaritan principal applies to networking. It’s about adding value, helping people in your network with no expectation of anything in return. Networking well is hard work with no certainty of reward. In fact you have to kiss a lot of frogs before you find a prince/ess. If you create value for others, your […]
GUEST COMMENT: Be aware that networking in financial services can simply lead to being stabbed horribly in the back
I’ve been done over twice by networking contacts in the past twelve months, and I’m angry. Conventional wisdom holds that networking is never a bad thing. It allows you to find out new (and sometimes inside) information that you can use to your advantage, to expand your career opportunities and to get valuable advice from […]
GUEST COMMENT: A CFA charter may not get you a job, but that is no reason not to achieve one
The CFA charter is a great career enhancer in the right industries and when utilized to it’s full potential. Although it is challenging to attain, if you are well prepared it is perfectly possible and will significantly boost your career. However, don’t take it to the extreme. For example, questions by people considering the CFA […]
GUEST COMMENT: The three things you should never do whilst networking
As you will know if you have read much at all on the best method of finding a new job, networking is invaluable. A large majority of new roles come not from recruiters, not from online applications, but from candidates’ networks. To the uninitiated, networking may seem little more than chatting with friends and mentioning […]
GUEST COMMENT: At times like these, you need to hit on the people you went to university with
One of the major ways to differentiate between those who do well in the City and those who don’t is the strength of one’s university alumni network. Some networks are very good – hosting regular drinks, which people make time to go to no matter how busy they are. They also foster the idea during […]
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