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Resumes, Cover Letters and Applications

Resumes Length – Ideally one page, but never more than two. Contact details – Put your name in a bigger font at the top (in the page header) to help it stand out and your contact details underneath in a smaller font. E-mail address – Don’t try to be clever with your e-mail address. Boywonder2011@hotmail.com [...]

Q&A: Eric Frank, President, Investment & Advisory, Thomson Reuters

Describe your career path. I graduated from the University of Michigan in 1987 and wasn’t sure what I wanted to do. After sending out some resumes and literally going to companies door to door, I landed a position at JPMorgan. I spent ten years working in its American Depositary Receipt division. During my time there, [...]

Cloud Computing Makes Headway With Banks

When a company like SunGard rolls out a series of products around cloud computing specifically targeting financial services firms, the industry takes notice and perhaps the hype doesn’t seem so far fetched. However, while the vendor package might be more economical, banks are still looking to develop their own platforms. The software vendor’s latest venture [...]

The News: FBR Hires, Promotes Banking Analysts

FBR Capital Markets Expands Research Coverage of Financial Institutions [FBR] Merriman Curhan Ford Hires Veteran C.E. Unterberg, Towbin and UBS Investment Bankers [Merriman Curhan Ford] Huntington Bancshares Appoints Elizabeth Heller Allen Director of Corporate Public Relations and Communications [Huntington Bancshares] Kenneth Shea to Head Coastal Capital Management, a New Gaming, Hospitality and Entertainment Venture [Coastal [...]

What Sort of Year Are We in For?

Will 2008 resemble the gloomy last six months of 2007? Or will it be more like the buoyant first half? The credit crunch is finally having a visible impact on Main Street as well as Wall Street. That’s shown by December’s spike in the national jobless rate accompanied by the weakest month of job creation [...]