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How Business School Grads Can Deal with a Challenging Job Market
Graduation season is upon us. For some, it is an exciting time, the beginning of a new chapter filled with boundless opportunities. But for those with no jobs or no strong job prospects, it is a scary time. So if you’ve just graduated, what can you do to find a job in an industry where [...]
Does Wall Street Still Appeal to College Students?
At a recent trade tech conference, I asked a professor at NYU’s Stern Business School if his students still wanted to work on Wall Street. His answer: “If they want to be a one-percenter, where else are they going to earn that kind of money?” The reality is that the answer to that question all depends [...]
Getting an MBA is More Than Just Studying
On the first day of my MBA, the dean advised us to prioritize. He spoke about the many opportunities that would be placed in front of us and how the hours in the day were limited. In the previous 10 years of my career, I had prided myself on being able to multi-task, juggle and [...]
The Top Schools for Getting Your MBA Have Been Ranked But Do You Really Need to Attend One?
You’re thinking of getting an MBA in financial services, but where should you study? The Financial Times’ 2012 MBA ranking names the top 10 global full-time MBA programs in 2012 as follows. Stanford Graduate School of Business Harvard Business School University of Pennsylvania (Wharton) London Business School Columbia Business School INSEAD MIT: [...]
Graduate Recruiter Q & A
eFinancialCareers had the chance to ask three top recruiters on what kind of candidates they look for and what advice they had for financial markets professionals. Here’s what they have to say. From Laurence Raison, Global head of talent management and people development, Societe Generale CIB What are the top qualities you are looking for [...]
Landing Your First Job
The key to landing that first job in financial services is to see you from the employer’s point of view. What do you bring to the table? As you write your resume, ask yourself if each item is presented in a way that shows your value to the employer. When you network, be sure your [...]
INVESTMENT BANKING INTERN DIARY: I am already overwhelmed
[Editor's Note: The following comes from our UK Editor but is of interest here as well] This is the first installment of this year’s anonymous investment banking intern diary. The author will be reporting back weekly on what it’s really like to spend the summer in the capital markets team at a leading investment bank. [...]
Q&A: Vanessa Indriolo, Managing Director, Private Equity Division, Fifth Third Bank
Describe your career path. I’ve grown up professionally in private equity, always investing in funds on behalf of a bank. After I graduated from St. Mary’s College, a liberal arts college in South Bend, Indiana with a business degree with a concentration in finance, I worked in Key Bank’s private equity division for seven years. [...]
Q&A: Patrick O’Leary, Compliance, BNP Paribas
Describe your career path. I graduated from law school in 1999 and took a job working at the SEC in corporate finance. I spent three years there; my job was reviewing documents when companies went public. I had an associate who had joined a start-up hedge fund that needed an assistant trader. So I joined [...]
Q&A: Jack Klinck, Executive Vice President and Global Head of State Street Corporate Development and Global Relationship Management
Describe your career path. I began in marketing, working in the client facing part of the business. I worked for an advertising agency on Madison Avenue, and moved to financial services when I joined American Express. There I came to appreciate the details around technology and operations and how they underpin financial services. Next, I [...]
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