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“I quit J.P. Morgan for an Amazon internship. People said it was a big...
Friends thought I was making a mistake, perhaps a really big one. I had a great title, an awesome salary, top-notch benefits and clients who I enjoyed working with. But, I was leaving it all for an...
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Wirehouse recruitment: why financial advisers choose to stay or go
The financial services industry has been waging a recruitment war for talent since the Buttonwood Agreement. In the wealth management industry, it is firm against firm as recruiters entice financial...
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Three skills you need to succeed in accounting and audit now
While a lot of jobs in the financial sector are floundering, opportunities for audit and accounting professionals remain robust. In fact, most chief financial officers tell us that talent shortages are...
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Blurring the lines between Wall Street and Silicon Valley
Three hours after New York financiers don a suit and tie and take the subway to work, San Francisco Bay Area venture capitalists throw on a pair of jeans and a button-down before driving to the office....
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“I burned out in management consulting, but it benefited my career in the...
My first few years in management consulting weren’t exactly glamorous, but they were exciting and exposed me to the exact scenarios I’d been dreaming of. Coming out of college, management consulting...
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“Why I quit my trading job at J.P. Morgan to become a fashion designer”
Joanna Lau’s investment banking career was on an upward trajectory after graduating with a B.S. in finance and statistics from a prestigious university and successful tenures as a trader at Goldman...
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When you should say no to your banking boss
In investment banking, there’s a clear hierarchy and juniors are expected to follow the orders of their superiors unquestionably. The orders may be brilliant, good, indifferent, lacklustre or poor....
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Nine golden rules for getting a promotion on Wall Street (if you’re lucky)
Investment banking is an up or out industry – either you climb the corporate ladder or you get off. More likely, you fall off.The promotion process is something you learn how to navigate while you are...
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“Five things that change forever when you leave Goldman Sachs for a start-up”
If you leave Goldman Sachs, people will call you crazy. If you leave Goldman to found your own fintech company, people will say you’ve lost your mind. They might have a point.Two years ago, I left my...
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“Speak up, be controversial – this will impress your boss, not get you fired”
Bosses at banks, broker-dealers and traditional asset managers are constantly asking employees for big ideas and they’re always shocked when the financial services industry’s next revolution doesn’t...
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Bankers, don’t let depression steal your success. Ask for help
When I was a kid, rainy summer days were often filled with endless rounds of Monopoly. There was always some argument over who would get to play “banker.” And why not? Rich Uncle Pennybags always...
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Six things you need to know about investment banks’ training programmes
Hundreds of new investment banking analysts around the world are set to start their careers in the next few months. They’ve beaten thousands of other applicants to a coveted front office job, but now...
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Should you really return to a former finance employer?
Sometimes a job really stinks. When given the chance, you leave and never look back. But if you work in finance, this is probably something you want to avoid – you never know when you might need to...
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“Technology professionals are still second class citizens in banking”
Believe the hype and you might think that working in a banking technology job is the best place to be right now. Banks are battling for CIOs able to lead their technology functions into a new era, the...
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How Brexit will impact financial services hiring on Wall Street
The UK’s unexpected vote to exit the European Union has made Brexit a household word. Even those who had not paid attention to the vote were affected by it, as most of the stock markets around the...
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Why UK asset management jobs could start heading to the U.S.
Speculation is rampant that asset management firms in the UK may start moving jobs out of London to other EU states like Luxembourg and Ireland as the repercussions of the Brexit vote become more...
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Why stressed-out financial services professionals need to start running
The financial services industry is challenging and stressful – I know, because I’m a risk and compliance officer for a life insurance company. As financial services professionals, we help people...
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“I’m a Bulgarian banker in London with a top-notch U.S. education. Brexit and...
I’m a Bulgarian citizen with an EU passport. I was educated in the U.S. but now I live in the UK and work at a brokerage in London. I was not allowed to vote, but I would have voted ‘Remain.’ After a...
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Why banks just can’t get enough data scientists
The world of finance has a new in-demand weapon: data scientists. No longer are front-office banking, brokerage and wealth management professionals the sole driving forces of financial services firms’...
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Why finance professionals should take a vacation, and not feel guilty
The pace of work in the financial sector can be all-consuming, making out-of-office breaks essential if you want to avoid burnout. But, if you’re like many people who have earned vacation time, you may...
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