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So, you were thinking of getting a little project management gig at RBS?...
Not long ago, RBS had a bit of a reputation for being a great place for project managers and change specialists working on lucrative short term contracts. As of today, that gravy train is coming to a...
View ArticleDubious skills that you must never include on your CV
Sometimes getting the attention of a recruiter with your CV requires a few tweaks, in other instances an entire rewrite is required. Careers coaches have told us of their exasperation with financial...
View ArticleInterview questions to expect if you want to be an equity research analyst
In our recent informal survey, being an equity research analyst was ranked as one of the most stressful jobs on Wall Street, finishing just behind the ranks of investment bankers, traders and...
View ArticleThe Asian finance sector that’s no longer so bothered about hiring bankers
If you want a job in China’s burgeoning private equity sector, you’d better brush up on your knowledge of bling brands and luxury cars. China is the Asian country most likely to see PE deal activity in...
View ArticleSix traits de caractère pour survivre dans le monde impitoyable de la finance
Travailler dans la finance n’a souvent rien d’une sinécure. Entre les clients sadiques, les déplacements incessants, la fin des amitiés hors du monde de la finance, les nuits qui commencent au petit...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Post-bonus hiring merry-go-round now rotating. Why male...
The post-bonus hiring merry-go-round is now in full rotation. Or at least this is the case when it comes to equity research, where Financial News reports that many men have been leaping on and off...
View ArticleMeet the ex-BAML MD prop trader showing that bankers can add social value
Ben Rick worked in investment banking for 18 years, eventually reaching managing director, heading up Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s European prop trading division – and then the Volcker rule hit in...
View ArticleBekenntnisse von Recruitern: Wieso Lebensläufe tatsächlich im Papierkorb enden
Zählen Sie auch zu den Unglücklichen, die zahllose Bewerbungen verschickt und ebenso viele automatisierte Antworten erhalten haben? Haben Sie den Eindruck, dass die Menschheit Ihre Bewerbungen...
View ArticleIs Citi paying the price for some poor bonuses?
Citigroup, if you remember, was supposed to have provided some pleasant surprises when it came to bonuses for 2013. Not only did it pay a lot of cash, but headhunters (speaking strictly anonymously),...
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Career Insights: The job has a lot of upsides, but don’t make social plans,...
Elias Spangenberg, associate, debt capital markets, Morgan Stanley Elias graduated with a BSc in Accounting & Finance from University of Warwick in 2009 and joined Morgan Stanley that year. “The...
View ArticleHipsters and bankers set to collide in epic Brooklyn showdown
It’s like the TV show Survivor, except they’re replacing venomous snakes and dengue fever with braided beards and untucked flannel shirts. Several thousand Wall Street bankers are soon to venture from...
View ArticleThis is just another, ‘Oh dear, it’s Friday – will I get fired?’, finance job
Private banking is still thought of as a safer profession than investment banking. Well I’ve never been one of those Excel jockeys so can’t really speak for the investment banking crowd, but I can...
View ArticleDas Letzte vorm Wochenende: Die besten Bankerwitze II
Keine Frage, Banker haben es schwer: In der Bevölkerung sind sie ungeliebt, die Boni müssen mit dem Mikroskop gesucht werden und darüber hinaus haben sie nichts zu lachen. Zumindest bei dem letzten...
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Goldman Sachs reinvents self as tower of fevered intellect
Something’s going on over at Goldman Sachs. Tired of doing God’s work, the firm has seemingly decided to present itself as a thought leader and intellectual leader extraordinaire. Everyone’s heard of...
View ArticleCareer Crunch: Junior bankers surprisingly happy, how to rock your MBA
Catch up on the most popular articles on eFinancialCareers’ global network over the last seven days. Junior bankers: “We know what we’re getting into” In theory those starting out in investment banking...
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Emploi en banque d’affaires en France, pourquoi il ne faut pas désespérer…
Bonne nouvelle, la plupart des données sur les activités des banquiers d’investissement français témoignent d’une reprise nette des affaires. Et si, cela se traduira-t-il par des recrutements ?...
View ArticleJob Market Pulse: Banks thirsty for research analysts, Goldman hiring down under
Hiring is back in a big way, so say banking recruiters who’ve spent the last few years mostly sitting on their hands. “The whole market has picked up,” Logan Naidu, chief executive of recruitment firm...
View ArticleMit welchen magischen Begriffen Sie einen Job in Asien bekommen
Die Zeiten, als Banken und andere Finanzdienstleister in Asien, Arbeitsimmigranten aus Europa mit offenen Armen empfangen haben, sind längst passé. Dennoch gibt es immer noch einige Begriffe in einem...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: 100 new jobs at hedge fund that hires scientists. Crazy love...
Winton Capital is hiring. The Oxford-based hedge fund whose CEO resigned last week (for family reasons) reportedly wants to open new offices in in New York, Sydney and Tokyo to add to its existing...
View ArticlePeople should quit finance and start farming, says veteran investment banker
Kato Mukuru, head of equity research at boutique investment bank Exotix and a former director of research at Citi, has been working in finance for over 20 years, but admits that he’s lucky to have made...
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