Bonjour tristesse – Et si la banque rendait workoolique à vie ?
Les banquiers travaillent beaucoup. Dans certains cas, ils semblent même se tuer au travail. Et comme vous l’aurez sans doute déjà remarqué, quelques années au rythme de 80 heures par semaine dans la...
View ArticleFünf Fragen, die Sie jedem Recruiter stellen sollten
Einer der größten Vorteile eines Recruiters besteht sicherlich in der Zeitersparnis, den der Einsatz von Personalvermittlern bedeutet. Doch dies gilt nur, wenn Sie dem Personalvermittler zu allererst...
View ArticleTen handy hints for fitting into Goldman Sachs’ culture
Say what you like about Goldman Sachs, but it has two definite things going for it – people still want to work there and those who make it through the hallowed doors tend to like it once they’re in and...
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You have a better chance of securing a finance job in Germany than the UK...
London may be the centre of the investment banking universe in Europe, employing some 358,000 people in City-type functions, but within the EU Germany employs the most financial and professional...
View ArticleRichard Woolnough, $29m fund manager, has this quiet poetic wisdom to share...
Richard Woolnough has become an overnight sensation. Sky News revealed that Woolnough, who has spent most of his career working as a long-only fund manager at funds owned by insurance companies, was...
View ArticleThe one thing Wall Street’s elite can’t stop talking about
Pimco founder Bill Gross, perhaps more than at any other time in his career, is on the ropes. He’s seeing billions in monthly redemptions, his hallmark Total Return bond fund was just beaten by 94% of...
View ArticleHow to have a happy home when you work in banking
A happy banking career may seem inimical to a happy life at home. People in banking work notoriously long hours. Divorce is not unheard of. Nor is addiction (nor is divorce and addiction). Nor is the...
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A good year: When bankers turn to wine
It’s 8am when I speak to John Skinner. He’s already been up for a couple of hours and started his day chasing five deer around his vineyard on a quad bike. “You have to get them off the land because...
View ArticleOne 21st century interview blunder that you must avoid
Despite all the recent stories we’ve heard of mind-numbingly bad resumes and cover letters, the biggest recruiting bombs still go off in the interview room. It’s not just rookie job seekers who are...
View ArticleCareer Crunch: Sage advice from veteran bankers, how to weed out bad recruiters
Missed out on all the news and career advice on eFinancialCareers over the past seven days? Take a moment to catch up. Invaluable advice for bankers in their 30s, from bankers in their 40s Some of the...
View ArticleMorning Coffee: Exhaustion in the City as banks refuse to hire. Here’s how...
People working in the City of London are exhausted. Sallow faced, slack jawed and overwhelmed with lassitude, they drag themselves about wishing only that the banks they work for might hire a few more...
View ArticleAccountant puts investment bankers to shame in ultra-marathon
Financial sector workers have a penchant for ultra-marathons. With their gruelling 56-mile a day schedule tapping into bankers’ masochistic tendencies, the chance to shell out thousands on flash kit...
View ArticleSelbsternannter Robin Hood von Liechtenstein erschießt Banker
Der grassierende Bankerhass hat in Liechtenstein ein Todesopfer gefordert. Der 48jährige Bank Frick-Chef Jürgen Frick wurde in der Tiefgarage seines Instituts am Montagmorgen gegen 7.30 Uhr in Balzers...
View ArticleTech workers are just as unhappy as bankers — they just don’t whine as much
Each year, more and more top graduates choose Silicon Valley over Wall Street. The pay is becoming more competitive and the hours aren’t nearly as brutal, they say. Logic would then dictate that...
View ArticleINTERVIEW mit KPMG-Partner Klaus Ott zum Boom im Beratungsgeschäft
Klaus Ott ist Partner im Geschäftsbereich Consulting Financial Services von KPMG in Frankfurt. In einem Interview erläutert der studierte Wirtschaftsingenieur, wie sich das Beratungsgeschäft mit...
View ArticleSix signs you have to quit your banking job in the next six months
Your bonus is (probably) in the bank. Should you stay? Should you go? Are you still ‘learning in your job’? Are you still climbing the corporate edifice? How can you determine, quickly, easily and with...
View ArticleBanks clampdown on loophole that allows contractors to pay just 10% tax
Some might say that banks have been slow to clampdown, but offshore umbrella companies – still used by hundreds of contractors in the City to allow them to take home up to 90% of their income – are set...
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Crispin Odey is having some issues with his £140k hen house
Remember Crispin Odey’s special hen house? Back in September 2012, the colonaded construction caused outrage when it emerged that Odey was building an edifice better suited to the local squire than...
View ArticleTop consulting firms win pay race in a walk
When it comes to pay in management consulting, it’s the big three and then everyone else. Compensation for McKinsey and Co., Bain & Co. and Boston Consulting Group dwarfed that of competitors in...
View ArticleLes 7 startups en finance qui ont le vent en poupe (et embauchent)
Les grands établissements financiers ne font plus franchement rêver ni les employés de la finance ni les étudiants. Au lieu de cela, les uns et les autres accordent de plus en plus d’intérêt aux...
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