So you want to work at Deloitte? You’ll need to get in line, and check your contacts list. As one of the Big Four professional services firms, Deloitte receives over 500,0000 applications every year for experienced roles, with only the […]
Author: Tiffany
“The Big Four in Singapore is a paradise for millennials. I don’t even mind leaving at 11pm”
I applied to my Big Four firm in Singapore as an auditor not because I was particularly ambitious, but because I thought it would be a stable graduate job (I have a BBA in accountancy from the National University of […]
“Bankers are hedonists. Traders are technicians”
As a trader with a bank, I want to address my colleagues in the investment banking division (IBD) who complain about how hard they work. We all work hard in finance. I know that you sometimes work late. I know that you […]
Death of the Christmas party? Why companies must avoid a joyless Noël
Sixty-one per cent of managers and directors are planning to spend less on their office Christmas parties, with 12% cancelling them altogether. What is going on? A joyless press release landed in my inbox last week. According to offices.co.uk, a provider […]
How Deutsche Bank is using technology to eliminate banking jobs
If you’re employed by Deutsche Bank and you see technologists taking an unusual interest in your workflows, then beware. Deutsche still has thousands of jobs to cut from its investment bank, and technology is its primary weapon in their elimination. “Eighty […]
In Asian banking, Christmas is no time to stop working if you want to make MD
It’s a common enough scenario in investment banking: you’re in the office over the Christmas season, but you don’t have nearly as much work on as usual (unless you have a bond deal to launch immediately after the New Year). […]
Bankers lament fashionistas’ superior Christmas
For many people in banking, both in London and on Wall Street, this is the last day of work until January 6th. But while people in finance wind down for the Christmas break, the spectre (specter if you’re in the […]
How to handle the hurt of being ditched by your banking job
When you work in banking, your relationship with your job is one of the most intimate in your life. When you work long hours, it’s easy to become very emotionally attached to your role and your colleagues. There’s nothing wrong […]
What you must wear when you first join Google in Singapore
If you joined Google in Asia Pacific very recently, you probably experienced a special event at the company’s regional headquarters in Singapore last month: your graduation ceremony as a ‘Noogler’. If you don’t work for Google, this is the tech […]
This is why 20-something bankers fail in Singapore and Hong Kong
Junior banking professionals in Singapore and Hong Kong are still in comparatively strong demand, even as firms such as Deutsche Bank trim senior staff in 2019. But if you’re an analyst or associate in Asia, the interview process for getting a new job […]
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