Summary. Especially as life spans and careers get longer, we hear more about careers with two phases: A steady, effortful climb upward towards commercial success, and then a second phase dedicated to service to others. But for many women, the […]
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Students’ mental health suffering from banks’ automated recruitment systems
Investment banks are currently accepting applications for 2021 graduate placements and summer internships. Faced with hundreds of applications per job, most use automated applicant processing systems incorporating things like Pymetrics psychometric games, HireVue digital interviews and HackerRank coding tests (if you’re applying for a tech job). Most students will […]
Morgan Stanley’s reminder of how banking careers die
Banking is an industry known for its cyclicality. In human terms, this means that it’s known for hiring people when the future looks promising and then firing them again when it doesn’t. Theoretically, losing a job at the bottom of the […]
Junior private bankers in Singapore and Hong Kong can’t make their favourite career move
Joining a boutique private bank was once a fairly standard career move for junior relationships managers trying to escape the more rigid market coverage and management structures at the likes of UBS and Credit Suisse. But as smaller players such […]
Should you resign after two years in your finance job?
There’s one thing we all have in common as financial services professionals here in the United States. We have the highest professional voluntary job turnover out of our economic competitors. According to HealthStatus, two of the top 5 stressors we […]
Goldman Sachs partner describes the reality of careers at GS
The next time you’re wondering what it’s like to spend your entire career at Goldman Sachs, you might want to listen again to the presentation made by Timothy O’Neill, global co-head of the consumer and investment management Division (CIMD) at Goldman’s […]
4 Signs You Should Not Get A New Job Right Now
More than 3.5 million Americans quit their jobs every month, hoping to find new positions that will boost their quality of life. According to a CNBC|SurveyMonkey survey, nearly a third of workers stated that they considered getting a new job within the previous […]
This is who Goldman Sachs will be mostly hiring in 2020
If you’re a technology professional who’s thinking of working in finance, you might want to send your CV to Goldman Sachs. The U.S. bank is far more heavily skewed towards technology recruitment than its rivals right now. Goldman Sachs’ own […]
The finance jobs where hiring will be hottest in 2020
If you want a new finance job in 2020, you will have more luck applying to some roles than others. This year is already off to a volatile start, so what applies now might have changed by the time you get your […]
Goldman Sachs is targeting new schools in its hunt for engineers
As we’ve reported in the past few weeks, Goldman Sachs has big plans for its technology (engineering) division. Engineers already account for around 25% of the firm’s headcount and as Goldman moves to become more of a ‘platform business’ this is proportion is likely […]