After a difficult 2020, it’s starting to look times are changing for students in search of investment banking jobs. As deal volumes go through the roof and current juniors complain of intolerable workloads, most banks are desperate to hire new junior staff as soon as […]
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The graduate jobs that receive the fewest applications
If you can’t find a graduate job this year, maybe you should ‘pivot’ your application into something different? 2020-2021 is proving to be a dire year for student hiring, but some sectors are easiest to get into than others. As […]
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 […]
“Entry level tech jobs have vanished thanks to COVID”
I’m a masters student at one of the top universities in the U.K. and am studying computer science. This year, it seems that entry level jobs in technology have almost disappeared. I’m one of the lucky ones: I completed an […]
Goldman Sachs is expanding its programme for low income students
If you aspire to get a graduate job at Goldman Sachs in 2023 and you don’t come from a family filled with relatives who’ve worked in banking, don’t worry. Goldman has a reputation for hiring people from outside of the upper middle classes […]
Some students have a problem with banks’ virtual internships
The virtual internships are coming. Bank of America’s virtual interns arrive next week, on June 15th. Goldman, Citi and JPMorgan’s are all turning up on July 6th. Most other banks with pandemic-inspired remote programmes have similar timing. For some students, the virtual internships will be […]
A chart for students who want to work in capital markets roles
If you’re a student who’s interested in working in a capital markets job and you’re in the earliest stages of wondering precisely what capital markets are and why you might want to work in them, a new report from BNP Paribas and ThinkTank New […]
Great Students Don’t Necessarily Make Great Employees—Here’s Why
Katie Parrott’s college career advisor used to put her in the category of “ostrich person.” The term was reserved, she recalls, for students who’d “stick their head in the sand and pretend that school was never going to end.” In […]
125 students chasing every job as financial regulator doubles graduate hiring
The UK Financial Conduct Authority is doubling its student intake, but don’t count on getting a job there. In its annual report for 2018/2019, published today, the FCA says it’s more than doubled its intake of students from 41 a year […]
Goldman Sachs’ fast track to trading jobs for female students is now open
If you’re a female student at a European university, you graduate in 2021, and you’re interested in a career in sales and trading, Goldman Sachs would like to hear from you. The U.S. investment bank has just opened applications for its EMEA trading academy. Around 25 (maybe more) […]