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2018
Edition 23
Finance
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Jobs and Skills most
internships sought-after
Applications, Advice from finance
CVs & letters professionals
Assessment days Sectors explained
& interviews
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WELCOME From the editor HOW TO GET STAR
2 CONTENTS Get started 4 Employers'
Financial services 84 In a nutshell 86 Whic
4 Employers 104, 114 Teach First Banking & in
5 Get started In this section 6 Welco
6 GET STARTED Welcome to your career in finance
`Markets continue to move whether I am awake
8 GET STARTED Sector snapshots Discover the ma
c A countancy and nancial management Every busin
10 GET STARTED Getting an internship and making
`I gained experience in handling a project
12 Think carefully about your skills and how they
`My internship broadened my knowledge around inv
14 GET STARTED From campus to corporate life M
Romana's story I had a number of internships whil
ARCHITECTS REQUIRED To lay foundations for busine
17 How to get hired In this section 18 T
18 HOW TO GET HIRED The top five skills finance
5. Enthusiasm Recruiters are impressed by candida
20 HOW TO GET HIRED Top candidates do their res
Recruitment information What recruitment proces
Hubs of activity: all the answers to getting hire
The TARGETjobs employer hubs will tell you... m
24 HOW TO GET HIRED Four steps to a smart appli
Apply early – places at many firms fill up on a
26 HOW TO GET HIRED Well-crafted CVs and coveri
HOW TO GET HIRED Applying to employers with a s
28 HOW TO GET HIRED Interviews 101: start with
To TA p interview tips from RGETjobs Inside Buzz
30 HOW TO GET HIRED 12 ways to ace assessment c
7. Show you're a quick learner Aptitude tests ass
IN A CHANGING WORLD, YOUR GROWTH IS OUR GROWTH.
Banking & investment Banking and investment is
34 BANKING & INVESTMENT In a nutshell T
Degree background People from a broad range of ba
36 BANKING & INVESTMENT Your banking career pla
r r Winter If you're a first-year student (o
38 BANKING & INVESTMENT Which banking employer
Know yourself As well as getting a sense of what
40 BANKING & INVESTMENT Which area of work?
BANKING & INVESTMENT Inter-dealer broking A
42 BANKING & INVESTMENT Investment banking
BANKING & INVESTMENT Investment management
44 BANKING & INVESTMENT Islamic finance Thi
BANKING & INVESTMENT Operations This job in
46 BANKING & INVESTMENT Private banking Man
BANKING & INVESTMENT Risk management This a
48 BANKING & INVESTMENT Sales, trading and r
One app. Hundreds of opportunities... Why leave
50 BANKING & INVESTMENT Spotlight on technol
`Working with the highly mutable global markets
52 BANKING & INVESTMENT How I got a job as a ra
On the graduate programme we participated in
54 BANKING & INVESTMENT How I became an executi
BANKING & INVESTMENT All about initial training
56 The gradu
Accountancy & financial management Accountancy
Introducing The future stars Tamera “The c
ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT In a nutshel
60 ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Choosing
`Why my firm? Recommendation
62 ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT How to de
Innovation Think of a time when you have taken wh
64 ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Which are
ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Assurance
66 ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Commer
ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Corporate
68 ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Corpor
ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Corporate
70 ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Financ
ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Forensic
72 ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Intern
ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Managemen
74 ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Risk a
ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Tax Get
76 ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT How I wen
ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT How I went f
Hubs of activity: all the answers to getting hire
ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Qualify as a
80 ACCOUNTANCY & FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT Professio
Chartered Accountants Ireland Qualification: Char
82 CPA Australia Qualification: Certified Prac
Financial services Financial services is gradua
84 FINANCIAL SERVICES In a nutshell M
Financial services gives you lots of transfera
86 FINANCIAL SERVICES Which employer should you
Training and professional qualifications All good
88 FINANCIAL SERVICES How to apply for a job in
Get involved – and keep a record This is your fin
90 FINANCIAL SERVICES Which area of work? To h
FINANCIAL SERVICES Actuarial work Actuaries
92 FINANCIAL SERVICES Insurance Insurance w
Types of graduate insurance employer Insurance
94 FINANCIAL SERVICES Regulation and complia
FINANCIAL SERVICES Retail banking If you're
96 FINANCIAL SERVICES Risk management Keepi
FINANCIAL SERVICES How I became a partner and s
98 FINANCIAL SERVICES How I got hired as a reta
How is the workload? At the beginning I was very
100 FINANCIAL SERVICES How I got hired as a fin
Delivered by IT not just `s for the boys!
102 FINANCIAL SERVICES Professional bodies
103 Institute and Fa
FIND WAYS TO OPEN MINDS, OPEN EYES AND OPEN DOO
If you're looking for a role related to finance,
106 FINANCE ALTERNATIVES Banking and finance
FINANCE ALTERNATIVES Economic and finance co
108 FINANCE ALTERNATIVES Management consulti
109 Postgraduate study In this section 11
110 POSTGRADUATE STUDY Further study in finance
Courses at a glance Research degrees (PhD) If you
112 MSc courses usually last one year full time o
113 A–Z of employers In this section 115 B
114 e How much a person achieves in life shou
Banking & investment Ban ma n m n y w a
116 Ba Imagining the future. Imagine how a fut
N B Who we are BNP Paribas Corporate & Instit
118 Cl Who we are Close Brothers is a leading
e D Build your career on brilliant ideas At D
120 S H HSBC is one of the largest bankin
Lo Who we are London Stock Exchange Group (LSE
122 M As one of the world's leading financial
M Our business Morgan Stanley is more than a
124 o N Nomura is an Asia-headquartered f
Op Over thirty years ago, Optiver started bus
126 Royal Bank of Canada is a premier investment
Accountancy & financial management management
128 D B BDO LLP is one of the UK's larges
D Dixon Wilson is a leading UK accountancy fi
130 FT About FTI Consulting: FTI Consulting is
C Did you know: 98 of the world's 100 global l
132 IC Extraordinary starts here. Chartered Acc
Ke Who we are Kerry Group is a world leader in
134 M Your years at Mazars... Years that coun
When you're starting out in your career it can be
136 Sk 28 years of experience. 22 million cus
H U About us Do you aspire to join a modern a
138 Financial services
Al Who we are At Allianz Insurance, we provide
140 m A American Express is a global serv
Few things are certain in life. Economic upheaval
142 Ba Are you an ambitious and enthusiastic
CI CII The CII is the world's largest professi
144 S H HSBC is one of the largest bankin
y H Brighter futures aren't down to chance At
146 The Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA)
LC LCP is a firm of financial, actuarial and
148 Jobfinder Find out what employers offer their
Graduates sought Applicat
150 Jobfinder Find out what employers offer their
Graduates sought Applicat
152 Julian Clary presents the J.P. Morgan, PwC an
Supporting tomorrow's professionals today The CII