Les femmes seraient plus susceptibles de convoquer le souvenir d’anciens partenaires sexuels que les hommes. Des politiciens aux stars du porno, toutes sortes de personnages inattendus peuvent surgir dans nos fantasmes. Certaines études ont cependant démontré que dans le domaine […]
Author: Tracy
How to get a job in private equity? Interview between 1am and 8am
This year’s private equity (PE) recruitment season is underway. And it is more mad than ever before. “It’s on, it’s all on. It’s very intense,” says one headhunter. “They are going bonkers,” says another. Private equity funds have always chased […]
Why women in banking mismanage headhunter calls
Women, take the call! From many years’ experience as an executive search consultant, I know I can call a male executive about an opportunity and, almost without exception, he will take the time to listen. Even if he ultimately is […]
“Fintech jobs are a huge opportunity for young people”
If you’re looking for a job after you leave university, Matt Cheung, a serial entrepreneur in the financial services sector, says you should broaden your search. Don’t just look for graduate jobs in the big banks when a faster-growing and […]
Why finance recruiters don’t respond to your applications
Why don’t financial services recruiters respond when you apply for jobs? The populist response to this common question usually involves some recruiter bashing, but I’d like to provide a different and more balanced perspective (if not a full-blooded case for […]
Recruter en visio : comment “gommer les barrières qui distordent les soft skills”
Avec la crise du Covid, de nombreux entretiens d’embauche se déroulent en visioconférence. Lors de ces entretiens bien différents de ceux qui ont lieu en physique, managers et RH devront veiller à se montrer bienveillants, attentifs et organisés. La crise […]
Jamie Dimon’s four reasons why working from home isn’t great
JPMorgan still has a lot of its staff working from home, and it will still have plenty of people working from home in future. Writing in the banks’ shareholder letter that prefaces its new annual report, JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says the bank […]
Goldman Sachs juniors have been resigning in Frankfurt
As Goldman Sachs grows its businesses in the European Union, the number of juniors it employs in Frankfurt and Paris is rising, and the firm appears to be running into some problems retaining them. Sources at Goldman Sachs in Frankfurt […]
Graduates flock to the Big Four in “toughest job market in a generation”
If you can’t get one of the comparatively few graduate jobs on offer in investment banks, there’s always the Big Four accountancy and professional services firms (EY, KPMG, PWC and Deloitte). – They hire far more people than banks do, and they […]
Computer science student shares long journey to job offer
In theory, studying a degree in computer science should leave you well-placed to find a job when you graduate irrespective of the COVID pandemic. – Together with home aides and fast-food workers, software programmers have some of the most in-demand […]