Моя стара робота розвинула мою модельку для розрахунку робочих місць у фінінсовому секторі ( Read more... )

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'In my 30 years working I have had two extended periods 'between jobs', and I learned some valuable lessons along the way that I'd like to share with you.

Both occasions I've been out of work have been in the last 10 years, and my personal experience of each was rather different.

Being  ( Read more... )

11 Financial Firms, 11 Disasters 2008-2012

Top Firm Cuts Staff, Investment Bankers Generally Said To 'Face Termination'

Regulator: 'No, I Don't Like Being Called An Idiot'

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'I come into the office around 7, in time for the 7.15 morning meeting. There'll be salespeople there, and traders. The traders will get up and give their ideas; basically they're telling the salespeople, this is what you should be pushing with clients. Salespeople have spoken to their regular clients, and they might say, there's massive client ( Read more... )

"The world of finance is a way of life. I also know men in corporate law who were in a conference call when their wives went into labour. And trust me, they did not come out of that call until they had finished. That sort of thing happens in finance too, you either play the game or you sit on the sidelines. Nobody at my husband's bank with a ( Read more... )

Why the uncharitable City is such an attractive career prospect for Oxford students

Як же його звали, того аспіранта-хіміка, що жив у моєму гуртожитку в Оксфорді? Крейґ Тейлор, здається. Ніколи мені він не подобався, а надто -- коли він горланив від радості, коли його взяли на роботу у якусь фінансову контору Сіті: WE WILL BE FUCKING RICH!!!