Anonymous wrote:
Hi
I am a 41 year old Solicitor in Family Law. I have a 2:1 degree in Law and Postgraduate Diploma in legal practice.
Older qualifications include AAT/BTEC in Business and Finance (22 years ago!).
I want to change career and Corporate Banking is of interest to me. Relationship Manager.
I realise I will need to send some speculative applications, I have the transferable skills but will need Finance Training.
What are the prospects of such a Career Change? How on earth do you send speculative applications avoiding HR to the large banks eg. RBS and Barclays.
Their websites are geared up to online applications which I assume will go straight to HR.Your advice would be very much appreciated.
A senior manager in WH Marks Sattin's corporate fnance team replied:
Many thanks for your comment on our Job Doctor site.
In all honesty, we do not really recruit into the Relationship Banking divisions of our clients, however I hope these few points may help. I agree with what you say with regards to online applications. Yes, these will be run and monitored by their HR staff and there is a high probability that they dismiss a high percentage of applications if they are from different industries.
You also have to take into consideration the state of the market and ask if banks are going to be hiring into this function? Many of our clients are either letting people go at present or simply not hiring and consolidating the staff they already have.
I think the best option to change career at this time is to try and apply for a few roles both directly to the banks and maybe to agencies who specialise in this are of banking. Networking is also extremely important especially as Relationship managers should have the ability to utilise contacts from the outset. Sometimes it is a case of "who you know, rather than what you know".
I hope these brief points may be of assistance and I wish you the very best of luck with your job search.
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I am a Chartered Accountant with Big 5 experience. I have wide exposure from Banking, Manufacturing, trading and other industries. I am currently (past 15 years) in the Information Technology field in managerial position with extensive experience in global implementations and initiatives. I am 48 years old and am based in the USA.
I have prior work experience in UAE and am looking to move there for work at an executive level.
Do you assist someone like myself in this pursuit?
I AM FRENCH AND I AM A GRADUATE IN ECONOMIC AND MANAGEMENT FROM A FRENCH UNIVERSITY AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING FOR A JOB(IN FINANCE,banking economy related areas) IN NUMEROUS AGENCIES FOR MORE THAN 5 MONTHS AND EVERY TIME IT IS THE SAME REPLY YOU DON't "HAVE ENOUGH EXPERIENCES"
BUT THE POINT IS I HAVE TO FIND THIS EXPERIENCE SOMEWHERE
now I don't know where to looking to ? Can you advise me ?I'm really eager to learn and work.
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