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Friday, 16 May 2008

Getting into finance as a graduate

Anonymous wrote:

I am French and I am a graduate in economics and management from a French university and 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 experience" but the point is I have to find this experience. Now I don't know where to look? Can you advise me? I'm really eager to learn and work.

A senior manager in WH Marks Sattin's Banking and Finance division replied:

As a raw graduate, I'm afraid you will have been receiving the same response from many Banking agencies as our clients tend to come to us for qualified candidates. Most Banks have their own in-house graduate recruitment schemes which means that they do not need to come to agencies like ourselves for this level. There are specialist graduate recruiters out there and I suggest that you target firms like this. I understand your frustration, however I would suggest logging onto the Banks' websites directly and clicking on their graduate recruitment links.

Best of Luck in your search.

WH Marks Sattin


Jobs in banking and finance

1 comment:

Krish said...

Hi,

I need advice related to shifting to pre-sales or sales consulting from Product Management (or Development). Please let me know your advice.

Below is the brief resume for your perusal.

Ø 7 Years Experience at SAP AG and in total 9 years experience in IT
Ø More than 4 Years Financial Product Management in SAP Mid-market Solution

Ø Financial Solution defined in Payment, AP, AR, Treasury (Roll-in from Customer)

Ø Financial Service - Banking Product Development Experience

Ø Multi-Cultural Team Co-ordination Experience

Ø 1 year Experience in Marketing

Ø Studied Engineering with Post Graduate Diploma in Business Management (Major: Marketing)

Ø Strong Communication and Client Facing Skills

Thank you and best regards
KK