Weekly Minute: Shanghai Hiring, Jefferies Jobs Safe
Here are the top job opportunities of last week.
Facing a significant talent shortage, banks in Shanghai are actively seeking western candidates to fill jobs created by deregulation. These include product-development, finance, risk, IT, M&A and management roles. And you don’t need to speak Mandarin!
Tools to get the job:
How to Apply for a Finance Job in Asia
How to Get a Finance Job Abroad
The Safest Jobs in Finance
Tip: Summer Internships Going Nowhere
Banks like Goldman Sachs, Citigroup and Morgan Stanley have no plans to scale back their undergraduate- and graduate-level internship programs. In fact, these institutions have widened their candidate pool and are eyeing students with diverse personal and academic backgrounds.
Tools to get the job:
What Not to Say in a Job Interview
The Ten Worst Things to Put in Your Cover Letter
Tip: Merger Has Jefferies Train Running Full Steam
Jefferies has agreed to be acquired by holding company and minority investor Leucadia. The move should enable Jefferies to continue its aggressive growth without the backing of a competing bank.
Tools to get the job:
The Perfect Investment Banking Resume
Seven Ways to Keep Your Resume Out of the Trash
The Perfect M&A Resume
Finance Jobs Slip as Confidence Drops
Overall confidence among U.S. finance and accounting employees dipped for the second consecutive quarter as workers battle through a general sense of uncertainty over the economy.
The Top 10 Best Financial Services Offices to Work In
Even though the hours can be rough, financial firms can quite literally be cushy places to work.
Canadian Investment Banks Are Now Making Some Cuts
Firms like CIBC, Macquarie Group and Canaccord are among those downsizing.
