The cold numbers and profit-first logic of the finance world can make finance graduates feel like robots. Financial firms place a premium on dispassionate advising and an adherence to regulations to protect the investments of clients big and small. While it is important to maintain an impeccable standard of performance, finance graduates need to make some aspects of their jobs personal to provide the best service possible.
Finance graduates need to take a micro level approach to their job on occasion to stay grounded. The temptation for many graduates is to look at commission numbers and the portfolios of larger clients to increase efficiency on the job. An occasional review of stock holdings, investments and the financial overview for a young family or a small-scale investor can bring the importance of doing a good job home for overwhelmed graduates.
There is a way for finance graduates to make work personal with each document completed and each trade managed. Finance graduates can think about each action in terms of its reflectivity of their own values. A financial advisor with knowledge of a risky new venture can ask if a more conservative trade would be appropriate for a client. Quarterly and annual adjustments of financial portfolios can be viewed in light of the potential benefits for the account holder.
A graduate also needs to look at the practices and missions of his employer during an evaluation of daily practices. It is impossible for a finance graduate to follow self-imposed ethics and best practices guidelines when an employer is not providing adequate resources. Finance graduates need to take advantage of every opportunity to express their opinion in order to shape the direction of their employer. A combination of advisory positions, informal comments in meetings and official comments through internal documents ensures professional comfort for finance graduates.
The most important way for finance graduates to make work personal is to look at long term goals. Graduates need to think about their desired destination in five, ten and twenty years as they help clients find the best investments. A financial graduate is best served to treat customers with respect and show an unimpeachable work ethic to employers in order to build a strong reputation. Finance graduates need to work for the job they want while they work in their present job to meet their professional goals.
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Help answer the question about graduate jobs
Do most students have jobs when entering graduate school?Do most graduate students have jobs/internships or do they just remain full time students?
And if they do have a job, are they ones that they have found in their own time or are they jobs offered through their undergraduate school?
Any graduates/post graduates/in the know – please tell me!
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Mike Sandiford is the Sales Manager at JustClick, who are a leading source of Graduate Jobs and Graduate Careers, also offering a Graduate Lifestyles portal with news and reviews on current affairs.
I did the same picture but with charcoal x)
It didnt came out right though:s
lovely work^^
Where does the corporate culture lie between these extremes: autocratic top-down decision making vs empowered employees given free reign to pursue creative approaches to given tasks.
In some places employees who point out inherent weaknesses in corporate policy are viewed as whistle-blowing troublemakers: at other places the very same people are thanked for pointing out opportunities for improvement. Where do you see this organization?
I have seen companies that count years of service as the primary factor in deciding who to promote. I have seen others where a young person right out of college who has good mastery of analytical software become far more efficient and therefore, more likely to be promoted despite their young age. At this company, who would be more likely to be promoted?
In these three examples, the quick answer you give is irrelevant, because everyone knows what you're "supposed" to say. The real answer will come in the quality and depth of examples you give, and how passionately you convey the answers. The candidates will be able to smell if you are making up answers just to get them to sign on.