Marketing Research...

The job of the market researcher is to understand what it is that makes consumers buy what they buy. You could call them behaviourists of the consumers since they are the ones who know how to sell a product. These people know how to used surveys and focus groups to get insights to what people think of products and new items in ways to find out if certain things will be successful. This can be a money making job is handled...

Success as a Analyst...

Not only does an analyst need to understand Excel, Word, PowerPoint and Bloomberg, they also need to know when to support their boss and when to stay clear of him. Although posterior kissing is not a good thing to do, a good analyst knows how to observe, network and how to think. Side interests in poker or following stocks and foreign currencies are other tid bits of a successful analyst. This person works long hours as he...

Landing that Investment Job...

For those of you that are wondering how to begin to find that investment banking job you want, read here for some tips on just how to go about it. Know that the hiring process is typically done in January and February but as time goes by, don’t give up in March. Persistence is the key here and being knows by as many people as possible always helps. Your full time job before you get your job will be to approach each...

Competitive Banking...

We see more and more banks today combining and it has not stopped yet. This is a very competitive industry and will so many investment banks around, this business is hard fought. Now it seems the least profitable business is treasury bond trading. Because of this, salaries are doing down and other pressure is added by the electronic trading, which is becoming more popular. Employees are sent all over the world tracking down...

The Life of an Investment Analyst...

The life of an analyst is one of long hours along with some grunt work. These workers are generally undergraduates who are there to help their boss get the job well done. Although analysts can attend meeting, they are generally not requires to. Former analysts will posses and advantage over those without experience when recruiting from a MBA program. There are key skills that a good analyst will poses. For one, they need to...