January 2012
2 posts
“The New Normal, previously believed to be bell-shaped and thin-tailed in its...”
– PIMCO | Investment Outlook - Towards the Paranormal
It’s entirely possible that Bill Gross is the only person in the world who thought that the New Normal was “bell-shaped and thin-tailed”.
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December 2011
99 posts
“Family love is messy, clinging, and of an annoying and repetitive pattern, like...”
– Friedrich Nietzsche , Slaughterhouse 90210 (via nevver)
jennifer-sun:
Lessons you can learn from Rudolph (and friends) about your Career Path
From Penn Career Services (Is it weird if I love these people?) By Anne Reedstrom & Claire Klieger
‘Tis the season for many holiday specials, including one of our favorites, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, which has a surprising number of career parallels–okay, maybe only if you’re someone who works in...
Wait, Who Viewed My Profile?
gigidowns:
Completely adorable holiday easter egg thingy from @LinkedIn today … although, I sort of wished one of Santa’s elves had been viewing my profile ;)
aol
patriciahandschiegel:
AOL is apparently not doing well.
It shouldn’t be a surprise. Many companies on the internet are not.
It’s not talked about because there’s a perception of tons of money and success and big valuations.
In reality, a lot of it is investor money, not revenue. Valuations are estimates. You can estimate a lot of things but it doesn’t change that estimations are not really...
by the way...
patriciahandschiegel:
…on the topic of monetization…
How things are monetized on information delivery and communications platforms has historically been different, entirely tied to specific platform and service. The internet as a platform combines these two environments in one, the only platform on either side to do so to date with exception to radio, which did allow it but not to the full...
“We wanted to create a simple, elegant LMS that covers 95% of instructors’ needs,...”
– The Ingenious Business Model Behind Coursekit, A Tumblr For Higher Education (via fastcompany)
How to Get More Pleasure from Your Money →
moneyisnotimportant:
Here’s a little tip for life: try to always have something to look forward to, no matter how small.
The power of anticipation in boosting our well-being is incredible. You know that feeling you get when you’re dreading giving a public talk or going to the dentist? That is the negative power of anticipation, but it also works the other way. We get enormous amounts of...
“The function of a ratings agency is to visit the field at the end of the battle...”
– John Heimann, Spring 1998 (former U.S. Comptroller of the Currency and later vice chairman of Merrill Lynch and chairman of the Financial Stability Forum)
How to Answer The 64 Toughest Interview Questions... →
comerecommended:
As you will read in the accompanying report, the single most important strategy in interviewing, as in all phases of your job search, is what we call: “The Greatest Executive Job Finding Secret.” And that is…
Find out what people want, than show them how you can help them get it.
Cold Calling Your Way Into Finance
capitalistconcept:
Full-time recruitment is almost complete. Even though it has been a tough recruitment season, I hope the students who put time into interview preparation and networking were rewarded with offers.
For those looking for summer internships, I wanted to share cold calling tips and methods that worked for me. Honestly, when I started, I was scared of cold calling- I was more...
Job Advice from a Wall Street Headhunter: Know... →
jobadvice:
I have to admit that in the first several years of my recruiting career I thought the strength interview question was lame. Boy have I changed my view. By probing a candidate on their strengths I learn so much about the candidate’s values, abilities, and skills. I recently spent three hours with a candidate probing her on her strengths.
My Top 10 Favorite Finance Blogs
capitalistconcept:
Over the last couple of years, I have bookmarked numerous blogs relating to finding a job in investment banking. Here is a list of the top 10 (12) blogs that made my Google Reader:
Mergers and Inquisitions - M&I is one of the most comprehensive blogs, written by a former investment banking analyst. Brian’s posts have...
“Naturally she had not realized it until now. How could she have? The goals we...”
– The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Milan Kundera (122)
NYT Dealbook: A Romance With Risk That Brought On... →
Although Mr. Corzine had been a United States senator, governor of New Jersey, co-head of Goldman Sachs and a confidant of leaders in Washington and Wall Street, he was at heart a trader, willing to gamble for a rich payoff.
Yet few appeared willing to check Mr. Corzine’s trading ambitions.
The review of his tenure also sheds new light on the lack of controls at the firm and the failure of its...
Acing the Phone Interview: Preparation Is Key |... →
comerecommended:
When you pick up the phone and an HR representative asks to speak to you for five minutes, you don’t want to be scrambling for a description of the job or trying to remember which ones you’ve applied to.
Keep a copy of all the jobs that you have applied to in a separate folder in your e-mail In box. When the recruiter calls, be sure to get her name, company and the job she is...
My Colleges and Careers: How to Find People to... →
mycollegesandcareers:
5. If you are too far away to do in person interviews with people at the company you want to work for, ask for a 15 minute phone interview instead. Sometimes phone interviews are actually preferred by executives because they take much less time in their busy schedules.