This job is at one of the most successful Retail Banks in the UK, with industry leading expertise in analytics. The group has experienced tremendous growth and is looking to continue this over the coming years. To support this and take a leading role in a heavily project-based environment, there is a newly created role: Lead Credit Strategy Analyst Continue reading
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Networking Tips for Career Growth and Hidden Jobs
Here’s a fact to get started: Employers love referrals and first look to tap their own workers for people they know that can fill open positions. It is cheaper and provides higher quality recruitment. By networking, you increase your chances of being personally referred and thus have your foot in the door.
Now, lets quickly cover the following questions:
1. Why Network With People?
2. Five Networking Tips To Get Started.
3. Quick Networking Hints.
4. Sources To Start Your Network.
1. WHY NETWORK WITH PEOPLE?
It’s true, some of the best jobs are never advertised. Many are filled by successful job seekers who networked with the right people and got the job before it was ever advertised. Its a fact that informal networking is a great method to gain more job leads and information about job opportunities that are not normally advertised. There is more to successful networkingthan just talking to your friends. To be a successful networker you must have as many contacts as possible hear your pitch andunderstand that you are in the job market. There are manystudies and surveys that clearly show that networking made thedifference for successful job seekers. Now that you understand the power of networking, here are some tipsand advice that will help you get started. Continue reading
Top Employers for Software Programming Jobs
Above list is by Baseline. Reference: baselinemag.com/careers/slideshows/
It is surprising that Google and Yahoo are missing in the above list of top employers because they are two of the leading Internet companies whose business is based on successful high-end programming. If IBM, HP, Disney and UnitedHealth can make into the above list, then there are bigger employers in like Infosys, Cognizant, TCS, Wipro. If JPMorgan Chase is there, then Amex, HSBC and Barclays should also be there!
UK Study: Graduates Boost Economic Growth
New NIESR research published today by the Department for Business Innovation and Skills highlights the importance of graduate skills to the UK economy. Looking across developed economies, we found that – as both economic theory and common sense would predict – countries which increased their share of graduates in the workforce saw labour productivity grow faster. For the UK, we estimate that roughly one-third of the increase in labour productivity between 1994 and 2005 can be attributed to the accumulation of graduate skills in the labour force. In other words, a substantial share of the UK’s economic growth over this period was driven by the expansion of higher education and the resulting increase in the proportion of workers who have a graduate-level qualification. Read full post by David Wilkinson here:
http://niesr.ac.uk/blog/graduates-boost-productivity
Jobs: Junior Broker for Alternative Investments, London
Job Description: Highly energentic sales people required – for an established and reputable Alternative Asset Management firm based in London is seeking to expand its highly successful sales floor.
As a broker your role will entail: Discussing investment opportunities. Identifying clients with investible funds and discuss current holdings and investments. Junior Brokers will refer warm leads to Senior Brokers to close business. Senior Brokers will receive warm leads to close. Continue reading