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  • REVIEW MY CV: I have 11 years execution trading experience, please let me back in

    I anticipate that my CV may attract some derision on this site, so this is being written under the cloak of anonymity. I have many years experience as a sales trader and trader, but since leaving the market in 2005 have been working as a retail financial advisor and attempting unsuccessfully to find a new trading position. I would appreciate constructive comments about my CV and advice on how I... Read more

  • REVIEW MY CV: Should I take a more junior role to build my skillset?

    "I am looking for an equity analyst role, preferably on the buy side. This includes hedge funds, private equity houses and long only fund managers. I am willing to take a more junior role in order to build up my skillset within fundamental equity research. So far the response to my CV has been slower than hoped for with very few meaningful leads. Helpful feedback is very welcome." AUG... Read more

  • GUEST COMMENT: Who’d be a headhunter anyway?

    In light of recent news that ex-head of RBS investment banking Johnny Cameron has quit executive search firm Odgers Berndtson after only a week in his chosen new career, here’s why (as a banker myself), I don’t really blame him. Reason 1: Culture shock Sitting in your management eyrie, all plush furnishings and fluffy secretaries, your interactions with the headhunting fraternity will be along the lines of nailing them on... Read more

  • Help! I haven't been promoted

    I have not been promoted this year so now I am technically a fourth year M&A analyst. Upon enquiry, I was told there was a general promotion freeze (if so, there were quite a few exceptions from what I see). They do not seem to plan on firing me (although you never know) but clearly there is a problem. So if I try to follow Plan B and apply elsewhere, what... Read more

  • GUEST COMMENT: How to live like a normal person

    In my experience it is quite possible to live on a moderate income. Here is how I, a not unsuccessful trader, achieve it - Holidays: It is not necessary to spend thousands on a luxury 5 star holiday in the Maldives or Dubai. There are credible non-trendy alternatives at fraction of the price. I am not recommending package holidays in Spain or self-catering hell at Butlins, I am suggesting reducing... Read more

  • What, exactly, is wrong with my CV?

    I'm a young and ambitious MBA graduate with over eight years of wide ranging experience in financial services. Unfortunately I joined investment banking at the wrong time and have been laid off twice in less than six months. I'm keen to pursue a long term career in capital markets, but am getting nowhere fast. In a market, where senior bankers are struggling to find jobs, how can I, with little... Read more

  • “I have lost three jobs in a row”

    I have a dilemma on my hands, and would like some advice. I’m an investment banker in the Gulf who has suffered from the recent turmoil in the markets. My career began four years ago at one of the largest Islamic investment banks in Kuwait. In 2007, I received an offer from a well-known European investment bank to come and work in London. Unfortunately, however, the job fell... Read more

  • Ageism – one banker's personal perspective

    After 30+ years plus in global custody and middle-office operations, it seems to me ageism is still rife in financial services. Over the years, I’ve dealt successfully with various employment agencies as an employer. However, when the boot is on the other foot and people of my age are looking for a job, it’s a different story. Positions are advertised on various job sites which I know for a fact I... Read more

  • Living dangerously: Diary of an ABS Professional, Week 19

    In which Mr ABS lays his woes firmly at the door of the Government. Last week RBS announced it was letting 200 people go. Unlike other banks, it seems to have held on until the liquidity crisis got really bad before making serious redundancies. Citigroup and Lehman have had no such compunction – both have announced redundancies already and are sadly set to announce more in the weeks to come. Having been... Read more

  • Guest comment: How to make it (or not) as a woman in hedge funds

    An (anonymous female) contributor explains why there aren't more women in hedge funds. I don't have a finance background – I grew up in the country and started out as a trader bidding grain before moving into financial arbitrage. From there I went to Goldman Sachs and Bear Stearns as a prop trader before setting up with a colleague in 1998: it was incredibly difficult to get people to put money... Read more

  • Guest comment: The maternity merry-go-round

    Children and banking careers don't mix, according to one anonymous female banker. As the mother of two children I've had two periods of maternity leave in quick succession. In some ways it must have been a logistical nightmare finding cover – I was away for six months, back at work for nine or 10, and then away again for another six. Have I been unfairly treated as a result of taking time... Read more

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