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    Getting That First Job or Internship In Finance: Proven steps to launching your career with help from an insider
    Getting That First Job or Internship In Finance: Proven steps to launching your career with help from an insider
    Getting That First Job or Internship In Finance: Proven steps to launching your career with help from an insider
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    Getting That First Job or Internship In Finance: Proven steps to launching your career with help from an insider

    By Wayne Walker

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    ""One of the best Internship books of all time" - BookAuthority"


    If you dream of entering finance as a trader, wealth manager, sales pro, analyst, etc., but unsure of how to do it? If you are serious, then learn from someone who has been on all sides of the job table, as an employee, Regional Manager (responsible for hiring investment bankers), entrepreneur and finance career coach. Wayne shares knowledge gained from working globally in finance from New York City, London, Scandinavia, Latin America, China, and the Middle East.


    He will take you from where you are and guide you with unique and insider content to help you secure that first job or internship. It is as if Wayne is there with you. His advice has been proven to help thousands of students to secure their first Jobs in the world of finance.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPublishdrive
    Release dateMar 17, 2019
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    Wayne Walker

    Wayne is known for the success that his students and readers of his books have. He is a trader trainer, coach and entrepreneur in demand. From his base in Copenhagen, this demand has led to trader training & speaking engagements in the United States, China, Jamaica, Norway, United Kingdom, Sweden, etc. Prior to Europe, he was based in New York City. His books are used to teach some of the world's brightest for ex. at Copenhagen Business School & Nanjing University. He is also a guest columnist to several financial magazines, for example CryptoCoin.news and in Spanish at Estrategias de Inversión. He has held several positions in investment banking including: Regional Manager for teams of Investment Advisors servicing North America & Middle East Regions (based in Denmark and London), Training Consultant to financial institutions. He also headed the Trader Training program at a leading investment bank. 

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      Getting That First Job or Internship In Finance - Wayne Walker

      Getting That First Job or Internship In Finance

      Proven steps to launching your career with help from an insider

      Wayne Walker

      © Copyright 2019 by Wayne Walker, All rights reserved.

      This book was written with the goal of providing information that is as accurate and reliable as possible. Professionals should be consulted as needed before undertaking any of the actions endorsed herein.

      This declaration is deemed fair and valid by both the American Bar Association and the Committee of Publishers Association and is legally binding throughout the United States.

      Furthermore, the transmission, duplication or reproduction of any of the following work, including precise information, will be considered an illegal act, irrespective whether it is done electronically or in print. The legality extends to creating a secondary or tertiary copy of the work or a recorded copy and is only allowed with express written consent of the Publisher. All additional rights are reserved.

      The information in the following pages is broadly considered to be a truthful and accurate account of facts, and as such any inattention, use or misuse of the information in question by the reader will render any resulting actions solely under their purview. There are no scenarios in which the publisher or the author of this work can be in any fashion deemed liable for any hardship or damages that may befall them after undertaking information described herein.

      Table of Contents

      Getting That First Job or Internship In Finance

      Introduction: Why this book?

      We begin by getting to the point

      Getting this network on campus

      Finance career paths & the impact of technology

      Resume or CV?

      The interview

      Some notes on phone or online interviews

      The job offer

      Negotiating the salary

      Making the most of the internship or student job

      The first job after graduation

      The social scene

      The GCMS Finance Assessment Exercise

      Finance candidate interview questions

      Resources

      Conclusion

      Profile of The Author

      The GCMS assessment answer sheet

      Introduction: Why this book?

      The question that must be answered for any book of this type is, why? What’s the point? Am I just filling the pages with words, or is there some clear value that will be provided to the readers. I will skip the suspense. I believe this book accomplishes the goal of delivering value in as many pages that are needed but without excess (my other books are known for getting to the point).

      In the following pages, I will share, in straight talk, what is needed to open the doors to a job or career in finance. The straight talk is coming from my personal experience of working in the banking and finance sectors across several countries and continents. Most important for readers are the ideas that I have

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