news - Morgan Talent

Six secret strategies for making recruiters call you back

You’ve sent your résumé in application for a job, but you have had no response. You’ve called a recruiter to draw attention to your availability but you have been ignored. You’re firing applications into a black hole and it’s getting depressing. What can you do about it? Two recruiters and one career coach offer the following tips.

Mar 05, 2013

8 Tips to Building a Championship Team

It’s been a great year for sports fans here in San Francisco. The Giants won the 2012 World Series in baseball and the 49ers took their season all the way to the Super Bowl in football. These are two great teams that share one trait that has been instrumental to their success.

Mar 05, 2013

Finance job interviews take twice as long, here are 10 tips to excel

If you want to get a financial services job, be patient. The average candidate now has to interview for six hours before an offer is extended – more than double the time required to get hired when the financial crisis hit in 2008, according to new research.

Mar 05, 2013

9 Entrepreneurship Principles You Shouldn’t Forget

The reasons as to why businesses fail can be many. Here’s what I think. The reason most businesses fail is because entrepreneurship is a lifestyle shift, which most entrepreneurs do succeed in. It is, however, the mind shift that’s an integral part of entrepreneurship that remains incomplete. Most entrepreneurs do make mistakes during the startup phase.

Mar 08, 2013

Seven interview pitfalls that will sink your application

Interviews are the final hurdle before bagging a new job, but many candidates have a talent for putting their foot in it. Headhunters vent their frustrations about where interviewees in financial services slip up.

Oct 17, 2013

Tips for Graduate Job Seekers

As a graduate, taking the first steps towards a new career is an exciting and rewarding experience, provided you are prepared, focused and flexible in your approach. Here are some practical suggestions to help you make a smooth and successful transition from study to the workforce.

Oct 24, 2013

How to Make Your Next Job the Best You Ever Had

While the best time to look for a new job is when you already have a job, once you get this job you worked so hard to find and claim, then what? The financial services sector is one of the most competitive industries on the planet. How do you keep from repeating the missteps you may have regretted in the last job, and keep it from becoming just another watering hole along your career trail? Here are a few ways to make your new job your most exceptional position ever.

Oct 24, 2013

5 Ways to Stay in Touch with Recruiters Without Annoying Them

Recruiters are busy people. Even in the current depressed job market, they’re pitching for scarce new business or dealing with a deluge of resumes from often desperate or irate candidates. The fact is that they may not have a position you’re suited to, but this doesn’t mean you should ditch the relationship, as we recently reported. After all, when the market does pick up, more candidates are likely to venture into the job market and people will be vying for their attention. At the same time, however, you don’t want to harass them with constant phone calls or irritating e-mails. Here are five ways of ensuring the relationship remains a happy one:

Oct 24, 2013

The five dos and don’ts of negotiating compensation

For many, it’s the most gut-wrenching part of any job search. Talking compensation is a good thing – as it typically signifies you’re close to an offer – but be too passive or too aggressive and it’ll cost you. Either you’ll end up leaving money on the table, or worse, you’ll scare off a potential offer. While admittedly there is no perfect strategy behind negotiating compensation, there are a few dos and don’ts to keep in mind, particularly when it comes to investment banking.

Nov 07, 2013

Perfecting your CV for finance jobs in China

China’s banking industry is dealing with some interesting challenges, but it remains a huge market for finance professionals, given its extensive and pervasive reach both domestically, and increasingly, internationally. The good news is that while locals are preferred candidates, there are opportunities for professionals from other parts of the world. Chinese language skills are obviously extremely helpful, but experience of working in the world’s major finance centres is in demand as China becomes an increasingly sophisticated financial hub. Skills needed include – among others – corporate and investment banking; deal origination; investment management; relationship management; compliance; and due diligence. But before your fire off your CV, take heed of advice from recruiters well-seasoned in the Chinese job market:

Nov 07, 2013

Eight top tips for getting a graduate job in the investment industry

There’s no shortage of advice on how students should go about getting into investment banking, but it’s often overlooked how competitive other areas of the financial sector are to break into. Wealth and fund management, as well as the consultants that support them, offer plentiful job opportunities for students, but also receive thousands of applications. In order to stand out from the crowd, Mark Standen, development partner at Barclays’ wealth and investment management and Narveen Maan, university recruiter at Towers Watson, offered some tips to graduates on what employers are looking for during an event on careers in investment by the CFA Institute supported by eFinancialCareers. The webcast is available to view here, but here are the most salient points.

Nov 29, 2013

Eight excellent reasons to hang on to a job you hate

There may seem only two good reasons for hanging on in a job that has become as appealing as shoveling excrement in torrential rain: i) you need the money and ii) there are no other jobs on offer. However, if you’re feeling trapped in a job you dislike simply because it pays the bills and there don’t seem any real alternatives, then you can buoy yourself up with this thought: there are some excellent reasons to hang on in a job, and they have nothing to do with being trapped there. Regardless of unpleasantness. careers specialists said you should stick in a job when…

Dec 03, 2013

Asking the Right Questions

Preparing relevant, insightful questions to ask at the interview shows initiative and your enthusiasm for the role on offer. Furthermore, it allows you to demonstrate your knowledge and research; a tactic guaranteed to impress any interviewer. Asking questions is also an important way to assess whether the role and company is a good fit for you, and will help you to make an informed decision if an offer is made.Below are some examples of general questions to ask. Tailor your selection around the aspects of the job that concern you most. Remember to only ask questions that you cannot research the answer to yourself, and listen carefully to information given during the interview in case your questions are answered.

Dec 09, 2013

Recent News