In today’s increasingly automated financial sector, computer skills are more useful than ever. The summer holidays are a great time to consider investing in your IT skills to make yourself an even more valuable asset to firms, who now receive applications from many candidates offering far more than just decent Excel skills. Although it is by no means a requirement for most jobs in finance (unless applying to something directly tech related), a browse through linked-in vacanci

Hi all, I hope that you are all enjoying your summer holidays and are following Sarah’s advice for keeping up over summer and have used Megan’s post to help set up a LinkedIn profile. It was extremely difficult to narrow all the incredible women in the world of finance down to just five but I have chosen women with very different roles to demonstrate the variety of career paths possible and I hope that these women will inspire you to aim high and that you find their words of

Hi all, Hope you are all having a fantastic summer break! As some of you may already know, the time of the year where companies begin opening vacancies for graduate jobs and internships is approaching. It is therefore important to prepare for this in order to maximise your chances of success. One form of preparation you may choose to do is to set up a LinkedIn account. LinkedIn is a website (and mobile app) that allows you to connect with people you may know, read and share n