Question

When you hear on the news that banks around the world are cutting 330,000 jobs and expect to give pink slips to another eighteen thousand in the next eighteen months, you have to wonder whether it makes sense to major in finance. If you are thinking of majoring in finance, these two articles will cheer you up: “Finance: Post-Crisis, Still a Hot Major”, and “2011 Finance Employment Outlook” . Answer the following questions:

1.If you had your choice, what type of finance position would you want after graduation? Why?

2. If you were not able to find a position in your preferred area, what would be your second choice? Why?

3. What could you do as a student to differentiate yourself and be more competitive in a tough job market?

Answer 1

1) After graduation i would like to join an audit firm to gain the practicle accounting knowledge and later on move to Mergers and Acquisitions division to work on the financial buy side and sell side transactions.

2) My second choice would be to join as a trainee in a small firm to gain big learning experience in the firnance division it is necessary to gain the learning and get an idea about the finance division working of a corporate.

3) As a student i would try to learn a couple of analytics tool to make myself more competitive and have an edge among the others.