Careers in Finance

This book provides a comprehensive guide for those seeking a career in financeComprehensive coverage and well-organized chapters offer an overview of the career path, discussion of qualifications, employment settings, earnings, and interviews with people on-the-job.Packed with hard-hitting information on the variety of careers in communications plus an appendix of sources of additional information.

Trudy Ring has written on business and finance for newspapers, magazines, and reference books. She was a reporter for Pensions & Investments for six years, and her business writing also has appeared in Global Finance, USA Today, and The International Directory of Company Histories. Ms. Ring also writes on other subjects, ranging from health to the arts.

Acknowledgments

v

Foreword

vii

Financial Services: An Introduction

1

(14)

Career Options

The Job Market

Profile of a Valuable Job Applicant

The MBA

Coping with a Diverse Workforce

Entrepreneurship

Corporate and Public Finance Departments

15

(14)

The Corporate World

The Public Sector

Portfolio Management

29

(10)

Career Options

The Global Perspective

Investment Consulting

Financial Planning

Investment Banking

39

(4)

Underwriting

Mergers and Acquisitions

Job Outlook

Trading

43

(14)

The Brokerage Firm

Securities Exchanges---On the Floor and Upstairs

Securities Sales Worker (Stockbroker)

Entrepreneur on the Exchange---The Individual Trader

Job Outlook

Banks, Savings and Loans, and Credit Unions

57

(8)

The Community Bank and Beyond

A Cooperative Effort: Credit Unions

Other Careers in Finance

65

(30)

Actuary

Underwriter

Insurance Agent and Broker

Claims Representative

Bank Officer

Bank Worker

City Manager

Computer Programmer

Investment Manager

Market Analyst

Designing a Winning Resume

95

(16)

Job Search Strategies

Designing an Effective Resume

Composing an Effective Cover Letter

111

(12)

Producing the Cover Letter

Obtaining an Interview

Adjusting to the New Job

Appendix A Selected Professional Associations

123

(6)

Appendix B Further Reading in Career Planning

129

(2)

Appendix C Selected Universities and Colleges

131

(48)

Glossary

179

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