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If You Want to Get Hired, Leave the BS Behind

Bob thought that it was a good idea to exaggerate his knowledge of the financial markets. He was wrong. He tried to play it cool, pretending to know a little too much about how to trade options. But when Frank (the man who would have become Bob’s boss) started asking specific questions, Bob scrambled. His true colors were shown, and […]

Five Ways to Break Into Wall Street

Do you have what it takes to work in the financial sector? Scott Bell, CEO of the wealth management firm MyGDP, has provided StreetID with his blueprint for breaking into Wall Street. I say this kind of tongue-in-cheek, but if you haven’t watched the movie Trading Places more than five times in your life before you’re applying for the job, […]

What’s the Key to Getting Hired on Wall Street?

If you’re having trouble getting hired, it might not have anything to do with the size of the job market. You might have simply failed to show prospective employers why you are the best person for the job. “The key is how you position yourself to show you are a cut above in your area of expertise,” said Price Headley […]

Five Quick Tips for Struggling Job Seekers

If you’re looking to get to work right now, Tom Busby has five tips to give your job hunt a boost. Busby is the founder and CEO of DTI, the Diversified Trading Institute. He’s bringing his wealth of knowledge to The Traders Expo Dallas, where he will be speaking on the topic of trading exotics (grains, bonds, gold and silver, […]

How Wall Street Can Recover

Wall Street may be improving, but it has yet to return to the good-old-days we experienced before the financial meltdown. What can be done to bring the industry back to its glory days? “I think there are multiple ways in which we could recover, whether it’s confidence or trustworthiness or prices,” Jeff White, the founder of TheStockBandit.com, told StreetID. “In […]

How to Build a Superior Wall Street Workforce

Don’t hire analysts fresh out of college, says one analyst. Let them gain experience in their respective industry first. “I would say it’s very important to have industry experience, because you only get insight by working in the industry,” Trip Chowdhry, the Managing Director of Equity Research at Global Equities Research, told StreetID. “When I say industry, I mean that […]

Movers and Shakers on Wall Street

From hires at TCW and Wunderlich Securities to a new firm built by former Merrill Lynch advisors, Wall Street has been very busy this month. Jerry Cudzil, a former Morgan Stanley managing director who specialized in trading high-yield debt, has joined the ranks of TCW. He comes to the firm as the Head of U.S. Credit Trading. According to On […]

Preparing for a Career in Security Analysis

After narrowing down your list of options, you’ve finally decided where you want to be on Wall Street. Now what? James D. Ragan, a senior equity analyst at Crowell, Weedon & Co., recommends that you start by taking an active role in following the financial markets. “Learn about a sector or a group of stocks and become an expert in […]

Number-One Tip for Getting Hired on Wall Street

If you’re not doing this, you could be hurting your job prospects on Wall Street. Or anywhere else, for that matter. It turns out that social media — a tool designed to bring us closer together — might actually be driving us farther apart. “I think there’s still no substitute for picking up the telephone and calling people up — […]

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