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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostThanks for all the positive advice and help I received on here today. I know you're busy people so thank you.
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Originally posted by corndogPerhaps your own advice is best?
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Thanks for all the positive advice and help I received on here today. I know you're busy people so thank you.
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Oh bother
Originally posted by suityou01 View PostIt's not though. Why won't you just listen for a second? You are the one telling me I am being given good advice and how I should be listening? Yet I am the one who is consistently being knocked back for roles because I don't have the relevant industry experience.
How do I counter that? "But but but I have lots of experience relevant to the role, I've done this role countless times at xyz company" just doesn't cut it. Unless you have an RBS/London markets/PPI/Cards/Payments/Whatever the lofty skill I don't have is I am getting nowhere.
For the sake of the peace I will say thanks for all the advice, you've been a big help I will mull it all over.
If of course anyone has a bright idea how to stop getting knocked back, and this pertains to how to "blag" experience I don't have to pass the first sift then I would be most keen to hear it.
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How old are you?
How's your warchest?
Plan b time?
Might be just the time to jump ship completely. It took 12 weeks for me to go from "where's my next gig coming from" to "hello, how can I help" (and no, I'm not a burger flipper, or call centre chicken)
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Suity, don't forget that we're heading towards the end of the financial year so a lot of projects are being held back.
See what April brings.
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Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostWHS
Change it to something like Max Power. Norrahe changed hers last week to Busty Galore and she's already been offered a gig in Amsterdam working for a fruit and veg importer(she said) called the Banana Bar.
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Dunno if this helps, but I do see roles for software houses who develop for the financial markets. Could be a foot in the door (as the agents will just see 'finance' on the old CV)? Finance experience is often not required.
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostI am the same, no aptitude for coding beyond putting together batch files for automating processes/
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Originally posted by Bunk View PostAnd investment banks aren't the only companies hiring at the moment. They may be the only ones paying a rate you're prepared to work for, but that's a separate issue.
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Originally posted by TheFaQQer View PostYou don't. You tailor the CV so that it highlights your ability to be a BA in ANY sector (or even EVERY sector). Then you explain to the agent that getting someone in with pre-conceived ideas about how it should be done, without bothering to understand what the client wants and needs is a really bad idea.
You need to convince them that they don't WANT someone with the baggage of how they should be doing it (apparently, there was something wrong with a couple of processes that banks were following a few years back, resulting in massive losses and a global crash - you may have read about it). What they NEED is someone who can analyse any business and help produce the best solution for them, rather than what everyone else is doing.
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looking back on your posts you have been looking for a role for about 4 weeks,
Man up.
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Originally posted by suityou01 View PostHow do I blag a BA role in an investment bank, that needs, lets see now, I know, experience of back office and trade legs?
You need to convince them that they don't WANT someone with the baggage of how they should be doing it (apparently, there was something wrong with a couple of processes that banks were following a few years back, resulting in massive losses and a global crash - you may have read about it). What they NEED is someone who can analyse any business and help produce the best solution for them, rather than what everyone else is doing.
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Originally posted by eek View PostLet him off. He wants to be an american cowboy and is living his dream (well nightmare).
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