Banking, Finance & Insurance
The Banking and Investment and fields have experienced a boom period since 2001. Insurance is picking up after lean few years.
Banking and finance sectors have been severely shaken in recent months, and several of the major organisations have halted recruitment and looking at ways to cut costs. Redundancies are already happening and further job losses are inevitable. Financial mighties like Citigroup, UBS and Credit Suisse have been rocked from their foundations - the 85-year old Bear Stearns was extinguished in just a few hours.
With fewer opportunities and less job security it is even more important that you are clear on how to manage your career and have your own longer term plan, rather than adopting a wait and see approach. Otherwise you are at the mercy of a shifting and uncertain market.
What's the next best step for you? Will additional qualifications or training help? How can you engineer a move to a new role or industry? Come and talk to us now.
We work with all levels - from board directors of International Banks to new starters on Graduate Programmes. They work in brokers, hedge funds and private equity.
What other career options open to you in the years ahead? Are you unsure if this is the right career for you? Do you want to get out of the rat race and stop climbing the corporate ladder? These are key questions which we can help you answer.
CareerBalance also provides career consultancy for people working in the City of London. Many of our clients work in financial services, banks, investment companies, fund managers and insurance businesses. They include people working in the City for leading multinational organizations, private equity firms and hedge funds.
Whatever your role – sales, marketing, relationship management or IT support – we can help you. Our clients include graduate trainees and senior directors.
Our senior consultant is Simon Broomer who has worked in asset finance, and as a lawyer in the City. He has been in different roles at Chase Manhattan Bank, Herbert Smith solicitors, and in sales and marketing with Pearson/ Financial Times Business publications.
There will undoubtedly be more job losses in the City in the months ahead. Don’t wait to see what happens. This may be a good opportunity for you to find out what alternative careers are open to you and to take control over your future direction.
"Several recruitment agencies had suggested that I meet with them. However I was concerned that they would be either unable or unwilling to provide objective, impartial advice. Additionally, I didn't want them to start sending off my CV before I was focussed and knew exactly what I wanted myself. That's what my CareerBalance consultant helped me to do."
Organisations our clients have come from and got jobs with include: UBS, Merril Lynch, Goldman Sachs, Royal Sun Alliance, Axa Insurance, HSBC, CNA Insurance, Citigroup, Fidelity and Star Asset Management.
Book an appointment to meet one of our career specialists now:
 CNA Insurance |
 Citigroup |
 HSBC |
 UBS |
 Merril Lynch |
 Goldman Sachs |
 Royal Sun Alliance |
 Axa Insurance |
 Fidelity |
 Star Asset Management |
