The Brian Lehrer Show is continuing the Help Wanted project, which tracks five locals on their job hunts. Today, meet Lauren, our new participant. She worked as a capital markets and investment banking associate until she found herself part of a firm-wide downsizing.
Then, Tracy Handler, Director of the Graduate Career Management Center at Baruch College's Zicklin School of Business, discusses the prospects for recent MBA recipients.
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@Zak: We have a song parody on YouTube by that name, "Mamas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Bankers." Check it out at http://bit.ly/1bewR4.
Mamas don't let your babies grow up to be bankers.
Re: the discussion as to whether to back to school for additional training, while Grad school looks nice on a resume, a real skill is going to make you stand out from the crowd. What's a real skill? Develop proficiency in a language other than your own - this is a GLOBAL market place. Check out some of the job descriptions today. Companies want employees who can speak Mandarin, Spanish, German, Russian, Farsi and yes, even French!
Please, God. I have a passion for banking. Let me be a banker.
I graduated from Baruch College in 2008 with a BA in finance and I’ve been unable to land a job. I remember one of my finance professors constantly saying to the class that if we take a job for less than 90K with a Baruch education, we’d have a Mickey Mouse job. I cannot even get a job making 35K with my Baruch education. Is my Baruch College education worth anything to employers? What should I do?
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