For my final blog post on the career portion of the blogs, I decided to go to the Finance 101 workshop through the Starr Career Center on Wednesday, October 25th from 5-6:30 in the afternoon. At the workshop, the instructor went over many of the careers in the finance industry that I had been thinking about going into. She also described what type of classes, skills, and knowledge would be helpful in going into the different financial careers. One of the main careers that interested me was regarding corporate finance since you can work in the finance department for a company or organization you care about. Also, there is good growth potential and it involves problem-solving which interested me as well. Besides this, investment banking was something that I along with many other people were interested in. Investment banking involved different kinds of careers within the field including in sales and trading, research, and banking itself. I enjoyed the sales and trading portion of the workshop for investment banking. It involves individual work, high pay, and client interaction which I would also enjoy. Besides these traits, it also involves understanding the markets and risk taking which I enjoy, but the only trade-off is the long hours you must work almost every day. Some of the other careers were interesting to hear about as well, although I don’t think I would want to get involved with them in the long term. While learning about retail banking was interesting, I didn’t like how repetitive it was and that there was only moderate growth potential. As for portfolio management, I didn’t like that there were risks to lose your job and as for insurance and CPA firms, I don’t like the job characteristics much either. The most interesting job would have to be asset manager. This job requires a lot of education and training, but can potentially be high paying and come with great incentives. To help me have more knowledge and know what to expect from these careers in the future, I can tailor my classes to what careers I want and also go to other Starr Center workshops and visits from companies so I could network and learn what to expect in those careers in the future. Overall, going to the finance workshop was very helpful and helped me prioritize what skills and training I would need for the careers I might like to have in the future.
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