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.
Tag: #Careers
Bloomberg Workshop
Not knowing what to do for my career blog and with the due date approaching quickly, I had a limited option of what to do and where to go. With not many options, I was at first stuck. However, having heard of the Bloomberg workshop from a few of my classmates, I decided to go and check it out myself to see what it is all about. This certain workshop itself cost $24,000. With only a limited number of computers for this workshop, specifically 11, I was able to find myself one sharing it with another classmate. In front of us were 2 computers side by side. Having 2 computers allowed us to see the changes in stocks for many companies much easier as it expanded on both screens. Along with the computer, there was a special keyboard which I have never seen before because certain keys were highlights with certain colors. The instructor showed and taught us how to read a company’s data through their stocks and graphs. This somehow caught my attention and I found interest in this workshop because this workshop allows me to be able to search for a company’s history and what they did to get their earnings. This workshop prepares me to what is to come in the future for I am to find a career in finance. This allows me to have a certain idea of how revenue works and what goes on. Before this workshop, I paid no mind to stocks and revenue reports because I never understood it. After going to the Bloomberg workshop, I can now somewhat understand stocks, revenue reports, and their cause. I have more of a heads up on what is to come and this workshop has made it easier for me when searching for my career.
