Finance Society Announces Seminar Series Dates

20/02/2006

Finance Society Announces Seminar Series Dates

1. 15. February. 2006 at 17.00: “Life After Richmond University” – Steve Reay (Alumni) - Kensington Campus at Briggs Hall 216

2. 20. February. 2006 at 17.00: “Your Magic” – Taymour Qabazard (Alumni) - Kensington Campus in Lecture Hall Young Street

3. 23. February. 2006 at 17.00: Forms (including Online Applications) – Andy Jackson - Kensington Campus in Briggs Hall 216

4. 27. February. 2006 at 17.00 Assesments Centres - Hilirary Moor - Kensington Campus in Lecture Hall Young St

5. 2. March. 2006 at 17.00 -How to Play the Interview Game” – Dave Carter - Kensington Campus in Briggs 216

1. “Life After Richmond University”

Steve Reay graduated from Richmond University with a BA in Finance in May 2003. After graduation, he worked with two former classmates to develop an automated FX “black box” trading programme. Following successful implementation of the black box strategy, he began a Post Graduate Diploma in Law Course at the University of Westminster. During this time he took part in the negotiating team, and worked as a company secretary for a small business. After completing his law exams, he began an internship over the summer of 2004 with UK law firm Nabarro Nathanson, within their corporate and commercial department. He joined Accenture as an analyst their financial services organization during October 2004, and currently works as a consultant a large blue chip British Bank.

Steve Reay will focus on:

-The perceptions that Richmond graduates have of the professional services hob market in the UK

-The application process and tips and tricks for getting an application noticed

-Networking

-The importance of qualifications (in particular, how close the BA in Finance degree resembles the CFA charter curriculum)

-Internships and work experience

-Any other questions

2. “Your Magic”
Taymour Qabazard graduated from Richmond University in 1998. He worked all sorts of jobs such as sales executive, distributor and marketing manager. He worked in various industries, from FMCG, IT, Confectionary, Auto industry as well as the Oil & Gas field. For the past 3 1/2 years he has been a personal & executive coach. This includes one on one coaching on areas such as goal setting, motivation, career coaching, communication skills, sales training as well as leadership and management coaching. He also has private clients who work on personal issues such as weight loss, self esteem / confidence, past traumas, phobias and abuse. He has had clients that range from graduates and house wives to Blue Chip companies and members of Royalty.
“Your Magic” is designed to entertain, educate, inspire and empower executives. It offers an excellent understanding of how our minds work, explores the limitations and power of our belief systems, and it examines how these factors are connected to the unique training goals of an organization. Most importantly it revolves around the principle of fun learning – which research has proven works far more effectively than conventional methods.

Your team will gain an understanding of how

- To utilize our ‘right and left brains’ – for maximizing potential

- To use our minds effectively and cultivate lateral thinking

- Values & Beliefs govern our every thought and action

- To rid ourselves of Limiting Beliefs that sabotage potential

- To eliminate ‘failure’ from our vocabulary and become a proactive problem solver

3. Forms (including Online Applications)
Andy Jackson has over 10 years’ experience in graduate recruitment and career development. He joined the Careers Group in June 2005 from the Cass Business School where he was Head of Postgraduate Employment, and in the 1990s he worked as a recruitment consultant for the LJC Group. Andy’s previous consultancy work includes designing Aon’s graduate competency framework and researching into graduate skills in Financial Services sector for the Corporation of London’s Economic Intelligence Unit. He has a Master’s in Human Resource Management.

This session will introduce students to paper and online application forms used by graduate recruiters. It will cover:

-Why employers use them

-Tips on how to prepare for them

-Types of questions you will face

-Writing personal / motivational statements

-Specific advice for online forms

4. Assesments Centres
Hilary Moor has recently joined The Careers Group after working in New York for 9 years as VP Recruitment Manager for Alpert Executive Search in New York, serving the Market Research and Brand Consulting sectors.

This session looks at multi-exercise ‘assessment centres’ used by graduate recruiters to test a variety of skills. It will cover

Discussion of common assumptions students have about assessment centres

-Exercises you may face

-Types of test – psychometric and others

-Written exercises

-Group exercises – being effective in a group

-Case studies and in-tray exercises

-Tips on professional behaviou

5. How to Play the Interview Game
Dave Carter qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG before a career change saw him work as an Account Manager at Ogilvy One and other agencies in the WPP Group. A former client of the Careers Group, he joined us in 2004 and works primarily with Maths and Sciences students at University College London. He runs the Careers Group’s City Course for students interested in careers in Financial Services.

This final session focuses on interviews – which are still the predominant means of selection. Even if you attend an assessment centre, you are likely to have at least one interview. As your career progresses, you will have many more. The session covers:

How to prepare (Know yourself, know the job, what to research about the company etc)

-Different types of interview you may face

-Tips on body language

-Types of questioning used by interviewers

-How to structure your answers

-Asking the employer questions

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