We interrupt our regularly scheduled programming to offer you our outlook on trends in Wall Street jobs online in 2015.
A quick snapshot as of New Year’s Eve, 2014:
JP Morgan Chase & Co.’s career page showed more than 6,600 open jobs in nearly 73 countries.
Goldman Sachs’ career website for professionals listed 602 open positions in the Americas, 88 in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan), 188 in EMEA, 130 in India and 43 in Japan.
Morgan Stanley’s professional career site posted more than 1,100 positions.
Clearly, a cornucopia of opportunities at some of the world’s largest financial institutions – all of whom invite you to apply directly on their own career websites.
And yet, what about SimplyHired and Indeed and some of the other Job Boards?
Well, they’re third parties. In many cases, companies of all stripes and industries have chosen to bring in their own dedicated talent team to help them research, recruit, retain and promote the world’s best professionals that they can find. In large measure, the days of companies having to pay thousands of dollars for the privilege of posting a job opening on a website are over.
So what does this all mean for 2015?
In my own opinion, it all points to a very robust hiring cycle starting the 2nd week of January, 2015 and continuing until Memorial Day weekend.
It also means that if you are serious about making a job change in 2015, you’ll need to actually go to the websites of the companies and financial institutions you are targeting and enter your application online at each one. Yes, it is tedious, in fact, almost painful. You will quickly get to know the ins-and-outs of the popular ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems) like Brassring and Taleo and iCims, the ones most often used by the big employers. I wish I could point you to an easy shortcut, but it truly takes a lot of time and attention to detail.
Of course, those of you who “apply early and often”, as the line goes, may well be rewarded with a new position in another company at the start of 2015 – and that’s not a bad way to begin the New Year.
And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Happy New Year 2015 everyone!
Next up: career survival strategies for those with 10 years in.
A quick snapshot as of New Year’s Eve, 2014:
JP Morgan Chase & Co.’s career page showed more than 6,600 open jobs in nearly 73 countries.
Goldman Sachs’ career website for professionals listed 602 open positions in the Americas, 88 in Asia Pacific (ex-Japan), 188 in EMEA, 130 in India and 43 in Japan.
Morgan Stanley’s professional career site posted more than 1,100 positions.
Clearly, a cornucopia of opportunities at some of the world’s largest financial institutions – all of whom invite you to apply directly on their own career websites.
And yet, what about SimplyHired and Indeed and some of the other Job Boards?
Well, they’re third parties. In many cases, companies of all stripes and industries have chosen to bring in their own dedicated talent team to help them research, recruit, retain and promote the world’s best professionals that they can find. In large measure, the days of companies having to pay thousands of dollars for the privilege of posting a job opening on a website are over.
So what does this all mean for 2015?
In my own opinion, it all points to a very robust hiring cycle starting the 2nd week of January, 2015 and continuing until Memorial Day weekend.
It also means that if you are serious about making a job change in 2015, you’ll need to actually go to the websites of the companies and financial institutions you are targeting and enter your application online at each one. Yes, it is tedious, in fact, almost painful. You will quickly get to know the ins-and-outs of the popular ATS (Applicant Tracking Systems) like Brassring and Taleo and iCims, the ones most often used by the big employers. I wish I could point you to an easy shortcut, but it truly takes a lot of time and attention to detail.
Of course, those of you who “apply early and often”, as the line goes, may well be rewarded with a new position in another company at the start of 2015 – and that’s not a bad way to begin the New Year.
And now, back to our regularly scheduled programming.
Happy New Year 2015 everyone!
Next up: career survival strategies for those with 10 years in.