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Are you in the first decade of your career in the finance industry? Do you wonder if you are being compensated in line with your peers? 100 Women In Finance's Global Early Career compensation survey was created to provide greater compensation transparency and to offer industry specific information that we hope will assist in negotiating for compensation that you feel adequately values your work. To participate in the 2023 survey, follow the link below and select the survey for your vertical. The survey is completely anonymous so don't forget to submit your email address in the separate form or you will not receive the survey results. ✦✦  https://bit.ly/45oB75U ✦✦  The submission deadline is Monday, October 16, 2023. 100WF's Global Early Career compensation survey is open to members and non-members (male and female) in the first decade of their finance careers. Find out more about 100WF Early Career here: https://bit.ly/46mY4Ye

WE NEED YOU 📢   This summer we're conducting the biggest and most extensive piece of research on salaries, benefits and employment trends for business support staff in the private equity and alternative investments sectors we've ever done.   To gain the most valuable information possible we really need your help - please click the link in below to complete our anonymous short survey. https://lnkd.in/ehEhFgxM   Nicola Taylor Sivan Joss Jessica Norton Nisha Patel Helena Bailey Jasmine Adams #salarysurvey #privateequity #alternativeinvestments

🌟 Help Joss Search help you! 🌟 Salary surveys are helpful for more than just hiring managers! They play a crucial role in understanding compensation trends, benefits, and motivations, helping us support candidates in their job searches. We need your help to ensure our research is as thorough as possible, your participation is invaluable! Use the link below to contribute to this important research!

I researched and analyzed the effect of the August 2023 Employment situation report for my principles of investment class this semester. You can view my report here!

Quite possibly the best illustrated series of info about careers, finance and investing. And the screwups that are possible. All of it.

Are you a financial services industry professional looking for ways to keep your clients engaged and informed, but struggling to find the time to do it yourself? Look no further than Touchpoints newsletter. For just $36 a month, Touchpoints delivers three points of recent financial or insurance news to keep your clients up to speed on the latest industry developments, two pieces of lighter fare to keep things interesting, and a financial quote of the week that gives your clients some "food for thought." Best of all, Touchpoints is delivered directly to your inbox every Monday morning, making it a hassle-free way to stay connected with clients. Sign up today! https://lnkd.in/e6e3jUCb   This week’s featured Point: Income Disconnect “… today’s undergraduates expect to make about $84,855 one year after graduation, according to a survey of college students by Real Estate Witch, part of real estate site Clever, in March. Yet, the average starting salary for recent graduates is just shy of $56,000, Real Estate Witch found, a difference of nearly $30,000.” “The disconnect between perception and reality only worsens over time. A decade into their careers, students anticipate making more than $204,560. That’s well over the average midcareer salary of $98,647, according to Glassdoor.” Dickler, Jessica. “New college graduates are overestimating their starting salaries by $30,000, report finds.” CNBC. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://lnkd.in/eYBYE9cx #financialnewsletter #professionalnewsletter

This is a really interesting article from Craig Hendry, Managing Director of our Wealth team, discussing the importance of encouraging future talent into the financial planning profession and the best ways to do this. #FinancialPlanning #Careers

Offering a fair crack at a career in finance The sector is one of the least diverse parts of the UK economy however — slowly but surely — things are changing Financial services accounts for 12 per cent of UK GDP and provides 2.5 million jobs, yet remains one of the nation’s most unequal industries. At every measure of diversity, from socioeconomic background to ethnicity and gender, top jobs and higher pay are still heavily weighted towards professional-class white men. A “Who gets ahead and how” report from the City of London and the Bridge Group consultancy sets out this division starkly, revealing that 89 per cent of staff in senior level jobs are from professional backgrounds, compared with 52 per cent of wider UK chief executives and 37 per cent of the country’s total working population. The article's subject Tobi George-Oyediran, 23, secured her position as a quantitative trading analyst for STX Group after taking part in training events at Nottingham University’s finance society. This initiative highlights the potential for financial institutions creating programmes and employment pipelines in alignment with universities that deliver CSR missions, DEI targets and the best candidates for positions based on merit. #finance #diversity #inclusion #graduates #trainees #employment #meritocracy #programmemanagement

The Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Opportunity launched a new tool this month that gives information on what industries students enter based on their college major. #EconomicDevelopment #DEED #CareerOutcomes

These Are the 25 Lowest Paying College Majors Most Americans are aware of the benefits offered by a college education: in addition to some of the more intangible benefits, students obtain the knowledge, develop the skills, and make the connections to improve their job prospects. But for many college-aged Americans and their parents, obtaining a higher education is no longer the given it once was. There has been much recent public outcry against the massive levels of debt students incur, and an increasing number of Americans no longer believe it is worth the cost. Even for those who do still choose to go the college route, the importance of paying of debt as soon as possible may have a big impact on the paths freshmen choose to take. Based on recently released data from the US Census Bureau, some college majors may earn far less than others. To determine the lowest paying college majors, 24/7 Wall St. reviewed data on earnings from the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2021 American Community Survey Public Use Microdata Sample files, the most recent available data. Undergraduate college majors were ranked based on the average reported incomes of degree holders in 2021. When we choose a college major, there are many questions one must consider. Some choose their major based on personal passions for the arts or interest in certain subjects. Some choose a major that focuses on helping people, like special needs education. Other considerations may include future earnings potential. (These are the 30 college majors with higher earnings for Black versus white graduates.) Both fine arts and special needs education are among the lowest-paying majors because the jobs that these majors prepare students for tend to be low-paying. Many arts-related jobs, including visual, performing, and studio arts, are on this list, alongside teaching jobs, social work, community organization, and other historically low-paying jobs.  Education majors, however, are dominant in this list. A career as an educator can be highly rewarding, but those choosing to pursue this career, even after a four-year education, should know that the median American public school teacher salary, as of 2023, was $56,026, according to Salary.com. (These are America’s best public high schools.) #school #education #teacher #college