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As finance professionals and students navigate the world of high finance, two distinct yet similarly prestigious career paths often come into focus: wealth management and investment banking. Both fields offer rewarding opportunities, high levels of compensation, and the potential …
The common question is, how do you do what you do?
As the answer to this question is initiated, it’s rapidly followed by —I could never!
Interruption ensues, even before any cogent rendering of any semblance of an answer.
No …
The foundational skills
James Dunbar, General Manager at RocketBlocksPublished: January 9, 2024
Structured thinking | Analysis | Math | Creativity | Business intuition | Communication | Collaboration | Leadership
Ambitious people are drawn to jobs like management consulting, product management, and strategy roles in exciting companies. These …
Finance and business professionals are faced with the challenge of navigating increasingly large volumes of data to make the most informed decisions possible.
Bloomberg, a financial technology company, plays an important role in connecting the world’s decision-makers to accurate information …
Eight reasons why career transitions later in life are possible despite lingering age discrimination.
Gayle worked her whole life at HP, mirroring her mother’s long stint at IBM.
She moved up the corporate ladder until finally there was one painful …
For an executive, building a personal brand can sound like another unnecessary task on an already too-long to do list. But, if done right, the process of building a personal brand can be extremely beneficial and even fulfilling.
People want …
We have all seen it on TV. The too-handsome doctor running into the operating room without scrubbing in, grabbing a scalpel barehanded, yelling “Push Epi!” to the other myriad nurses and techs while the medical students look down in awe …
Throughout my years in business, I’ve made plenty of “mistakes”—although I firmly believe there are no mistakes, only learning experiences. I’ve also picked up a few tips along the way. They’ve helped me to succeed in founding and running several …
Feeling accepted and included in a workplace is as important, if not more important, than anything else when it comes to being an employee. For the LGBTQ+ community, that sort of assurance as an employee can be absolutely crucial to …
Opportunities in the pharma/biotech industry exist at every career level. Scientists with graduate degrees are in high demand, as are workers with science-related bachelor’s and associate’s degrees. Workers with no scientific background may find jobs in administration, finance, law, marketing, …
Though leadership roles can be rewarding, many managers at all levels face similar challenges.
In 2022, leadership development firm Blanchard polled 800 managers about the issues they struggled with most.
Many said one of the biggest burdens of executive management …
With all the talk about artificial intelligence (AI) taking over the world, you may be wondering what the difference is between all the concepts being tossed around these days: machine learning vs. AI or AI vs. machine learning vs. deep …
The Career Design Lab is thrilled to celebrate the successes of all of our Columbia University School of Professional Studies students and alumni.
This week we highlight a recent graduate from the Applied Analytics program. Congratulations to Namitha Maria Cherian …
Introduction
Podcasts can provide listeners with the chance to easily digest information while on the go. Whether you’re on your morning commute, cleaning the house on a Saturday afternoon, or on your evening walk, podcasts are readily available during your …
Today’s episode is another Financial Literacy Month conversation, this time with Money Coach Aqura Nicholson. Earning more money doesn’t automatically mean you know how to manage more money. This is something that both Aqura and I had to learn the …