The best thing to do when your CV is ignored
If you’re pushing on a door and that door really won’t open, sometimes there’s only one alternative: you need to push another door instead. This is what I’ve learned about my finance career in 2016.
I’m a credit trader. Since leaving university, I’ve spent my time making markets in bonds. In my trading last role, I was a director in sales trading, working across a range of products. Then I lost my job. And now? Now, I work in risk.
This isn’t something I’d intended to happen. I knew being out of the market would be hard, but I still thought I’d be able to move into another trading role within six months. I was fussy. I had offers to move into broking but I turned them all down; they were commission-only and broking seemed a risky option with volumes so low. Besides, I was a trader.
Initially, I was unwilling to compromise. I hung on, applying for trading jobs. I sent out CVs. I heard nothing. I sent out more CVs; still nothing. I began to feel that the market was against me – this was before the EU referendum and hiring managers were holding their breath. It became obvious that finding a job was going to be a lot harder than I’d expected.
And so, I did what you should all do when no one wants what you have to offer: I capitulated. I stopped trying to be a trader and I started trying to be a risk manager.
Suddenly, doors opened.
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I’m a credit trader. Since leaving university, I’ve spent my time making markets in bonds. In my trading last role, I was a director in sales trading, working across a range of products. Then I lost my job. And now? Now, I work in risk.
This isn’t something I’d intended to happen. I knew being out of the market would be hard, but I still thought I’d be able to move into another trading role within six months. I was fussy. I had offers to move into broking but I turned them all down; they were commission-only and broking seemed a risky option with volumes so low. Besides, I was a trader.
Initially, I was unwilling to compromise. I hung on, applying for trading jobs. I sent out CVs. I heard nothing. I sent out more CVs; still nothing. I began to feel that the market was against me – this was before the EU referendum and hiring managers were holding their breath. It became obvious that finding a job was going to be a lot harder than I’d expected.
And so, I did what you should all do when no one wants what you have to offer: I capitulated. I stopped trying to be a trader and I started trying to be a risk manager.
Suddenly, doors opened.
Read more | news.efinancialcareers.com