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There’s only so much we here at Junior Broker can tell you about the different prospects, challenges and general lifestyle of a junior broker, but sometimes you just have to let the brokers do the talking. Luckily for you, we’ve managed to speak with a few junior brokers about their daily routine within the job Read More …
Getting to Yes: Negotiating an agreement without giving in by Roger Fisher and William Ury was released all the way back in 1981 and has become an absolute must-have for any novice inquisitive about the art and science of negotiation. Despite its age, the book still remains relevant in today’s industry, but it must be Read More …
Group assessments are the bane of many people’s lives; you’ve got plenty of similar personalities fighting it out for the same role, you need to find a way to stick out. It’s important to remember you got this far to start with, use that to your advantage and let it fuel you through one of Read More …
Some people are still sceptical about the value of being on LinkedIn, but for every business professional it’s an absolute must. It’s a great place to promote yourself and to find potential clients and contacts. Not only is it a website that essentially displays your CV and much more, it’s a place where other people Read More …
Most business advice is focused on giving you the advantage, but it’s just as important to assure you’re not disadvantaging yourself in any way – one of the easiest ways to do that is to make sure you have a professional email address. One of your first points of contact with a potential client could Read More …
If there’s one activity most people do before an interview, it’s listening to music. We all have varied tastes, but there are some songs that are unbeatable regardless of your personal preference. Every song can be interpreted however you like, so we’ve compiled a list of five songs that you should now pretend are speaking Read More …
Although it’s definitely not the newest of releases (first published in 1936), How to Win Friends and Influence People still holds rank as an ageless bestseller. Whether you work in sales or not, the advice in this book is still guaranteed to be beneficial for everyone. Dale Carnegie’s principles have spanned the decades (technically, they Read More …
A Random Walk Down Wall Street is a must-have for anyone wanting to work in the stock market. In a time of market volatility and economic uncertainty, when high-frequency traders and hedge fund managers seem to tower over the average investor, the Burton G. Malkiel’s classic and gimmick-free investment guide A Random Walk Down Wall Street: Read More …
Ian Fraser has spotted stories, uncovered scandals and written about them in a detailed and accessible way. Introducing the definitive account of the Royal Bank of Scotland fiasco “Shredded: Inside RBS, the Bank That Broke Britain“. Ian Fraser ‘s book is an engaging, if in some ways infuriating, tale of how self-serving bank executives systematically Read More …
If you’ve just watched the new Martin Scorsese ‘Wolf of Wall St’ film you would’ve seen that Belfort ran boiler rooms very well, training not Harvard Finance graduates, but basically teenage street punks to be ultra-persuasive, killer closers. Netting himself circa $50 million a year.