Wall Street Professional’s Survival Guide, The: Success Secrets of a Career Coach

“Every page in this book contains at least one invaluable nugget of wisdom to make your job search more effective. Use it as your guide for getting the attention you want and the job you deserve.”

--Lois P. Frankel, Ph.D., author of the international bestsellers Nice Girls Don’t Get the Corner Office and See Jane Lead

 

“Great brands endure through the ups and downs of business. Roy Cohen’s career program will help you get the job you need in any market and power up your personal brand for long-term success. He’s one of the smartest career coaches around.”

--Barbara Corcoran, founder of The Corcoran Group

 

“The author shares with the reader over 20 years of accumulated knowledge in dealing with job searches. A most timely book for those adversely affected by the vicious downsizing the labor force has experienced.”

--Leon G. Cooperman, Chairman and CEO, Omega Advisors, Inc.

 

“Roy Cohen is America’s top Wall Street career coach.”

--Kate Wendleton, President, The Five O’Clock Club

 

Get Your Next Great Job in Financial Services!

Been let go?

Writing’s on the wall?

Time to make a move?

Looking for a way in?

This is your book.

This is the only complete, up-to-date, and practical guide for financial industry professionals seeking new or better jobs in today’s brutally competitive environment. Author Roy Cohen spent more than 10 years providing outplacement services to Goldman Sachs’ employees. In this book, he shares finance-specific job-hunting insights you simply won’t find anywhere else!

 

Drawing on his immense experience helping financial industry professionals find and keep outstanding positions, Cohen tells you what to do when and if you’re fired (or ready to move)...how to develop a “game plan” and search targets...how to build your “story”...how to move from the sell-side to the buyside...and much more. You’ll find industry specific guidance on interview strategy, resumes, follow-up, references, and even negotiation with real examples drawn from Cohen’s own practice.

 

Massive forces are transforming the global finance industry, and change is only going to accelerate. If you want to navigate those changes--and thrive--this is the one book you must own, read, and use!

 

• You’ve been fired: now what?
  Exhale, think, and then craft your best game plan and your most airtight alibi
• Your secret weapon: self-assessment
  Find your best way forward--and the energy and power that comes with it
• The art of the bear market resume
  Define your strongest message and your best value proposition
• References, skeletons, and you
  Manage your reputation, perform damage control, and make your skeletons dance

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The Wall Street Job Search: Winning in Any Market

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1: The Wall Street Job Search: Winning in Any Market    1

Chapter 2: You’ve Been Fired, Now What?    11

Chapter 3: Self Assessment: The Secret Weapon of Job Search    29

Chapter 4: Stick the Landing: How to Move Successfully from the Sell-Side to the Buy-Side    55

Chapter 5: The Art of the Bear Market Resume    75

Chapter 6: Networking: Just Do It, Please    109

Chapter 7: In the Arena: Mastering the Interview    131

Chapter 8: Write On: Effective Career Correspondence    179

Chapter 9: Win-Win Negotiating in Job Search    197

Chapter 10: References, Skeletons, and You    231

Chapter 11: Conclusion    252

Index    253