Introduction to Career Development
MFM Career Development Career Development process begins first year FMA Workshops Informational meetings with alumni/others Individual career coaching Before coaching, FMA Career Workshops Sign up for individual career development sessions with Laurie Email Robin Dixon for an appointment rdixon@umn.edu
MFM Career Development FMA Helps Enhance Career Skills Friday FMA meetings 3:30-5:00PM Career Dvpt./Alumni Talks Resume Clinic w/ 2nd year classmates Networking and Linked In Interviewing Techniques Meetings with Alumni in Local Quant Roles On going throughout year Quant Finance & Statistics Career Fair Preparation for 11/3/17 event
MFM Career Development Many Ways to Build Your Network/Get Support U of MN CSE Career Center Great career fair prep sessions 9/19-20/2017 MCFAM Seminar Local quants attend: Learn from presenter; network! Quant Finance & Statistics Career Fair 11/3/17 Late Fall: Chicago Trek Visit 3 firms & alumni dinner 10-Day Intensive Winter Modeling Workshop with Local Quants Real world problems Early April: How I Became a Quant Event Professional & Student Association participation & competitions: FMA, IAQF, CME Trading, Rotman Projects, volunteer, part time work, internships - practical business experience helps Monitor MCFAM calendar events/watch job & project postings on UMN email from Robin
MFM Career Development Online Portal When You Need It Moodle Site MFM Career Development Advantage Work through portal at your own pace Watch for invite to Moodle Site from Robin (Please Accept invite!) Topics: Resume development Networking, referral meetings, ways to connect with people you want to meet Interviewing Linked In Resources on Sub-Fields within Quant Finance
Many Job Types & Financial / Analytics Sectors: Talk to alumni in these fields to learn more! Banks quantitative, risk, credit & model validation analysts, CCAR Insurance ALM, hedging, investment actuaries, data/risk analytics Commodities/Agribusiness trading, quantitative risk analytics Regulators Federal Reserve, SEC, OCC quantitative analysts Asset & Capital Mgt. investment, research analysts, portfolio managers Consulting financial valuation/ccar and DFAST Data Analytics data scientist, business intelligence analyst, data analyst Software Development energy trading, quant finance, e-commerce Trading Firms commodities trading, foreign exchange trading, equity derivatives etc., research analysts Financial /Treasury Groups - Financial, data mining & predictive modeling analysts
MFM 2-Year Placement Trend Is Good! 2016 Graduating Class 94.75% Graduates in Market - 32 Placement - 29 International Students - 27 International Student Placement - 25 Domestic Student Placement - 5 2017 Graduating Class 48 % (3 months after graduation avg. job search = 8 months) Graduates in Market - 33 Placement 16 International Students - 26 International Student Placement -10 Domestic Student Placement - 6
Some Companies Hiring MFM Alumni AIA AgriBank Allianz Life Allianz Investment Management (AIM) Amazon American Income Life Insurance Andrie Trading Bank of America (BOA) Bank of China Bank of Communications Ltd Bank of the West Blackhawk Network Exchange Bloomberg BNY Mellon Capitas Financial Cargill China Financial Futures Exchange CHS (commodities) CIFCO Futures Co Citi CITIC Group CME Group Columbia Threadneedle EverBank Fannie Mae Galliard Capital Management GATX General Motors Geneva Trading Goldman Sachs Google Guotai Junan Securities Haitong Securities HSBC Incenter Mortgage Solutions Indus Valley Partners JP Morgan Chase KPMG Leuthold Weeden Capital Management Mass Mutual Mercuries Life McKinsey Milliman Mingshen Securities Morgan Stanley Nanhua Futures Co NetEasy Noble Equity Investment Management OATI One Market Data Options Clearing Corporation (OCC) Oracle Panton Inc. Parametric Pine River Capital Management PwC Qualtrics RBC Global Asset Management Savvy Sherpa Securian Financial S & P Global Simmons & Co. International Societe Generale Texas Vermillion Capital Management Transamerica United Health Group US Bank US Bank Home Mortgage Wells Fargo Zions Bancorporation
These Alumni Have Been Where You Are Today! Focus first on coursework /add in career activities as you can 2016-2017 MFM Program Placement - Industry