A CPA Designation can open doors to careers you never even thought of! It's not all about accounting and finance. The CPA designation can...
Export Development Canada (EDC) is all about international business, finance and risk management. But, above all, EDC is about valuing...
ICYMI: On May 14, TalentEgg was live with Akilah Carr - Talent Acquisition and Training Specialist at the Mercedes-Benz Financial...
Internships are an excellent way to get your foot in the door, get a feel for the industry and organization, gain experience in your...
On May 23rd, we hosted our Office Hours event with Akilah, HR Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development Specialist at Mercedes-Benz...
Skillset is not the only thing companies are hiring for now. Many employers, like those in the financing and leasing industry, are...
From Banks to Insurance companies, nearly all Financial Services institutions need an Actuary!
These professionals play a huge role in...
As students and new grads, you might not have actually worked in Financial Services yet - and that's perfectly okay!
Every...
When you're studying for an important test like a certification exam, every minute you have to prepare counts!
A certification in the...
When you're vying to join an industry like Financial Services, you want to do everything you can to prove that you're a star candidate!...
Internships are incredibly valuable tools for students who are looking to develop their professional skill-set early on. It's an...
Financial Services is an egg-citing field that offers many roles with competitive and high-paying salaries. Whether you're interested in...
When you're researching a potential career path, you might run into some new industry terms. But what do they mean?
From technical...
Financial Services is fast-paced and challenging industry, making it an egg-citing place to start a new career.
From investment...
Interviews in any industry can be tough, but an interview for a Financial Services position can be especially challenging.
Employers...
The Financial Services industry is looking for well-rounded individuals who can tackle a wide variety of responsibilities, from...
Finance is a great career for individuals who are highly motivated, enjoy problem solving and are eager to learn and contribute in a team...
With changes in population, advancements in technology, and increasing environmental awareness, among other factors, Canada's job market...
The financial services industry is both dynamic and multifaceted, making it optimal for career advancement.
If you're a student or...
Learn from top new grads at Sun Life Financial!
Rutab Khan, Derek Brenzil and Alex Ryan are three recent grads who started their...
Hatching a successful career is a challenge for many new professionals.
While it may take a little hard work to hatch your career in...
What is Financial Services?
You may be thinking of Bay Street - or Wall Street - but the stock exchange makes up just a sliver of the...
Whether you're exploring opportunities in finance or fine-tuning your career plans, CPPIB has a lot to offer students and grads.
With...
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is a leader in more ways than one. Aside from being one of the fastest growing institutional...
"There's a lot of different ways that you can join CPP as an organization, whether it's out of school or a couple of years down the line...
As a Senior Financial Analyst, Internal Controls at Molson Coors, Wendy Yue has a role with a lot of responsibility.
"I ensure that...
CFP, CFA, FRM - what do these acronyms mean?
There are a lot of industry-specific terms associated with the financial services...
Jobs in the financial services industry are growing, but recruiters are having trouble filling the expanding gaps in their teams due to a...
If you're looking to hatch your career in financial services, you'll soon realize that the job possibilities are endless: wealth...
When working through your post-secondary education or starting your first real job, it's inevitable that you'll have to complete a...
Within a month and a half of graduation, Ryan Jenkins had hatched his career in finance at a large Canadian company: kudos Ryan!
Now,...
Recently, I had the chance to attend a group interview for an internship at a well-renowned financial consulting firm.
In my last...
The hiring process in the financial services sector often involves more than just a traditional interview. A growing number of employers...
Canadian Living named finance one of ten hot jobs for 2013. Why?
The finance industry is booming and in 2011 the Canadian banking...
In a field that's always changing and adapting to different economic climates, it's important to keep on top of industry trends.
If...
While the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) Investment Board is tasked with managing Canadian savings, it's also an active participant in the...
It's the last day of Financial Services Week on TalentEgg, and what an egg-citing week it has been!
We've added tons of new career...
Struggling to write a resume that will land you your dream job in financial services?
Don't worry - it doesn't have to read like...
Let's face it: there are tens of thousands of business students in Canada right now and, if you're one of them, you're competing against...
Each day, countless bits and bytes of financial information are gathered, monitored and crunched to keep markets - and companies - in the...
Our language is full of acronyms. I mean, aside from trying to contain your LOLs so you don't end up ROTFLMAO, shortened forms even play...
"Hey, I've got something for you," John says, pulling two items from his black backpack.
I like surprises.
John puts a travel...
The reason finance and accounting is such a coveted field for new graduates is that it offers a lot of opportunity and room to grow....
The questions you ask - or don't - can say a lot about you.
Preparation is key. Students who conduct extensive research prior to an...
Gaining work experience in financial services while you're still in school can add up to great career prospects after graduation....
When you're trying to pick a career path, it's important to take all the factors into consideration long before you start looking at...
Interviews can be scary. Between talking about your experience without talking too much, being easy-breezy but not too casual, and trying...
Office Hours is an hour-long, live Q&A with industry eggs-perts for TalentEgg members only. Students and recent grads are invited to...
If you're just starting out at your first entry level or early-career job in financial services or accounting, you may not have given too...
I hope you are all energized from the summer sunshine you soaked up over the last few months! The vitamin D consumed from spending time...
As new graduate, you have talent and a fresh perspective to offer, and you don't want to be wasting it in some dead-end job at the bottom...
Experience is key.
It's not what you know, but who you know.
Be open to other options.
These job search strategies - we've all...
Jessica Morris is a recent graduate of Western University's Richard Ivey School of Business who now works as a Private Investments...
Job interviews are the best opportunity to show potential employers who you are and what you can do.
So how can you make sure that...
TalentEgg visited Kraft's Canadian corporate headquarters in Toronto to interview three students who completed internships with Kraft...
The financial services industry needs people with sound financial knowledge to look after clients' investments, assets, loans and credit....
There are so many different career paths you can take within the Financial Services industry - that's evident when just browsing through...
Let's face it. It's a tough time to be a recent university graduate.
For years we have worked extremely hard to pass every class, and...
Think buying a house or condo in one of Canada's largest cities seems expensive?
Imagine how much it costs to build a neighbourhood of...
In the two years since graduating from the Bachelor of Applied Financial Services program at Mount Royal University in Calgary in 2009,...
You might think you have to work for a non-profit organization or volunteer with a charity to help people.
But there are many career...
"To keep yourself up to date, you have to continually take courses so you can help your customers." -Harpinder Dhaliwal, Personal...
Paul Sudarsan graduated from Ryerson University's Ted Rogers School of Management in April 2009 with a Bachelor of Commerce and, from...
At only 26, new graduate Stephanie Snyder's career with TD Bank Group has already taken her full circle.
She grew up on a dairy farm...
Bloomberg's Businessweek placed six Canadian schools in their expanded 2010 list of Top Global Business Schools - including four Canuck...
It's no secret: athletes are the demigods of college and university life.
While some athletes will be fortunate enough to turn pro,...
Economics is one of those areas of business where students learn economic principles and problem solving.
Because these skills and...
Students are often led to believe that the choices they make in university will confine them to a particular career path.
In reality,...
A business degree is so flexible it can take you virtually anywhere you wish to go in the world. Its principles can be applied to almost...
While pop culture may lead you to believe otherwise, bankers do more than just crunch numbers, create spreadsheets and appease Gordon...
A finance job that doesn't involve number crunching? Yeah, right. Of course, any job that manages numbers requires a handy calculator....
Insurance affects virtually everything we do in our life and in business. It provides peace of mind for the people and things we value....
As you navigate your life as a student through a multitude of courses, majors, minors, assignments and group projects, you are often left...
Have you ever considered financial planning as a career path?
As we discovered in a recent article published here on the Career...
When students think about careers in finance, they tend to think either Bay Street stockbroker or accountant. However, there is a...
Investopedia is a fantastic resource for anyone interested in finance. The best feature on the site is, hands down, the comprehensive...
