You've got a Bachelor's in Economics, Masters in Finance, and you're CFA level II. You don't need more degrees.
Quick point of background: it sounds like you work in a bank, maybe an investment house or something related. I had the good fortune to work in a major trading firm a ways back, and have consulted to a couple of major investment banks and hedge funds. These are tough environments, and you need to have thick skin, clear thinking, and no delusions.
Let's take a close look at one sentence at the heart of your post: "I am facing the biggest obstacle, convincing the employers that I am actually a good fit for a financial position, it is as they had lots of bias towards people with IT skills, I mean did I commit a crime ?"
Financial analysts at hedge funds and IBs need an unusual set of skills, traits, characteristics, and abilities. While formal training in accounting and finance are important, so too is precision and accuracy. Good grammar and punctuation are proxies for precision. Unfair? Maybe. But that's how hiring managers look at things.
Another important trait is taking responsibility. Blaming others for one's setbacks, thinking that others are biased, and feelings of victimization are not the traits and characteristics they're looking for.
They're not biased against IT people. They are looking for the types of people who are often not found in IT.
So how do you get there? You need to understand the skills, traits, characteristics and abilities of good analysts. Accuracy under pressure. Excel expertise. Good math. Can articulate clearly what the numbers mean for the business. A willingness to rework the numbers over and over again, late into the night, to get the model right. A willingness to take responsibility, credit or blame, for their work.
Now dig into your past. (Have you purchased the interview series? http://www.manager-tools.com/interviewing-series It has great advice on how to undertake this exercise.) Find examples in your past where you exhibited those skills, traits, characteristics and abilities. Structure good behavioral answers for the questions you're going to get in an interview.
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You've got a Bachelor's in Economics, Masters in Finance, and you're CFA level II. You don't need more degrees.
Quick point of background: it sounds like you work in a bank, maybe an investment house or something related. I had the good fortune to work in a major trading firm a ways back, and have consulted to a couple of major investment banks and hedge funds. These are tough environments, and you need to have thick skin, clear thinking, and no delusions.
Let's take a close look at one sentence at the heart of your post: "I am facing the biggest obstacle, convincing the employers that I am actually a good fit for a financial position, it is as they had lots of bias towards people with IT skills, I mean did I commit a crime ?"
Financial analysts at hedge funds and IBs need an unusual set of skills, traits, characteristics, and abilities. While formal training in accounting and finance are important, so too is precision and accuracy. Good grammar and punctuation are proxies for precision. Unfair? Maybe. But that's how hiring managers look at things.
Another important trait is taking responsibility. Blaming others for one's setbacks, thinking that others are biased, and feelings of victimization are not the traits and characteristics they're looking for.
They're not biased against IT people. They are looking for the types of people who are often not found in IT.
So how do you get there? You need to understand the skills, traits, characteristics and abilities of good analysts. Accuracy under pressure. Excel expertise. Good math. Can articulate clearly what the numbers mean for the business. A willingness to rework the numbers over and over again, late into the night, to get the model right. A willingness to take responsibility, credit or blame, for their work.
Now dig into your past. (Have you purchased the interview series? http://www.manager-tools.com/interviewing-series It has great advice on how to undertake this exercise.) Find examples in your past where you exhibited those skills, traits, characteristics and abilities. Structure good behavioral answers for the questions you're going to get in an interview.
And network like crazy.
Good luck.
John Hack