Tip: Cantor Fitzgerald Hiring in 2012
With big Wall Street banks laying off thousands, smaller firms are enticing displaced talent to their front doors. Cantor Fitzgerald will hire 200 people this year in investment banking, asset management and in sales and trading. The firm plans additions in the U.S., Europe and Asia and hopes to bring on seasoned talent, Chief Executive Shawn Matthews told FINS.
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If you're sick of crazy prices in the Northeast, you may want to head west, specifically to Salt Lake City, Utah. Goldman Sachs has been piling on hires in its fourth-largest office located there, and plans to hire 300 new employees by year's end. Accountants, analysts and operations types currently round out the employee roster, but the firm wants to eventually bring on investment bankers to help with the region's IPOs.
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Last week, a disgruntled Goldman Sachs employee gave notice of his resignation -- in the New York Times. You may have an ax to grind when leaving your company, but if you want to maintain ties with people (you never know who you're going to have to work for again), it's worth leaving on good terms so you can show your face again in the industry, experts say.
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