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Happy Friday Gang,

Tryna get this in your inbox by 12 pm and I am slowly getting there 🤝

TL;DR

• Shoutouts

• Friday Yap

• Who's Hiring

• BE Picks

• Headlines

• Meme Flow

• Employer Referrals

• CEO Updates

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Shoutouts 🗣️

• Samantha: Who caught me slipping on the bus 136

• Aris: For the glowing review on the newsletter

Maybe I will shout you out next Gang 👀

Don’t quit your 9-5 job ❌

Do not quit your 9-5 to start a business.

I have been chasing 118-day overdue invoices.

• Cash flow issues

• Endless rejections

• Deals falling through

And the list goes on.

These are the realities of entrepreneurship.

It is not as glamorous as it seems online.

It’s f*cking hard work.

So, if you are thinking of quitting your job to start a business…

DON’T!

Do this instead…

1. Start a side hustle

2. Keep your 9-5 as main hustle

3. Make more money from side hustle

4. Evaluate if it’s sustainable to do both hustles

5. If it’s sustainable → Continue both till further notice

Use your 9-5 income to fund your side hustle.

Why struggle with one unreliable source of income.
When you can have the best of both worlds.

PS: If you are looking for a 9-5 as a main hustle, check out some live roles on the Beyond Education site.

Who’s Hiring 💼

Weekly top 10 list:

1. Paid Insight Experience in London, Sheffield & Birmingham

   • For 1st & 2nd year students

   • If you missed out on internship apps…

   • This is a good entry point for the get back 🤝

2. Chief Administrative Office Analyst Programme, Manchester

   • Analyst with an executive view on things

   • Very underrated role right here

3. Software Engineering Internship, Manchester

   • No one trying to go into tech anymore or what?

   • Is everyone scared of layoffs?

   • Dw barely happens in Finance like that x

4. People Team Internship, Manchester

   • HR quite simply

5. Chief Commercial Office Analyst Programme, London

   • Sales with the big dawgsss

6. Chief Commercial Office Intern, London

   • Same as above!

7. Asset Servicing Analsyt Programme, London

   • Basically MOT in finance.

8. Asset Servicing Analsyt Programme, Manchester

   • Basically MOT in finance but in Manchester lol

9. Markets & Wealth Services Intern, Manchester

   • Little bit of this little bit of that

   • To investments as a whole

10. Operations Internship, Manchester

    • Y’all stay sleeping on this but this is an easy way in tbh

BE Picks 📌

1. Paid Insight Programmes: Paid finance & tech shadowing experience for 1st & 2nd year students now available at Beyond Education (applications close soon! )

2. Samsung x Beyond Education: If you have a tech idea, you can apply for Samsung tech for good competition and get the opportunity to win £10k!

• No qualifications needed

• No entrepreneurial experience

• No long a$$ business plan required

You literally don’t even need to have a business registered.

All you need is…

• An IDEA that revolves around Tech.

• To enter as an individual (or a team)

• To fill out a quick application form 

Then you are in. It’s that simple!

PS: You need to be 16 - 25 to enter the competition.

PPS: Don’t forget to say Beyond Education sent yahhh 🫡

3. Upcoming Insight Sessions: Project Management 101 with Vanessa

Headlines 🗞️

Job Market 💼

• World’s leading international bank now paying 1st & 2nd year students for 4-day shadowing experience (Beyond Education)  

• Business groups warn of jobs market slowdown following Budget (City AM) - not on the Beyond Education site

• Unemployment rises as pay growth slows again (BBC) - same as above

• Demand for flexible jobs soars as workers seek remote roles (City AM) - I hear it but I also have a cheeky controversial take I might drop on socials about this 👀

• In the battle for talent, we must offer Gen Z the opportunity to shape their world (City AM) - please just pay more money and expect less lol not that complicated bruh

• Gen-Z bankers won't grind: "Banking is no longer a premium job" (efinancialcareers) - point and case lol

• If a bank doesn't hire you after 5 interviews, you're in trouble (efinancialcareers) - That’s why I stop doing interviews, too many sweats 🥱

• Graduates are earning $250k+ salaries in algorithmic trading (efinancialcareers) - where do I sign up?

• The last few investment banking graduate jobs still accepting applications for 2025 (efinancialcareers)

General Shenanigans 🚨

• Guardian will no longer post on Elon Musk’s X (Guardian) - watch bro buy the guardian 😭

• UK economy grows by 0.1% between July and September - slower than expected (Sky News) - one minute it’s fast, one minutes it’s slow

• UK must rebuild post-Brexit relations with EU, says Bank boss (BBC) - then why did we leav…nvm man

• How Rachel Reeves plans to use pension pots to fund an investment boom (City AM)

• University cash crisis to get worse despite tuition fee rise (BBC)

• Bank blocks employees from using WhatsApp and Messenger for work comms (HR Grapevine)

• Brexit has 'weighed' on UK economy (Sky News)

• UK growth slows in first three months of Labour government (Sky News)

Abit Techie 👾

•  Nvidia CEO says employees will one day work alongside AI colleagues (HR Grapevine) - very brazy statement 😬

• Bluesky gets surge in users switching from X after US election (Sky News) - all fun and games till Elon buys this too and call it “Bluesky X”

• How each generation feels about AI at work (LinkedIn News)

• What a second Trump term could mean for TikTok and Big Tech (City AM)

• Amazon launches Temu and Shein rival with 'crazy low' prices (BBC)

• Apple accused of trapping and ripping off 40m iCloud customers (BBC)

• Trump victory could ease regulatory path for Musk’s robotaxi, but hurdles remain (Reuters)

• Denmark launches landmark framework for using AI under EU rules — with Microsoft backing (CNBC)

• There’s a big workplace disconnect in AI usage, LLMs slow down and more tech news this week (LinkedIn News)

Investment Heads 💸

• Nasdaq CEO shares the best investing advice she’s given her own son (CNBC) - step 1, have mum who works for one of the biggest investment exchange in the world 😅

• Reeves to reveal plans for ‘world first’ private stock market Pisces (City AM)

• Investment firm ran Ponzi scheme, High Court rules (BBC)

• Pound hits 3-month low on jobs data and dollar's Trump rally (Reuters)

• VCs say tech investing is tough amid IPO lull and ‘nuts’ AI hype (CNBC)

• UK M&A set for ‘sustained increase’ after Budget and Trump victory (City AM)

• Sterling hits lowest level since July as Trump victory dents the pound (City AM)

Honourable Mention 🗣️

• Thousands of 55-year-old bankers are ready to retire. That's a problem (efinancialcareers)

• Bank ordered to pay ex-banker $63,000 over working hours, sex discrimination (Reuters)

• Strange brand collaborations will be a key trend for 2025 (LinkedIn News)

• What the City of London wants from Reeves’s Mansion House speech (City AM)

Headlines curated by Isobel 🤝

Candid Memes 🙂

How YOU can help!

A lot of people always ask: “How can I help Beyond Education”

Simply put: Introduce me to relevant contact(s) in your corporate job who are responsible for DEI & hiring.

It’s that simple!

To make this easy, I’ve created a simple 1-page summary on Notion.

With intro templates, helpful links & relevant details to help more underrepresented talent access opportunities with inclusive employers 🚀

Access the 1-pager here ⬇️

CEO Updates

• 5am wake-ups

• 4-6 hour sleep

• 10 to 12-hour days

• No time for family & friends

• Not eating for the whole day

Surviving on Sainsbury meal deals till I become a millionaire.

Until my friend said: “You don’t have to live like this…”

Then it clicked. I genuinely don’t!

I am literally the CEO of my own company.
I can do whatever the heck I want lol

And that’s why, for the past week…

• I slept in more

• Had slower days

• Went into the office less

• Made time for family & friends

• Ate Mum’s home-cooked meals

And just chilled the f*ck out.

To any ambitious person building
Whether it’s your career or business…

Sometimes, lower the stakes
Detach yourself from reality
And realise that life is not that deep.

We really just made all of this sh*t up.

Go outside
Touch grass
Live to see another day

🤞🏾

PS: I knew I was finished when I was taking a midday snooze in Starbucks.

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