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Salut Gang,

 We are already behind schedule, so let’s just get straight to it…

TL;DR

• Shoutouts

• Grand Finale

• Who's Hiring

• BE Picks

• Headlines

• Meme Flow

• Employer Referrals

• CEO Updates

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Shoutouts 🗣️

• Iyi, Nabir, Ali, Priscilla, Sana, Salma, Filsan, Lateef, Abdi: For showing me love at the Samsung event 💛 

• Grace: For inviting me down to the first ever Black History Month event she organised at work #BEAlumni

• IQ-EQ Interns: Who are now full-time Analysts & Associates 🤩 #BEAlumni

• Isobel: For curating the headlines this week.

• Demi: For keeping me on top of everything at Beyond Education!

Maybe I will shout you out next Gang 👀

The Grand Finale

99% of images online are AI-generated these days.

But this picture is 100% real!

In the last 6 weeks…

• I stole all the BIG BAG corporate jobs

• On the run from the diversity police

• Campaigning all over the UK

Literally risked getting cancelled by the industry.

And this is my…

Final act
Grand finale
Last ditch attempt

To make sure everyone gets access to the career opportunities they deserve.

Don’t let my efforts go to waste
THREE DAYS left till applications close.
Apply now before it’s too late!

PS: Apply INNIT! 🙂 #dontcarrylast word to Steph!

Who’s Hiring 💼

Weekly top 10 list:

1. Actuarial Analyst Insurance pricing, London

   • Basically, a Data Analyst with a complicated job title

2. Data Analyst, London

   • 1-2 years experience ideally

3. Commercial Analyst, London

   • Data Analyst with cooler title…

   • “Hi what do you do?”

   • “I’m an analyst…Commercial Analyst!” Tuff 🔥

   • Also 1-2 years experience ideally

4. Software Engineering Internship, London

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

   • Is everyone scared of layoffs?

   • Dw barely happens in Finance like that x

5. Software Engineering Analyst Programme, Manchester

6. Operations Internship, Manchester

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

7. Chief Administrative Office Analyst Programme, Manchester

   • Same applies in this one too!

8. Audit Analyst Programme, Manchester

   • More to life than Big 4 Audit BTW

9. Market & Wealth Services Internship, London

   • The sexier version of middle office and operations

10. Distribution Analyst Programme, London

    • Big boy Sales! No door-to-door nonsense!

BE Picks 📌

1. Samsung x Beyond Education: Samsung is giving away £10,000 for ANYONE with a tech idea in their new entrepreneurship competition - Samsung Solve For Tomorrow…

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

2. New Insight Programmes: Big virtual insight event for 1st & 2nd year students showcasing all the available insight programmes coming out soon! Sign up here
   

3. Insight Session Replays (in case you missed it):

• Explore Wealth & Personal Banking

• Explore Tech Digital Business Services

• Explore 100+ Intern & Grad Job Opportunities

Here’s a template to post about this session on LinkedIn 🤝

Headlines 🗞️

Job Market 💼

• Major bank cutting more than 1,400 UK jobs (City AM) - but there’s jobs at Beyond Education tho 😏

• It's Q4 and bankers are being cut before bonuses (efinancialcareers) - oh no, how will they survive having £20k bonuses instead of £50k 🤦🏾‍♂️

• Sexism in the City ‘will never end’, says Helena Morrissey (City AM) - bruh this is actually sad

• Ghost jobs: why do 40% of companies advertise positions that don’t exist? (The Guardian) - actually pathetic bruh

General Shenanigans 🚨

• What will the Budget mean for the UK economy? (City AM)

• Six ways the Budget will affect you if you’re under 25 (BBC)

• Russia fines Google more than world's entire GDP for blocking YouTube accounts (Sky News) - fair to say Putin is not letting sh*t slide 😭 comment what you think the number is 🤧 

• Man Utd boss sacked - how long should you stick with an underperforming employee? (HR Grapevine) - smooth lol

• Government wants London Tube and bus fare increase (BBC) - what is it, haven’t you done enough 😭

Abit Techie 👾

•  Every programming language you need to know for GPU-powered quant research (efinancialcareers) - for the quant heads 🤷🏾‍♂️

• Google: AI investment pays off as cloud drives revenue growth (City AM) - I mean, is this going to pay off Putin’s fine lol?

• Big Tech's AI splurge worries investors about returns ahead of Amazon results (Reuters) - they should ask ChatGPT for advice 🌚

• Tech industry reacts to budget (LinkedIn) - overall positive sentiment surprisingly

• AI is about to go nuclear – so the UK needs to, too (City AM) - tell us something we don’t know 🥱 

Investment Heads 💸

• Microsoft and Meta stocks slip as investors demand more (City AM)

• China's BYD overtakes Tesla revenue for first time (BBC)

• UK hikes taxes on private equity, further reforms loom (Reuters)

• How the stock market is likely to react to the election outcome (CNBC)

• Amazon shares soar as it shatters Wall Street forecasts (City AM)

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 Week in the Life

Busy a$$ week:

🇫🇷 “Time off” in Disney Land
🤩 BE Alumni smashing it at work
👀 Someone got to meet a Legend
🙂 Surviving on an average of 4hr sleep

Summarised in a picture ⬇️

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