Careers in Finance and Venture Capital: Summer Edition
Finance can be a lucrative career option, but it includes many different specialties and areas of work. In this program you will interact with a variety of experts to better understand potential career paths and whether this is the right industry for you.
- Includes 4 Zoom sessions with finance experts (live or recorded)
- Weekly Office Hours with Ratio 21 Instructors (optional)
Our instructors and guest speakers come from elite universities and companies.
Our expert speakers come from elite universities and medical schools
The Ratio 21 Difference
Dr. Julia Raiskin
Dr. Raiskin is the Asia Pacific Head of Markets at Citigroup, one of the largest financial institutions in the world. In her 25-year career, she has also worked at Morgan Stanley and Lehman Brothers across a range of roles and specialties. She is a strong advocate for the role of women and greater diversity in banking. Dr. Raiskin completed her undergraduate degree at Harvard University, and has a doctorate in law from Oxford University, where she was a Rhodes Scholar.
Students can attend weekly live Zoom sessions with expert guest speakers. Each expert will discuss their career path, share advice on college admissions and high school course and extracurricular selection, and answer questions from students.
Note: All Zoom sessions are recorded so you can watch them asynchronously if you’re unable to attend live.
Guest speakers schedules change frequently, so the final schedule will be announced in April.
Students can attend optional weekly office hours to ask questions and work with Ratio 21's team of instructors and experts.
You’ll be invited to a Slack chatroom where you can interact with other students and the Ratio 21 team. This will be the fastest way for students to get their questions answered and receive feedback.
Technology enables flexibility. We offer day and evening programming, as well as recorded sessions, to accommodate busy schedules and students from around the world.
Note: the final schedules will be released in April.
Expert Speakers
Head of Markets at Citigroup Asia Pacific
Head of Bloomberg Beta VC, Lecturer at UC Berkeley Haas School of Business
Program Outline
- Introductions
- Overview of different careers in finance, MBAs, and other finance-related graduate programs
- Understanding banking and insurance
- Overview of different jobs in banking and insurance
- Q&A with Dr. Julia Raiskin
- Kick-off informational interview project
- What is accounting?
- Overview of different types of accounting jobs
- Overview of other jobs in tax
- Q&A with expert
- Decide on 5 people to reach out to for informational interview
- What is financial advising and planning?
- Overview of different types of financial advisors and planners
- What is investment banking?
- Overview of different types of careers in investment banking
- Q&A with expert
- Finalize questions and email / LinkedIn pitch for informational interviews
- What is a VC?
- What jobs exist in VC?
- Q&A with Roy Bahat, head of Bloomberg Beta
- What is private equity?
- What jobs exist in private equity?
- Send informational interview requests
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Program Dates:
July 1st - July 31st
Live Zoom Sessions. Sign up for any 6 live 1-hour Zoom sessions with finance experts.
