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Think you know all the Finance career options? Try digging a little deeper…

There’s more to a career in Finance than working for a large multinational company, so says University of Brighton alumni Mike Jessop, now in Marketing and Development at Invest & Fund.

Smaller companies and start-ups in the sector can offer a great start to a career within finance: here you can develop a variety of skills, take on responsibility quickly and advance your career rapidly in a fast changing environment.

In Mike’s view, if a job takes 10 minutes for you to find it will take 10 minutes for everyone else to find too! Research goes a long way when it comes to finding a job, getting hired and learning how to do your job quickly within the finance world. It can really pay off to dig deeper, find out about what is happening in the sector and about up-and-coming trends.

Here are some links Mike recommends to help you keep tabs on certain sub-sectors in Finance. You can read these every day to stay up-to-date with any news or announcements within the sector. They’re also the place for new entrants to send press releases, which always helps if you’re interested in the start-up scene.

Alternative Finance
‘Alternative Finance’ refers to the growing trend of individuals/companies (in the case of Invest and Fund, Property Developers) being able to raise debt (peer to peer lending) or equity (crowdfunding) finance without having to go through the more traditional channels (e.g. banks).

AltFi
A news site for the fast growing alternative finance space. You can tailor your news feed to include just UK news, or target broad geographical areas to get a wider view.

Crowdfund Insider
News and information covering the emerging global industry of disruptive finance including crowdfunding, peer-to-peer/marketplace lending and other forms of Fintech.

CryptoCoinsNews
A news site for all things Bitcoin, blockchain and cryptocurrency – an emerging market within finance.

Financial Technology
These sites are a good first stop if you are looking for a job within FinTech now. The hottest companies are profiled every year by various news sources – these tend to be the most renowned sources.

FinTechCity
Home to the FinTech50: a list selected each year by an invited panel of experts of the 50 hottest European businesses who are transforming financial services.

The FinTech 100
Offers an in-depth view of the most exciting startups and organisations taking advantage of technology to revolutionise the industry.

General

City A.M.
If anything noteworthy happens in the financial world, these guys will write about it.  Mike recommends signing up for their news bulletin.

Google Alerts
Mike recommends setting up alerts for certain terms when they are mentioned in the news to help keep up to speed in a more filtered way.

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We’d like to thank Mike for his time in pulling together these resources. We’ll be adding them to our Careers in Financial Services page as part of a larger overhaul of existing resources – and on that we’ll keep you posted!

For information about Mike’s employer, check out the Invest & Fund website and/or find out how to connect with them via LinkedIn.

If you would like support with your job search strategy, contact the Careers Service on 01273 642855. We are open year-round except for public holidays.

By Christina Keiller
Edited and additional production by Paul Rothwell

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