Walk Through a Structures Built Home

If you haven't had a chance to personally walk a custom home built by Structures Building Company, here's your chance to take a peek inside. I'On Realty asked Steve Kendrick to give a tour his spec home that's forsale at 32 Perseverance Street, in I'On, Mount Pleasant, SC. Check out this short video clip where Steve discusses the architecture, construction process and the finishes in this beautiful "green" home built to the EarthCraft standard.

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Business Etiquette: Your Image

This blog post comes from information received from the University of Utah Career Services Department, with adaptation of the content in regards to investment banking."There are four ways, and only four ways, in which we have contact with the world. We are evaluated and classified by these four contacts: what we do, how we look, what we say, and how we say it."Dale Carnegie (1888 - 1955) American

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Financial Ratios

Financial RatiosThis is a collection of important financial ratios you will need to know in the future. It is not necessary for the interviews, but will be needed when you are on the job. I will work on putting this together into a Google Doc so you can just print of this chart. I will let you all know once I have done this.Keep working hard at finding a job or internship. Please let me know

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Be Impressive! Make a Strong First Impression

How to Make People Like You in 90 Seconds or Less by Nicholas BoothmanWhy Likability WorksIf people like you, they feel natural and comfortable around you. They will give you their attention and happily open up for you. They will also be more likely to help you get an interview with their bank and even "push" you through the interview process by strongly recommending you to their peers.Likability

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JPMorgan's Acquisition of Bear Stearns

MBAs bearish on Bear Job OffersAs many of you know, I was planning on working for Bear Stearns in their investment banking division this coming year. That plan may or may not work out as you very well know. The story posted above, which is found on CNNMoney.com, provides a very accurate account of the situation I and those of us with Bear offers are in.We essentially do not know yet what will

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NYLDSPA: Pathways to New York

*This is last years (2007) agendaNew York LDS Professional AssociationI encourage those that are interested in getting a job in NYC to attend this event. I attended the previous two and found they were very helpful! Remember, it's all about networking and this is a great opportunity to build a great network!This comes from the NYLDSPA site, listed above:"We were pleased to announce the dates for

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Investment Banking Explained: Part II

Here is some more interesting information, which presents investment banking via a PowerPoint presentation by Lehman Brothers and a short video by Hamilton Lane of Wall St. Training. Also, be sure to check out my earlier blog post Investment Banking Explained.This is a great PowerPoint presentation put together by Lehman Brothers. It is an introduction to investment banking. Definitely check this

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Recruiting Schedule for Associates, Analysts, Full-Time, Summer, & Non-core Students

Summer InternshipsTarget vs. Non-Target RecruitingI am want all of the non-target students to take note of the target school schedule and then always be a week or two early in going out to New York City and emailing the recruiters. To help you in this process I have created a Google Calendar open to the public which you can access to get an idea of what you need to be doing and when. You don't

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How To Use This Blog

As you prepare for your investment banking interviews, whether now or in the fall, you will quickly realize that there is a lot you need to do to be prepared. You need to know all about investment banking, ie. What does a investment banker do? What is their lifestyle like? What type of transactions and products are there? etc...You also must know the basic information about each bank you are

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