317: How to Build a Meaningful Career in Business & Finance w/ Patrick Curtis, Wall Street Oasis [Main T4C episode]

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Patrick Curtis is the CEO, founder and chief monkey at Wall Street Oasis, an online platform with over 700,000 members to help college students and grad students start and build their careers in finance. In the years since it launched a decade ago, Wall Street Oasis has become the one-stop-shop resource for finance and business reports, courses and a range of other services racking up a whopping 4 million page views and 2 million posts. It also offers resume reviews and gateways into some of the top companies on Wall Street — something you’re definitely going to want to check out. Patrick got his undergraduate degree in economics from Williams College and an MBA in entrepreneurial management from the University of Pennsylvania.

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE:

• What are all the different career options on Wall Street
• How to search for jobs in banking and finance on Wall Street Oasis 
• What is the difference between the ‘buy side’ and ‘sell side’ of finance
• What specific skills employers look for when hiring or recruiting
• What are the top 5 questions you need to be prepared to answer in a finance interview
• Why Patrick says networking is so important, and how you can never start too soon
• Why you should read Monkey Business: Swinging Through the Wall Street Jungle