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Not a troll, but likely to offend many.http://www.madisonmaclean.com/?secti...ption&jobid=80
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Mostly just surprised that they explicitly state, "First degree must be minimum class 2:1 from Oxbridge; class 1 from elsewhere"
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Re: Not a troll, but likely to offend many.Hahahahah. Gave me a good laugh reading through those(Original post by cl_steele)
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Re: Not a troll, but likely to offend many.Well it seems to be a financial organisation and its pretty interesting because as somewhat of a radical socialist I was watching a Noam Chomsky interview where he stated, with the increase of privatisation including universities, as they are increasingly under business influence, candidates with exceptional skills in maths and science instead of being used to help the general economy or population in research are being selected for work highly paid with financial institutions to basically use their work to come up with complex ways of financial manipulation and so on, essentially leading us down the road to another crisis where the rich profit but with ways and deals even more complex than before. Its all criminal of course but dressed in a legal and professional fashion. Hence those ridiculous requirements, reminds me of the George Carlin video.
"They need people smart enough to do the work but stupid and obedient enough to accept the position". -
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Re: Not a troll, but likely to offend many.Chomsky might be talking crap... Semi privatisation in HE isn't forcing people into city jobs at gunpoint.... It's the eyewatering pay on offer compared to other industries.
Any company that cares more about your a levels than your track record for an experienced hire is probably run by bull artists... Maybe it's just a ploy to get get some cv's in. -
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Re: Not a troll, but likely to offend many.I don't understand what is offensive? They have the right to specify whatever requirements they wish, even though I might not necessarily agree with the logic behind it.
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Re: Not a troll, but likely to offend many.That advert is comical, asking about A-levels and undergrad degree (including final year project) when theyre trying to recruit senior quants with a PhD and 1+ years experience. It looks like it was written by an HR person withno idea what the company is looking for.
Nowhere even remotely close to £1m, even getting 1/2 of that would be very rare unless you were MD level or a superstar trader.(Original post by Sweetcorn_1)
Don't quantitative analysts earn over £1M a year? Could somewhat justify the extortionately selective requirements.Last edited by poohat; 15-04-2012 at 06:57. -
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Re: Not a troll, but likely to offend many.Yes, or someone who went to Oxbridge and is consequently a stuck up snob who knows nothing about how real life works, and is looking for an ego boost.(Original post by poohat)
It looks like it was written by an HR person withno idea what the company is looking for. -
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Re: Not a troll, but likely to offend many.I doubt they are going to recruit anyone.... trust me even Goldman Sachs won't ask for that where a position is of senior level or above...
Most likely that company who wants such a person already has a person in mind and that person is a foreign national holding a qualification similar to that, they are just throwing it out to ensure they can show the relevant authorities that they had indeed made an effort to hire someone from UK or EU but couldn't so they now want to hire that foreign person.
Otherwise it is unheard off why an ad like this would be so specific. -
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Re: Not a troll, but likely to offend many.no offence, but there's no offence...(Original post by KingHomer)
http://www.madisonmaclean.com/?secti...ption&jobid=80
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Mostly just surprised that they explicitly state, "First degree must be minimum class 2:1 from Oxbridge; class 1 from elsewhere"
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Re: Not a troll, but likely to offend many.I thought you had to prove yourself to get into senior positions? Those requirements seem ridiculous. I can only imagine it's an idiot recruiting or they receive so many CV's they need unreasonable requirements to get just a few.
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Don't see what it should offend anyone. This company agrees with the semi-popular opinion that an oxbridge degree is on a different level of difficulty compared to those from other universities. Just because you (or anyone else) might not doesn't mean you should be offended.(Original post by KingHomer)
http://www.madisonmaclean.com/?secti...ption&jobid=80
Keep reading...
Mostly just surprised that they explicitly state, "First degree must be minimum class 2:1 from Oxbridge; class 1 from elsewhere"
I'm pretty surprised by them asking a levels to be from a specific group. If someone did maths further maths and biology surely a degree in maths from say oxford or cambridge (or most universities for that matter) would overwrite the need for physics a levelLast edited by Intriguing Alias; 15-04-2012 at 08:38. -
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Re: Not a troll, but likely to offend many.This. Just sent to all of my IB friends who should get a good laugh out that. What a joke...(Original post by poohat)
That advert is comical, asking about A-levels and undergrad degree (including final year project) when theyre trying to recruit senior quants with a PhD and 1+ years experience. It looks like it was written by an HR person withno idea what the company is looking for.
Note: MM are a recruitment firm, not a bank (I'd never heard of them until just now). It may be that they're just reflecting the requirements of whatever bank/fund they're advertising for. Sounds like a lovely bunch of people to work with
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Re: Not a troll, but likely to offend many.They're free to work for whomever they want. You want a system where people can't do what's best for themselves. Bleurgh.(Original post by Jagzthebest)
Well it seems to be a financial organisation and its pretty interesting because as somewhat of a radical socialist I was watching a Noam Chomsky interview where he stated, with the increase of privatisation including universities, as they are increasingly under business influence, candidates with exceptional skills in maths and science instead of being used to help the general economy or population in research are being selected for work highly paid with financial institutions to basically use their work to come up with complex ways of financial manipulation and so on, essentially leading us down the road to another crisis where the rich profit but with ways and deals even more complex than before. Its all criminal of course but dressed in a legal and professional fashion. Hence those ridiculous requirements, reminds me of the George Carlin video.
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Re: Not a troll, but likely to offend many.What...? You have to have 3 a levels out of fm, Maths, physics and chemistry. Wow and they are recruiting for a person with a phd in Maths or physics. What's wrong with a phd in engineering, finance, financial engineering or computer science? Why only Maths and physics?
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Re: Not a troll, but likely to offend many.Doesn't have much to do with the topic of the thread but I wonder why everyone thinks that degrees from Oxbridge(Original post by hassi94)
Don't see what it should offend anyone. This company agrees with the semi-popular opinion that an oxbridge degree is on a different level of difficulty compared to those from other universities.
are 'more difficult' than degrees at other universities - because they are not. You simply get a better education.
Not because they make their exams ridiculously difficult. But because they teach you better.
Employers have no interest in hiring graduates who passed a 'difficult' degree - because it might not prepare them in
an ideal way for the job world. That can only be achieved by outstanding faculty, low student/faculty ratio, etc.
