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GRADUATE SCHEME
GRADUATE SCHEME
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Hatstand – Brief History• Company founded May 1999• Management Team:
– Adam Bennett – Former Director and Head of Global Market Data and Electronic Trading at Barclays Capital
– Malcolm Donaldson – Former CEO at GL Trade and Track Data
• Developed niche consultancy services • Positive revenue growth since inception
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Four Key Practice Areas
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Graduate Scheme• Market leader in providing skilled graduates into Financial
IT roles within Global and European investment banks
• Dedicated to IT technical support, testing, business analysis and development trainees for financial organisations
• Client and Hatstand training and mentoring throughout
• Highly successful, proven selection process
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Acceptance Process• Wider selection criteria attracting new diverse candidates• 3 stage interviews, workshop and intelligence tests• Final interview by senior experienced director of Hatstand• Emphasis on energy, enthusiasm, aptitude, people skills, communications skills, service orientated attitude, personality • Deep hunger to learn and succeed rather than specific focus on academic achievement • Experienced interviewers have a deep understanding of financial organisations needs and success criteria
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Graduate Interviews• Over 1500 applicants• Over 400 initial interviews• Over 150 2nd round interviews, group workshop,
intelligence and psychometric tests• 40 final interviews put forward for client selection• Selection process running continuously
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• 4 weeks integrated training comprising:– Equities & Equity Derivatives– Intro and Intermediate Unix– Unix Scripting– SQL– Intro to Java programming– Intro to C++ programming– Intro to FIX & FAST– Intro to PRINCE– Basic Business Analysis Principles– Introduction to Financial Markets
• Hatstand is currently working on a post graduate diploma with a well respected university
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Experience that we look for• Self evident interest in IT• Willingness and desire to understand distributed systems (Solaris,
Linux serverside, XP/.net client side) any prior experience beneficial• Database knowledge beneficial: Oracle or Sybase desirable• Some experience of applications development (Java, C++) a plus.
Perl/other scripting language beneficial• Deep desire to learn more about investment banking and financial
markets• A willingness to learn new technologies and build a solid
understanding of the business context of the applications• Motivated, ambitious and determined• Ability to work in a high pressure environment
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What’s in it for you?• Entrepreneurial leadership, an indepth knowledge of the
market and a solid support structure
• Exposure to different work streams within the scheme allow you to get a sense of the internal systems within the Investment bank.
• With a supportive and structured approach to your development, the Hatstand graduate scheme is widely recognized as a solid foundation for your future in Financial services IT.
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Graduate Remuneration• Basic pay between £30k & £40k plus generous
benefits package
• £2,500 pay rise after 12 months
• £3,500 bonus after 24 months
• Minimum £5,000 training budget for each grad over two year period
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Partnerships & AlliancesSponsor of University Hockey Team
Member of the Open MiFID Alliance
Risk and Compliance Consultancy
Certified & preferred partner
Certified partner
Systems partner
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