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Career Clinic: should I jump to the buyside?

Arguably, the people most in demand at financial services firms are those that can operate effectively on both the buy and sellsides

I’m forever being told those who work on the buyside have better job satisfaction, career prospects and work life balance than those on the sellside.

Financial News' City Job Satisfaction Survey, conducted in July and August, found much the same. But it goes both ways: I know lots of disgruntled and unhappy people on both sides of the fence. So could these people be in the wrong roles? And would the 'other side' have them?

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