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The Careerologist: Is banking being cancelled?

As tech companies and consultancies attract a greater share of the top business school graduates, the financial services sector will need to rethink what the best candidates really want from their employer

The Careerologist: Is banking being cancelled?

An advert on the metro in Paris caught my eye last weekend.

In large orange letters, the promotion for a French design and visual communication school read: “My son, you’ll be a banker.” The word “banker” was crossed out, made to look like spontaneous graffiti, and “web designer” was scrawled underneath.

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