CFA Society Sydney combined its annual Careers Day with the CFA Institute Research Challenge local final, which provided benefits to both the Society and attendees.
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Taking place on 1 October 2019, the CFA Society Sydney Careers Day was a large-scale event that attracted around 220 attendees and 10 sponsors.
Attendees heard from industry experts on the topics of fintech, diversity and inclusion in investment management, and how to maximise your chances of securing your dream job. Following the conclusion of the Careers Day, the Society hosted the CFA Institute Research Challenge at the same venue.
Charles Wu, CFA, vice president, CFA Society Sydney said: “This year, we decided to do things differently and combined the CFA Institute Research Challenge local final with our annual Careers Day. Careers Day attendees were welcome to watch the local final of the challenge.”
Combining both events provided benefits to all parties:
- Event management became more efficient for CFA Society Sydney.
- The combined event took place in a larger venue with a stage. This provided a great experience for the CFA Institute Research Challenge student participants and helped to prepare the team that progressed to the regional final.
- Younger students who were attending the Careers Day were inspired by those taking part in the challenge and could be next year’s participants!
This year, CFA Society Sydney also funded a presentation course for the final four teams, which received very positive feedback.
Charles added, “Given all the positive candidate feedback, we are reviewing what is required to make this a permanent fixture to our local calendar going forward. Combining the events certainly took a lot of hard work by the Society team but the outcome was worth all the effort!”
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