Black in Finance

I’ve noticed that more companies are posting the salary on the job requisition. Does salary transparency fuel motivation when job searching or is it the company itself your more interested in?

Good Morning Friends! What’s your thoughts on what’s going on with Silicon Valley Bank? Do you think this will impact the entire banking industry? People around me are frantic saying to take all money… more

How comfortable are you to be a referral for someone? Do you need to truly know that person and their work ethic or are you pretty causal about it ?

Anyone know any black therapists in nyc?

Anyone know of any black male therapists 40 and below in NYC?
I can barely find any...

While at work, do you ever feel proud of yourself enough to vocalize whatever you achieved to your peers? Or do you shy away from acknowledging your accomplishments and wait to celebrate with friends … more

Good Morning Friends! Happy Monday 😊 it’s Women’s History Month and being in our field of Finance just as a Woman & Black we are even more so a minority. Any stories around differential treatment… more

Morning everyone!
I'm currently a senior analyst at a VC fund in NYC.
Most of the work I enjoy has been modeling and analysis. (Don't judge me lol)
Currently looking to transition to either of the below. Any tips or opportunities, … more

Good Morning Friends! If your company is hiring 🗣️ please drop the link of the position in the comments ❗️Let’s help our fellow members in the bowl browse opportunities!

Happy Friday Friends and Good job this week of getting through another day and week in the life of being you ❤️ Make sure if you haven’t already, plan to do something for yourself that a make you fee… more

I know there are many unfortunate layoffs going on in tech and other industries. And I deeply feel for those effected. But I just wanted to ask if recruiters or hiring managers remember that there ar… more

Does your firm have and Employee Resources Group? If yes do you feel like it’s been beneficial to your career?

Are you currently satisfied with your company PTO policy? It seems like more companies have moved to unlimited PTO as a benefit. If you are satisfied, do you find yourself using more or less of PTO be… more

What’s your work hours? Do you get to set them and if not what’s your ideal schedule?

There’s a relatively new manager who is a certain race (non-white) and everyone on their team that was hired by them (less than 1yr) is “coincidentally” the same race. Is this happening at your workpl… more

For the people who aren’t fully remote how do you setup interviews while maintaining your current job?

Does anyone have any uplifting tips during this time for those being laid off?

Good morning Friends! Are we excited about Rih performing Half Time at the SuperBowl today? Where we watching the game?

How do you deal with micro agression at work?

Good Morning Friends! What sites are you using to look at job postings even when not “actively” looking for a job?

Mines is LinkedIn

I noticed that the majority of white people I meet at networking events (most of which I’ve met 3-4x) don’t remember my name when they see me again, whereas all of the black people I meet remember who… more

Good Morning! I am following up on a comment from previous post. Do you create Vision Boards? Does it work for you? How do you go about making sure it accurately reflect what you want?

For those that made New Years Resolutions or some sort of intent, how was your first month?

If you weren’t in Finance what else could you see yourself doing?

Good Morning Friends! Just checking in. How we doing today??

January is almost coming to a end already 😅 So if you haven’t already started on that goal just go ahead and start now because the way tim… more

What are your thoughts around major companies like Amazon, Microsoft and some tech firms doing layoffs but yet 200k jobs were posted within the past month and the unemployment rate decreased? Would yo… more

Any travelers in this bowl? Where was the last place you traveled and what was your experience like?

My last place that was new to me was Cancun, Mexico and it wasn’t as scary as I thought and this we… more

Does your performance review accurately reflect your performance? How comfortable are you with the conversation?

What move did you make to get a substantial salary increase?

Just found out I was purely a diversity hire, who replaced another black individual who left the group due to how isolated they felt (so do I) 😑😐

Hi! Are there any finance clubs or orgs in DC? I’m looking to meet more people in the finance industry in DC.

I am looking to get out of retail banking and into a PM (project coordinator to start) role. Please HEEELLLLPPP!! 🥹😩🙏

Any guidance/advice/referral would be greatly appreciated! Oh and I have the ski… more

When job searching how do you refine your search? Any tips?

If you are someone whose viewed as a “Job Hopper” how do you overcome the employer concern?

This is different… so the trend for 2023 is “Quiet Hiring” according to LinkedIn news and essentially it has nothing to do with “Hiring” per se. It’s the mixing up of role responsibilities amongst cur… more

Good Morning! Does anyone work in Fintech? If so, did you get a Fintech certification or have recommendations as to which course to take?

Happy New Year! 🎆

I read recently that if your employer didn’t give you a 7.1% raise you essentially took a pay cut because of inflation.

Is your company trying to keep pace with inflation? What do y… more