Having a hard time getting that resume out of your head and onto the page? I mean, what's so hard, right? It's just an inventory of skills and work history. Well, an inventory of skills and work history that can make a difference between getting the job you want or not. Matt Linderman of the software company 37signals thinks writer's block is sometimes just typer's block. See, you'll be talking about an... Read more

Crain's New York Business argues Wall Street job losses have been exaggerated. Citing recent data from the New York Department of Labor, the newspaper says only 19,000 financial services jobs have disappeared from the Big Apple since August 2008. Sure, three of the five largest investment banks are gone, and Citigroup and AIG are now wards of the state. And yes, there has been severe contraction, including painful job cuts, especially... Read more

Here is our initial read on potential direct jobs impact from the detailed financial stability plan unveiled today by Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner. Provision: Banks must prepare new disclosures of their balance sheet exposures. Reporting requirements will be drawn up in a joint effort among the Treasury, bank supervisors, the SEC and accounting standard-setters. Our read: A potential source of fresh demand within banks' internal finance departments for accountants, financial analysts, and... Read more

The hiring outlook at campuses across the U.S. has plunged since August, according to a widely cited survey of employers. Although 146 companies polled this month by the National Association of Colleges and Employers said they plan to hire slightly more graduates (1.3 percent ) in 2009 than they hired this year, the same group had projected a 6.1 percent rise when surveyed just two months earlier, according to The Wall... Read more

Fidelity Investments said it hired Michael E. Wilens from Thomson Reuters as head of asset management. He'll oversee the firm's three major investment divisions - Fidelity Management & Research Company (FMRCo), Pyramis Global Advisors and Strategic Advisers – and will direct the investment technology and operations areas. At Thomson Reuters, Wilens was named executive vice president - strategy, technology and innovation in April 2008, responsible for corporate strategy development and implementation,... Read more

The New York Stock Exchange's parent company is offering buyouts to a quarter of its New York-based staff, and plans further job reductions both in the U.S. and Europe. NYSE Euronext Chief Executive Duncan Niederauer said last week that he decided to slash headcount in the U.S. first, "because I don't want anyone in Europe to accuse us of being an American-led company," according to Financial News. The company, formed a... Read more

Some 1,500 employees or 3 percent of the worldwide work force of the newly merged Thomson Reuters Corp. reportedly are about to lose their jobs as a result of the combination. The job cuts include 650 from the company's content, technology and operations division, and 140 journalists located primarily in Europe, according to separate internal memos cited in a Reuters news story. An Associated Press story pegged the total number of jobs... Read more

Between 260 and 280 American Stock Exchange workers reportedly will be laid off after the exchange is absorbed into the New York Stock Exchange later this year. But 100 to 120 employees are expected to be spared - including the relatively few remaining traders and brokers on the Amex trading floor. NYSE Euronext plans to move those traders to NYSE's Blue Room, an unoccupied trading floor, The Wall Street Journal says.... Read more

A growing market and changing political landscape could spur more demand for emissions traders, bankers and analysts. The market for emissions trading this year could end up more than doubling to $70 billion from 2006's $30 billion level, further increasing demand for traders who buy and sell emissions credits, bankers who source and negotiate deals for emission-reduction project, and policy analysts who keep tabs on national and international regulations covering emissions... Read more

Are fundamental equity analysts doomed to be replaced by machines? That's the implication of a recent Reuters story by Dane Hamilton. The sources quoted are mainly quantitative investment experts from the hedge fund community, but also include Brad Hintz, an influential financial services analyst at AllianceBernstein who was once Lehman Brothers' CFO. "At an increasing number of Wall Street investment banks, hedge funds and elsewhere, computers are churning out investment analyses culled... Read more

As The Wall Street Journal rolls out its new, thinner format, the staff at parent Dow Jones & Company fear less paper means less room for news - and less need for reporters, editors and production staff. In addition to providing information in a more convenient physical package, Journal Publisher L. Gordon Crovitz said the paper is focusing on content that is more about "what the news means" as opposed to... Read more

NYSE Group, parent of the New York Stock Exchange, will eliminate more than 500 positions, 400 of them held by employees and another 120 held by full-time consultants. The cuts are widespread, but won't impact NYSE Regulation. NYSE Group said the cuts are in the NYSE, NYSE Arca and Securities Industry Automation units and are part of continuing efforts to "improve efficiencies, eliminate duplicate services, and leverage synergies" from March's NYSE-Archipelago... Read more

Services that monitor trading and settlement activity in a company's stock are growing as investors become more vocal about corporate management. Firms like Thomson Financial provide such "stock watch" services to provide firms with early warnings on trading patterns and investors accumulating stakes. John O'Brien, who heads Thomson's advisory services, told The Wall Street Journalthe business of such services is growing. By scrutinizing data on where trades are being settled, the... Read more

The ICMA Centre, a financial services-focused business school attached to the UK’s University of Reading, received a £5m (€7.4m) grant to finance the expansion of its teaching facilities this month. The endowment was a gift from the centre’s benefactor and namesake, the International Capital Markets Association. But Reading is not the only university to run specialist finance courses with outside help. In 2002, Cass Business School, part of the City University,... Read more

Morgan Stanley announced Michael Uva had resigned. A senior client coverage banker, and one of the most senior Morgan Stanley bankers in Europe, Uva was said by colleagues to have been unhappy at being displaced as co-head of global investment banking by Walid Chammah. Chammah was made sole global head following the return of John Mack as chief executive of Morgan Stanley in July. Sources close to Morgan Stanley denied... Read more