托福阅读背景知识之华尔街的故事

　　华尔街是全美乃至全球的经济中心，如何能够在华尔街站住脚呢?选择一个最受华尔街青睐的职业是最方便的了。

　　Wall Street has undergone a radical face lift this year, but financeindustry recruiters are expected to stick to roughly the same formula whenlooking to fill entry-level positions with college graduates in the future.

　　华尔街如今已经彻底改头换面了。不过，金融业招聘人士在寻找大学毕业生填补初级职位空缺的时候，预计仍将坚持与以往大致相同的甄选原则。

　　Wealth management, investment banking and research are expected to see ahiring surge in the coming years, according to Joseph Logan, founder andmanaging director of Pinnacle Group International, a New York executiverecruiting firm specializing in the financial services industry.

　　Pinnacle Group International的创始人兼董事总经理约瑟夫 洛根(JosephLogan)表示，财富管理、投资银行和研究领域有望在未来几年掀起招聘热潮。Pinnacle GroupInternational是纽约一家专业服务于金融服务业的高管猎头公司。

　　'A strong background in accounting plus financial [knowledge in] evaluationis the key-and being well-rounded will help a lot,' says David Smith, anassociate professor at the McIntire School of Commerce at the University ofVirginia who specializes in corporate finance and banking. Strong social skillsand the ability to think creatively are important to round out more technicaland quantitative talents.

　　“会计和财务估值方面的过硬背景是应聘成功的关键，知识全面也会大有帮助，”弗吉尼亚大学(University ofVirginia)麦金太尔商学院(McIntire School of Commerce)专门从事企业财务和银行业研究的副教授史密斯(DavidSmith)表示。出色的社交技能和创新思维能力对于那些偏重技术性和数理方面的人才来说是个重要的补充。

　　Mr. Smith, who helps prepare students for finance job interviews, advisesthe students who want to head to Wall Street to eschew finance fads like thecurrent demand in restructuring or credit derivatives which were hot two yearsago and focus on becoming fluent in accounting and financial evaluationfundamentals that are applicable to any specialty. As the economy recovers moretraditional financial services functions, such as mergers and acquisitionsadvisory will make a comeback, according to Mr. Smith .

　　史密斯帮助学生们为金融职位面试做准备。他向那些希望在华尔街发展的学生们建议说，要避开金融业一时的潮流,比如眼下对两年前颇为流行的重组或者信用衍生品方面的人才需求，而将目光集中在像会计和财务估值基本知识这样适用于所有金融领域的研究。随着经济的复苏,那些更为传统的金融服务业务比如并购咨询行业将重新焕发活力,史密斯表示。