MBAS8 Goldman Sachs 8/4/08 14:50 Page 1
Executive Interview
Graduate & MBA Recruiting
at Goldman Sachs
Sarah Crawford, Head of Graduate Recruitment EMEA
GS places a great emphasis
on recruiting MBAs for
Summer internships,
providing a mutual
opportunity to confirm
GS at a glance
whether this is the right Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment
banking, securities and investment management
decision for the individual. firm. We provide a wide range of services world-
wide to a substantial and diversified client base
that includes corporations, financial institutions,
e expect a high proportion What is GS’ attitude towards diversity? governments and high net worth individuals.
W
of our interns to convert As our Chairman Lloyd Blankfein says, “Diversity
into full-time hires so we is at the very core of our ability to serve our clients Investment Banking
undertake little additional well and to maximize return for our shareholders. We provide a broad range of investment banking
full-time hiring. As a result Diversity supports and strengthens the firm’s services to a diverse group of corporations, finan-
our MBA hiring numbers are always planned well culture, and it reinforces our reputation as the cial institutions, governments and individuals.
in advance and the number of interns we recruit employer of choice in our industry and beyond.”
is a fair indication of the number of full-time MBAs At Goldman Sachs, we leverage the diversity Trading and Principal Investments
we will recruit the following year. of our people to meet the challenges we face – We facilitate client transactions with a diverse
GS sees no significant changes to our MBA a global client base that reflects a multitude of group of corporations, financial institutions,
hiring numbers in 2008. Our intern numbers in cultures, with markets that are active 24 hours a governments and individuals and take proprietary
Summer 2008 will be very similar to last year’s. day and new financial problems that demand positions through market making, trading
We expect to hire about 45 MBA interns in the unconventional solutions. The diversity of our and investing in fixed income and equity products,
EMEA region in Summer 2008. people is not just an enhancement of our currencies, commodities and derivatives.
problem-solving, or our creativity, or our ability to Additionally, we engage in specialist and market
How does your recruitment differ by get on with our clients. It is a source of business making activities on equities and options
division? opportunity. exchanges, and we clear client transactions on
The largest recruiter of MBAs is the Investment major stock, options and futures exchanges world-
Banking Division, followed by Private Wealth Where are the big opportunities? wide. In connection with our merchant banking
Management, Securities and Merchant Banking. Emerging markets undoubtedly offer great oppor- and other investing activities, we make principal
Our current recruiting plans by division do not tunity for growth and this affects our hiring profile. investments directly and through funds that we
differ significantly from last year. We now tend to look for people with specific raise and manage.
industry skills or languages with a view to the
What is your long term perspective? country offices they may eventually work in. We Asset Management and Securities
What is the value added of MBAs in do expect to grow our offices in emerging markets Services
particular? over the next few years and so we are looking for We provide investment advisory and financial
We recruit MBAs to develop future leaders, add an increasing number of candidates from these planning services and offer investment products
value and strategic thinking, international experi- markets. across all major asset classes to a diverse
ence and networks. We particularly value group of institutions and individuals
the diversity of people we can attract from worldwide. We also provide prime
business schools. We are not just looking
“We recruit MBAs to develop future leaders, add value and
brokerage services, financing services
for previous bankers or consultants. We
strategic thinking, international experience and networks.”
and securities lending services to
also recruit engineers or medics or anyone mutual funds, pension funds, hedge
whose skills we feel can add value to the funds, foundations and high net worth
business. individuals worldwide.
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