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...accustomed to jobs at the upper echelon of finance, the usual recruiting suspects remain alive, if not quite well. Indeed, of the behemoths that have gone under in the past months, only Lehman Brothers was a major recruiter at Harvard. The most sought-after financial recruiters—namely Goldman Sachs, J.P. Morgan, and Citigroup—have survived the recent turmoil and have shown their health by buying up the dismembered parts of other firms. If these three remain strong in the coming years (all, including Citi, remain well-capitalized) and businesses continue to have the need for management...
...well as about 200 university economists—including several from Harvard—are a handful of those who have vocally denounced Paulson’s bailout plan. Possibly more disturbing than the economic flaws of the program are the ethical issues. As the former CEO of Goldman Sachs, Paulson has a conflict of interest. It seems that it would be really difficult for Paulson—or anyone given control of $700 billion—to resist helping out his former business buddies. Not surprisingly, Goldman Sachs has much to gain under the plan. If none of these...
When Edward C. Forst ’82 left Goldman Sachs this summer to become Harvard’s first executive vice president, it appeared he had left the finance world behind—until an old friend called. “We had a fabulous three weeks with him,” University President Drew G. Faust in an interview Friday afternoon. “Then the secretary of the treasury called and said I need to draft him to come save the nation.” Forst is helping Secretary of the Treasury Henry M. Paulson, his erstwhile...
...Career Forum on Friday, an event that saw 1,500 students brave the pouring rain to meet with upwards of 140 employers. The participation of 38 consulting firms and 37 finance companies represented a strong presence at the event, though notably absent were major banks including Citigroup and Goldman Sachs, which have attended the career fair in the past. OCS’s interim director, Robin E. Mount, explained that many firms have said that the career forum would not be the best use of their recruiting budgets. Despite the turmoil on Wall Street, most recruiters interviewed said that their...
...what now for the scores of Harvard seniors preparing for a semester of Goldman info sessions...