So you want to be an oil seed trader?

Welcome to post number four in our series of profiles of jobs you can do with a language. This week – oil seed trading! What does the role entail? As the job title suggests, the role involves trading oil seeds! A financial role, you would assist the head of trading, buying oil seeds from farmers [...]

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From skyscraper to sausages

The recession – it has affected different people in different ways. For some it’s been an opportunity to buy a house at a great price. But for others it has meant losing their jobs, and that’s what happened to Thomas Brause, an ex-trader from Frankfurt. We recently came across this story and thought we’d share [...]

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Trading houses missing out on talent

It seems that even in a recession, some companies are struggling to attract and retain talent – but not for the reasons you may think. It makes sense that clients have become fussier in this tough economic climate (which reports suggest that we’re moving out of now – let’s hope they’re right.) With so many [...]

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