Job market, is the winter coming?

Hey guys, I am new graduate looking for job. It looks like not many funds were doing well recently, despite the main street is still in good shape. Q4 would be the worst I guess. ER folks are already talking about lay-offs.

How many head-counts would be cut in the coming Jan? Are there still opportunities on the street for new graduates/PhDs? Many thanks!

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Winter is here... if you are doing vanilla equities.

However, it sounds like you may be on the quant PHD side, in which case its still ... maybe not Sprint, but at least fall.

 

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