June 3: Financial industry as an alternative to an academic career -workshop with Karen Hladik @5:30

[Dana Bresee Keeth]

Forwarded information - Introductory finance workshop with Karen Hladik 
on June 3.
This seminar is organized by the consulting club at MIT and is intended 
to provide postdocs with a business perspective to further their career 
development.
CCM at MIT

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Dear postdocs,

Please join us Wednesday, June 3rd, to learn about the financial 
industry with our highly-esteemed guest speaker, Dr. Karen Hladik. A 
special section of her talk will be devoted to Financial Concepts for 
Consulting Interview preparation.

What: Business Applications Workshop in Finance

When: Wednesday, June 3rd, 5:30pm

Where: 4-163

Please sign up at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/96VJBYV

Business Applications Workshop in Finance

This workshop will look at the financial industry as an alternative to 
an academic career. We will discuss the knowledge and skills that are 
often transferable from an academic environment to the financial world. 
Examples are given of several quantitative roles, including portfolio 
analysis, risk management, algorithmic trading, and asset allocation. We 
will consider the pluses and minuses of being a “quant” as well as 
several of the “truths, perceptions, and misconceptions” of life in the 
financial world.

A special section of the talk will be devoted to “Key Financial Concepts 
for Consulting Interviews” and will cover necessary finance concepts and 
vocabulary that commonly pop up during case interviews. Finally, there 
will be plenty of time for questions about finance vs. consulting vs. 
industry. Come and hear whether a job in the financial industry might be 
a good fit for you!

Alumni Instructor: Karen Hladik, S.B Economics, S.B. Chemical 
Engineering, MIT; Ph.D. Business Economics, Harvard.

Karen Hladik has had a long and successful career in the financial 
industry, focusing on quantitative modeling and portfolio analytics in 
equity markets. She was the global head of the Risk and Quantitative 
Services Group in Global Securities Services at Goldman Sachs & Co. in 
New York, working primarily with hedge fund clients in both the US and 
abroad. Prior to that, Karen also worked for many years as the senior 
manager in charge of McKinsey & Co.’s Microeconomics Practice and as an 
economic analyst in Exxon Corporation’s Corporate Planning Department. 
With this background, Karen has a unique perspective on how one can 
apply one’s Ph.D. in a variety of corporate, consulting, and financial 
positions. She is currently a member of the Harvard GSAS Alumni 
Association Council and a director of Harvard University’s Alumni 
Association.


Best,

CCM @ MIT

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