Financial services firms are looking for strong programming, database and operating system skills. The number of IT jobs posted by financial services firms was up 24% in July 2010 when compared to July 2009. Wall Street firms are seeking techies who have experience using IT systems to evaluate portfolio risk, trading risk and credit risk. Technology is extremely important on Wall Street, where they have vast quantities of data that needs real-time analysis, expert says. Financial firms prefer to hire techies with experience in the financial services field, not those who have IT certifications.”]
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