Consulting
Do you enjoy turning a messy question into a clear recommendation with other people?
Client-facingProblem-solvingHigh collaboration
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The Insight Career Desk
Better career decisions begin with better evidence.
“For curious minds who want to acquire relevant knowledge and practical skills for the paths ahead.”
- 01Explore and compareFind career paths by field, working style or the skills you want to build.→
- 02Learn from the workMove from each path to its conversations, videos, reading and experienced voices.→
- 03See the tools behind the workOpen practical guides to Excel, ChatGPT, Claude, GitHub, Notion and other professional tools.→
- 04Take a next stepUse connected workshops and field guides to turn interest into an informed experiment.→
4 path guides3 experienced voices238 curated resources
How to use this desk
Compare the reality of a path with your own working preferences.
- 01
Search a field or way of working that interests you.
- 02
Listen, watch and read before deciding it is a fit.
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Use workshops and field guides to turn curiosity into a next step.
Ask a better career question
Use the right source for the question in front of you.
The Insight helps students understand and prepare for a field. For broad occupational data, established public databases are the better tool.
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What kinds of work might suit me?
Start with an interest-based exploration rather than guessing a title.
O*NET Interest Profiler ↗Interest exploration · U.S. Department of Labor network02What does this job actually involve?
Use an occupation database for tasks, work context, skills, technologies and related roles.
O*NET OnLine ↗1,000+ occupation profiles · U.S. Department of Labor network03What does it pay, and is it growing?
Check salary, entry education and employment projections in one place—then compare them with your local market.
Occupational Outlook Handbook ↗U.S. salary and outlook data · Bureau of Labor Statistics04What should I learn first?
Return here for a focused, student-ready route through the resources and tools behind a field.
The Insight learning library ↓238 curated resources · courses, tools, datasets and moreExperience behind the conversations
Institutions connected to the people in our network.
Browse the institutions our guests have worked with, studied at, or contributed to. These are context—not endorsements.
Firms & Institutions
Universities
Goldman Sachs
A financial institution represented through a guest's former-employer connection.
Visit official website1 guest in our network
Explore the paths
Start with the shape of the work.
Search the current guides or choose a signal that matters to you. The aim is to test fit before you optimise for a label.
Start from a working preference
4 paths to exploreEach guide includes useful resources and connected Insight material.
Economics
Do models, incentives and real-world evidence make you want to investigate further?
Research-ledPolicy and marketsAnalytical writing
1 episodes1 videos178 resources
Explore path 
Investment Banking
Are you drawn to transactions and willing to learn through repeated, high-stakes detail work?
Markets and financeHigh intensityDetail-heavy
1 episodes3 videos59 resources
Explore path 
Quantitative Finance
Do you enjoy using mathematics and code to make uncertain systems more legible?
Highly quantitativeProgrammingMarkets and research
0 episodes1 videos180 resources
Explore path Learn through the work
One route, several ways to build context.
Each path links its useful conversations, videos and preparation materials in one place.
Professional Services
Consulting
Analysis and Policy
Economics
ListenErik Berglöf on Development, Policy, and the Future of Economics1:01:00 podcast episodeWatchWhy internships are calibration devices90 sec videoUseEconomics starter reading listReading list
Open Economics guide Finance
Investment Banking
ListenJonathan Garrison on Building an International Career Across China, Finance, and Entrepreneurship1 hr 28 min podcast episodeWatchMaking the most of early opportunities32:14 videoUseInvestment banking preparation kitGuide
Open Investment Banking guide Finance and Quantitative Analysis
Quantitative Finance
WatchWhy internships are calibration devices90 sec videoUseQuantitative finance foundationsTechnical guide
Open Quantitative Finance guide The professional toolkit
See what the tools actually help people do.
Drag or scroll to browse. Each tool opens a local, replayable practice demo—not a live product interface.
Select a tool to open its professional context.
Resource discovery
What do you want to learn?
Search careers, skills, tools, courses, books, podcasts and practical resources.
Try one of the prompts above, or begin with the tool you keep hearing about.
Start with useful material
A small set of strong places to begin.
Browse a deliberately varied shelf first, then use the career pages to narrow it to the work you want to understand.
Curated learning library
Start with a capability, not another tab.
Official learning hubs, open courses, simulations, books and practical references—chosen for students who want to test a skill properly.
18 useful resources for this selection
Learning hubFree
Excel Help & Learning
Microsoft · Excel Foundations
Learning hub for Excel Foundations.
Why it’s hereCanonical Microsoft reference covering setup, formulas, data analysis, formatting and troubleshooting.
Learning hubFree
PowerPoint Help & Learning
Microsoft · PowerPoint Foundations
Learning hub for PowerPoint Foundations.
Why it’s hereCanonical Microsoft learning hub for design, presentation, collaboration, animation and media.
Courses + communityFree
OpenAI Academy
OpenAI · ChatGPT
Courses + community for ChatGPT.
Why it’s hereOfficial learning hub for AI foundations, ChatGPT, prompting, data analysis and responsible use.
Courses + assessmentsFree
Anthropic Courses
Anthropic · Claude
Courses + assessments for Claude.
Why it’s hereOfficial structured learning for Claude, AI fluency, development, Claude Code and MCP.
Interactive courseFree
Introduction to GitHub
GitHub Skills · GitHub
Interactive course for GitHub.
Why it’s hereIntroduces repositories, branches, commits and pull requests.
Interactive certificationFree
Data Analysis with Python
freeCodeCamp · Python Data Analysis
Interactive certification for Python Data Analysis.
Why it’s hereUses NumPy, pandas and visualisation for applied analysis.
Resources and templates
Useful working documents, ready to make your own.
Start with a credible structure for a résumé, outreach, interview preparation or follow-up—then make the thinking personal.
Open the full libraryBrowse all 24 templates →Careers · DOCX
Professional student résumé
A clean, one-page résumé that foregrounds evidence, responsibility and transferable skills.
Open template →Careers · DOCX
Cover letter
A structured letter that connects one role, your evidence and a credible reason for applying.
Open template →Careers · DOCX
Cold outreach email pack
Editable outreach, follow-up and thank-you messages for thoughtful informational conversations.
Open template →Careers · DOCX
Informational interview preparation
Prepare questions, research an organisation and record useful follow-up from a conversation.
Open template →Upcoming workshops
Turn a possible path into a useful experiment.
Small, practical sessions for asking better questions before applications and internships make the choice for you.
06 Aug 202617:30 CST · Online
Live workshopOpen
Career Compass: testing fit before you commit
Students choosing a first direction
Leave with a personal set of questions, experiments and next reading.20 Aug 202618:00 CST · Online
Field briefingLimited places
Finance, banking and quant: what changes between the labels
Students exploring finance or quantitative work
Compare work patterns, preparation paths and common misconceptions.03 Sep 202617:30 CST · Online
Conversation and workshopOpen
Making early opportunities useful
Students preparing for internships and informational conversations
Build a practical approach to exploration, outreach and reflection.Field guides
People who make the fields less abstract.
These contributors connect professional experience to the questions students need to ask early.