Mentor Handbook
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PROTEGE HANDBOOK
Mission
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Background
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Traits of a Good Protege
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Mentor Meeting Logistics
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Mentoring Meeting & Best Practices
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Responsibilities of Mentors
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Responsibilities of Proteges
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Benefits to Proteges
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Program Outline
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Additional Topics for Discussion
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Session 1: Introduction, Career Aptitude Test & Social Media Etiquette
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Session 2: Resume Building & RTSWS Internship & Job Portal Intro
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Session 3: Resume Review, LinkedIn Introduction, and Self-Advocacy
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Session 4: Interview Skills, Self-Advocacy Pitch, & LinkedIn Profile Building
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Session 5: Women in Finance and Finishing Tasks
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Before You Go, Did You…
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We Recommend
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Additional Resources
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AT A GLANCE CONTACT Contact your School Champion with any questions. You can also contact RTSWS staff at programs1@rockthestreetwallstreet.com ROCK THE STREET, WALL STREET (RTSWS) WEBSITE www.rockthestreetwallstreet.com RTSWS INTERNSHIP/ JOB BOARD www.rockthestreetwallstreet.com/scholarship-internship-job-portal/ MARKETING MATERIALS www.rockthestreetwallstreet.com/get-the-word-out/ MOBILE APP (see page 17 for full instructions) app.rockthestreetwallstreet.com Be sure to save the app to your mobile phone home screen. It is not automatic. This is a web-based app, not the type of app you find in an app store. Watch this video: https://youtu.be/L3cFSWAuWS4
RTSWS SOCIAL MEDIA (QR codes on next page) Facebook: www.facebook.com/girlsrockwallst Instagram: www.instagram.com/rtsws_ Twitter: www.twitter.com/RTSWS_ YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UCUKCvfew0BGIoA1iaqmjviw LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/rock-the-street-wall-street/ LinkedIn RTSWS Student and Financial Pro Networking Group: www.linkedin.com/groups/7029520/ EMAIL PICTURES/ SELFIES TO: pictures@rockthestreetwallstreet.com
SCHOOL CHAMPION:
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SOCIAL MEDIA
www.rockthestreetwallstreet.com/scholarship-internship-job-portal We fully launched the Internship & Job Portal in August 2021. To date, over 100 internships and entry level jobs have been listed there. There are many opportunities listed including Summer 2022 Internships from the most respected financial companies in the industry.
SCHOLARSHIP, INTERNSHIP & JOB PORTAL
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RUN, DON'T WALK TO READ UNDIVERSIFIED! www.thebiggendershort.com “I’m a betting woman and I bet that there are few if any books like this on the shelves of high school and college counselors across the US and Canada... anywhere for that matter. This book belongs on each and every one of their shelves as it describes the (heretofore mysterious) pathways to a career in one sector of finance, portfolio management. Populating counselors offices with this book would remind them, too, that these professions exist and are attainable to the young women they counsel.” - MAURA CUNNINGHAM, CEO and Founder of Rock The Street, Wall Street
STUDENTS: If you are interested in getting a free, digital copy of Undiversified, please contact Emily Whitcomb, Marketing Coordinator, at emily.w@rockthestreetwallstreet.com Order by the end of your second session or no later than March 1, 2022.
“Diversification is a core principle of investing. Yet money managers have not applied it to their own ranks. Only around 10 percent of portfolio managers—the people most directly responsible for investing your money—are female, and the numbers are even worse at the ownership level.” -Ellen Carr and Katrina Dudley, Undiversified Authors RockTheStreetWallStreet.com | Change WHO We Invest In To Change WHAT We Invest In
Be sure to save the app to your mobile phone home screen. It is not automatic. This is a web-based app, not the type of app you find in an app store.
Benefits of downloading RTSWS app: See session schedules, view special announcements, get curriculum and attendance links, view important contacts, get communication and notifications from RTSWS and more. Watch this video for more info: https://youtu.be/UZRqN5gS_Yk
See page 17 for full instructions. Go to app.rockthestreetwallstreet.com to download. Open in Safari browser if you are iOs user, Chrome browser if you are Android user
Visit the new Rock The Street, Wall Street on-line store! When you buy a shirt, sweatshirt, water bottle, stickers, fanny pack, or any other awesome item we have for sale in our on-line shop, 100% of the profits are going to support RTSWS students. At the same time, you’ll be opening up a dialogue with those around you about girls and the M of STEM.
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MISSION Rock The Street, Wall Street is a financial and investment literacy program designed to spark the interest of a diverse population of high school girls into careers of finance.
“A mentor is someone who allows you to know that no matter how dark the night, in the morning, joy will come. A mentor is someone who allows you to see the higher part of yourself when sometimes it becomes hidden to your own view.” – Oprah Winfrey “A lot of people have gone further than they thought they could because someone else thought they could.” – Anonymous ●●● The Rock The Street, Wall Street Mentorship Program is designed to encourage high school girls to take a strong interest in their personal finances at an early age and to explore the possibility of a career in the financial services industry. We do this by offering a five-week series of classroom workshops and a Wall Street Experience Field Trip in the fall. In the spring, we pair those students who wish to be mentored with professional females in finance. Our professionals offer a firsthand (and very often, first-time) view into the world of business. The mentor provides guidance to their protege about savings and investments, presentation skills, resume preparation, college major/minor preparation, job preparedness, self-advocacy, and career interests. The goal of the mentorship program is to encourage girls to take charge of their financial lives at an early age and increase the number of women entering the financial services profession. Having a mentor can aid in developing your self-confidence, providing accountability for your goals, and discovering your interests and professional aspirations. Get comfortable sharing ideas on life, academic and career goals, and overcoming obstacles. Our larger goal is to have the two of you stay in touch long-term as you become a college student and beyond. We know of RTSWS mentor/protege relationships that have lasted for years, attesting to the effectiveness of a formal mentorship program.
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BACKGROUND Two out of three women state that they know little to nothing about finance. By reaching out to girls in high school, we commission them to take charge of their finances at an early age. We illuminate the relevance of finance in everyday life and encourage girls to study business and seek a profession in the financial industry. Women are vastly underrepresented in the upper ranks of finance and comprise only 2.5% of hedge fund managers, 8% of venture capital professionals, 9% of mutual fund managers, and 11.7% of private equity executives. Let's face it, financial naivete among women cuts across all socioeconomic classes. RTSWS is reaching young women in 26 cities across the U.S. and Canada through local public and private schools, introducing them to financial concepts such as savings, investments, budgets, stocks, bonds, derivatives, private equity and college/financial preparedness. We offer young women a pathway to financial literacy and career preparedness through financial hands-on projects in our workshops, role modeling, mentoring, strengths assessments, and real-life Wall Street field trip experiences.
TRAITS OF A GOOD PROTEGE • Sincere desire to take personal charge of being mentored • Being a self-starter who wishes to reach her greatest potential • Ability to bounce back from mistakes and failure • Enthusiasm to sustain the mentoring relationship over time • Commitment to holding the mentoring relationship together • Sincere desire to be involved in the life of a professional woman in business • Respect for adults • Willingness to share • Ability to accept differences by being open-minded • Active listening, suspending judgment, and asking thoughtful questions • Patience
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MENTOR MEETING LOGISTICS • Over the course of the spring semester, it is expected that the mentor/protege teams will meet five times. RTSWS will work with schools and volunteers to select mentoring dates. Make note of the dates of the subsequent mentoring sessions with your mentor. • RTSWS will send meeting reminders to students & volunteers the day before each meeting is scheduled. • IMPORTANT: If you’re unable to attend a session due to a conflict or unforeseen emergency, please notify your mentor and your School Champion, so your mentor does not come to the meeting unnecessarily. • This year mentoring may be done virtually or in person depending on your school and mentor’s firm. RTSWS and the school will set up a routine meeting day and time and provide you and the mentors with a schedule and link if necessary. Please be sure you are in a quiet space with little to no interruptions. • If mentoring is taking place virtually, 3 people must be present in all mentor/protege meetings, this includes in the breakout rooms. This requirement is out of an abundance of caution for the security of both our volunteer mentors and our student proteges. This ratio can include any combination of students and volunteers, but must include at least 3 people.
IF IN PERSON
IF VIRTUAL
• You will be meeting with your mentor in person in the classroom. Everyone will plan to find a quiet corner or table to work together with your mentor for the session.
• If mentoring is taking place virtually, 3 people must be present in all mentor/protege meetings, including breakout rooms.
• We recommend that you bring your laptop to these meetings in order to access some additional resources in the curriculum. ◦ Please Note: If you have a hot spot, it may be helpful to use as school WiFi is sometimes slow or inconsistent.
WHAT TO BRING TO YOUR MENTOR SESSION: Laptop or Smart Phone, Headphones, Protege Handbook, Pencil and Paper
• This requirement is out of an abundance of caution for the security of both our volunteer mentors and our student proteges. This ratio can include any combination of students and volunteers, but must include at least 3 people. • You will join your session link as a full group and will then be split into breakout rooms with your assigned mentor, following the 3 person per group rule, to join the mentoring session. ◦ Please note: You will be connecting from a classroom setting. The devices and setup proteges use to connect to the session will be different at each school, but we recommend you have headphones with a microphone to be able to communicate to your mentor effectively in the classroom setting.
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MENTORING INFORMATION AND BEST PRACTICES • Preparation: Have a conversation with your mentor about expectations and confidentiality. • IMPORTANT: Communication with Your Mentor: Communicate with your mentor about upcoming meetings. We encourage you to exchange contact information with your mentor to stay in touch regarding sudden changes or unexpected cancellations. Please select the method of communication you feel comfortable with, email is acceptable. • Conversations with Your Mentor: Allow for conversations to take a natural course as you approach the subject of each session. There may be times when you’re not sure what to talk about. Consider asking your mentor questions that fit the following categories: Stories — Was there a time you messed up and felt like you failed? How did you bounce back? — How did you learn to embrace risk-taking? — What’s the most important leadership lesson you’ve learned and how has it proven invaluable? Situations — Who are the people I need to align with in this organization to achieve success? — When trying to gain buy-in to implement a new program, what tactics have worked for you? Self-awareness — Where do you see my strengths? — How could I have communicated my idea more clearly? Skill-building — How can I become a more assertive negotiator? — What practices can you recommend for dealing with nervousness when speaking to groups? — What’s a good methodology or tool for project management and tracking team commitments
• Moving Forward: Each party should reflect on her own learning from this experience. What is it she has learned about herself as a protege or as a mentor? How will she take what she’s learned to the next level? The intention of this component of the RTSWS program is for the mentoring relationship to continue beyond this academic year. Stay in touch with your mentor, perhaps for a job shadow or internship, so that the relationship can continue to grow. • Relax and Have FUN!
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RESPONSIBILITIES OF MENTORS Typical mentor responsibilities include, but are not limited to: • Acting as a resource for information about the financial profession and savings and investment concepts • Establishing the meeting agenda • Helping the protege identify and reach specific goals • Establishing trust with the protege and maintaining confidentiality • Listening actively • Challenging the protege to think and analyze options • Sharing unique professional experiences • Serving as a sounding board for ideas • Providing college and career guidance (However, they are not expected to be a college counselor) • Providing encouragement for building self-confidence and stronger self-esteem by serving as a solid role model • Offering constructive and meaningful feedback and critical analysis "Volunteering with RTSWS was a really rewarding experience. It was really cool because normally every day you come into work and you do a job and you don’t always see that tangible impact you are making on someone, but when you come into the classroom and you interact with these girls you can see right then how you are making a difference in their lives.” — RTSWS volunteer
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RESPONSIBILITIES OF PROTEGES Each protege is expected to: • Actively engage in conversation with their mentor, which includes responding to questions and a two way exchange • IMPORTANT: Stay in contact and communicate clearly with their mentor • Attend the scheduled sessions and notify their mentor 24 hours in advance if they are unable to attend their scheduled session (Mentors are traveling from all parts of town to reach you. Please be respectful.) • Help to establish the meeting agenda • Respect their mentor’s time • Be receptive to feedback and coaching • Assess their own individual needs • Openly share successes and failures • Take advantage of opportunities presented by their mentor • Follow through on commitments and goals set during the mentoring sessions • Admit mistakes and take responsibility for them • Be confident to tactfully and respectfully disagree with their mentor
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BENEFITS TO PROTEGES Here are some of the benefits you can expect from being mentored: • Assistance in defining college and career goals, strategies and options (But keep in mind that RTSWS mentors are not college counselors) • Help in building confidence to grow beyond the usual expectations • Personalized attention geared toward specific needs • A sounding board for ideas and approaches • Referrals to experts with specialized industry knowledge • Recommendations for helpful articles and texts
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PROGRAM OUTLINE Session 1 • Introduction • Career Aptitude Test • Review Graphic: Social Media Etiquette • Challenge: Begin listing clubs, activities, accomplishments for resume building Session 2 • Introduction to RTSWS Internship & Job Portal • Review Article: Ten Tips for Building Your High School Resume • Begin Building Protege Resume • Challenge: Continue working on your resume for review in Session 3 Session 3 • Review Protege Resume • Upload Resume to RTSWS Internship & Job Portal • Introduce Mentor’s LinkedIn Page • Self-Advocacy • Review Article: Five Steps Women Can Take to Self-Advocate • Challenge: Develop a 2 minute pitch advocating for yorself and why you are worthy to be mentored. (Spoiler alert: You ARE worthy, but you need to practice TELLING others!) Session 4 • Protege Self-Advocacy Pitch • Review Article: 5 Interview Tips and Job Interview Questions for Teens • Practice Common Interview Questions • Begin Building Protege LinkedIn Profile (if 16+) • Challenge: Continue building your LinkedIn profile and join LinkedIn RTSWS Student and Financial Pros Networking Group Session 5 • Finish Protege LinkedIn Profile • Complete Any Unfinished Tasks • Women in Finance • Connect • Challenge: Connect with at least 5 people on LinkedIn
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ADDITIONAL TOPICS FOR DISCUSSION • Academic development and ways to improve the path toward college • College and/or job applications • Scholarship applications • Student / teacher / professor roles and interactions • Studying practices • Resource recommendations • Stock/bond market performance • Entrepreneurship • Saving and investing • Goals and progress toward goals • Networking • Job shadowing • How the financial exclusion of women negatively affects families and entire communities • Female representation in math and finance • Building confidence
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SESSION 1
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Introduction, Career Aptitude Test & Social Media Etiquette Meeting Date, Time & Link: Mentor Name & Contact Info:
1. Introduction: Take time to introduce yourself and meet your mentor. Ask questions of your mentor and share your story, it doesn’t have to be 100% finance related, feel free to share about your family and personal interests as well. 2. Take a Selfie or Virtual Screenshot: We love to see pictures of everyone, take a picture together and email to: pictures@rockthestreetwallstreet.com. Even Better: Add a note about your first session! 3. Career Aptitude Test: Take the Career Aptitude Test and share the results with your mentor so you can discuss. • Career Aptitude Link: www.123test.com/career-test/index.php • This should take approximately 10 minutes. • You are encouraged to send the results to yourself so you can access it in the future. • Have a conversation with your mentor about careers you are interested in and notice if they line up with the results of your test. Pay close attention to careers in accounting, economics, and finance.
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Holland Personality Type and Sample Careers My personality type (percentages):
My Holland Code is:
My top 5 suggested occupations are:
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For the next session, begin creating a list of clubs, activities, and accomplishments you can use to start building your resume. If you already have a resume started, bring it with you to review with your mentor.
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SESSION 2 Resume Building & RTSWS Internship & Job Portal Introduction
As our students and alumnae grow, we are working with them to meet their career goals. We encourage them, as well as our corporate sponsors and employers, to utilize our RTSWS Internship & Job Portal. This is a great opportunity for students to view and apply for internship and job opportunities from some of the most respected financial companies in the U.S.and for companies to source new talent. https://rockthestreetwallstreet.com/scholarship-internship-job-portal/
1. Introduction to RTSWS Internship & Job Portal: Create an account on the Portal and review the opportunity postings. • RTSWS Internship & Job Portal link: https://rockthestreetwallstreet.com/scholarship-internship-job-portal/ • Have a conversation about the opportunities that financial firms are posting on the site, to include scholarships and internships. 2. Review Resume Article: Ten Tips for Building Your High School Resume www.teenlife.com/blog/10-tips-building-your-high-school-resume/ Read the article and/or review important pieces of it with your mentor, depending on time available. 3. Build Protege Resume: Work with your mentor to begin building your resume. Take the list of activities, clubs, accomplishments, and accolades and begin formatting them into a resume. • It may be helpful to review high school resume templates by doing a basic internet search. • If you already have a resume, take time to review it together with your mentor. Look for things like consistency, action verbs, formatting. You can begin working on a cover letter with your mentor.
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Continue to work on your resume for review during the next session. We will ask you to upload your resume to the RTSWS Internship & Job Portal during the next session.
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Resume Review, LinkedIn Introduction, and Self-Advocacy 1. Review Resume: Review your resume with your mentor and make any final edits and changes. 2. Upload resume to RTSWS Internship & Job Portal: Login to the RTSWS Internship & Job Portal account you created in the second session and upload your completed resume to the portal. • RTSWS Internship & Job Portal link (see image on next page): www.rockthestreetwallstreet.com/scholarships-internships-jobs/ 3. LinkedIn Introduction: Talk about LinkedIn and the importance of the platform for professional networking. Your mentor will share her LinkedIn profile with you and let you see the information to include, the format, and how to use the platform for networking purposes. • Visit the RTSWS LinkedIn Page and join the RTSWS Student and Financial Pros Networking Group if you haven’t already. You will be creating a profile in Session 4 if you are 16+. 4. Self-Advocacy: Your mentor will talk about what self-advocacy is and why it is an important skill to learn, practice, and implement. Traditionally men are better at self-advocacy and this is a contributing factor to women missing out on promotion and job advancement opportunities. This is a skill that must be practiced. • Review Self-Advocacy Article: 5 Steps Women Can Take to Self-Advocate www.forbes.com/sites/ellevate/2020/08/25/five-steps-women-can-take-to-self-advocate/? sh=68a52e3f7d56
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Prepare a 2 minute pitch convincing your mentor why you are worthy to be mentored. SPOLIER ALERT: You ARE worthy to be mentored, but you need practice TELLING others! This will be uncomfortable, but practice is key to being successful. You will be giving the pitch to your mentor during the next session.
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SESSION 3 RTSWS Internship & Job Portal
SCHOLARSHIP, INTERNSHIP & JOB PORTAL
Use the drop down menu to register.
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Interview Skills, Self Advocacy Pitch & LinkedIn Profile Building My LinkedIn user name and password:
1. Protege Self-Advocacy Pitch: Deliver your 2 minute self-advocacy pitch. This will feel uncomfortable, but it is important to practice this skill repeatedly in different settings. 2. Review Interview Tips Article: 5 Interview Tips and Job Interview Questions for Teens www.snagajob.com/blog/post/job-interview-tips-for-teens Have a discussion about first interviews, appearance, professionalism, questions, preparation, and expectations. 3. Practice Common Interview Questions: Use some of the common interview questions included in the article to create a mock interview. Brainstorm and practice some responses with your mentor. 4. Build Protege LinkedIn Profile: If you are 16+ create a LinkedIn profile. Add a picture and pull components from your resume to complete your profile. Connect with your mentor on LinkedIn. • Action: Join the RTSWS Student and Financial Pros Networking Group if you have not already. • If you already have a LinkedIn profile, talk with your mentor about companies and pages you should consider following based on your interests, goals, etc. Work with your mentor on crafting a professional LinkedIn message asking for assistance looking for scholarship, internship or job opportunities.
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Continue building your LinkedIn profile and join the RTSWS Student and Financial Pros Networking Group
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SESSION 4 LinkedIn Profile Checklist
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SESSION 4 LinkedIn Profile Checklist cont.
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Finishing Tasks and Discussions 1. Finish LinkedIn Profile: Review your LinkedIn profile and finish anything left outstanding. 2. Unfinished Tasks: If there were topics that you did not get to spend enough time on or wanted to dive deeper into, take this time to work on those items. If you have special projects you would like your mentor’s help with college or scholarship applications, job application, college choice decisions, etc., take the time to work with her on topics that are useful and relevant to your current situation. 3. Women in Finance: Learn about your mentor’s role in the finance industry through a question and answer session. Come with any questions you have about your mentor and her career. Here are some suggestions: • What are the most important aspects of your role? • What do you enjoy most about your job? Least? • Who do you partner with in your role? • How does this partnership help you be more effective? • How do you balance personal and professional life? • When have you had to self-advocate in your career? 4. Connect: Make a plan to stay connected over the summer and into the future.
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Connect with at least 5 people on LinkedIn. This could be your mentor, people in your community, or public figures. You are encouraged to connect with our RTSWS Founder and CEO, Maura Cunningham.
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BEFORE YOU GO, DID YOU… Use the checklist below to track your engagement with key activities in the RTSWS mentoring program.
Downloaded the RTSWS Mobile app and saved it to your mobile phone home screen. It is not automatic. This is a web-based app, not the type of app you find in an app store. www.app.rockthestreetwallstreet.com/ See page 17 for full instructions. Watch this video for more info: https://youtu.be/L3cFSWAuWS4 Upload Your Resume to the RTSWS Internship & Job Portal www.rockthestreetwallstreet.com/resumes/ Register on the RTSWS Internship & Job Portal and reviewed all the current listings. • https://rockthestreetwallstreet.com/scholarship-internship-job-portal/ Create a LinkedIn Profile (if 16+)
Join the LinkedIn RTSWS Student and Financial Pros Networking Group
Deliver Your Self-Advocacy Pitch
Connect with Maura Cunningham on Linkedin to be connected to over 6,000 financial professionals across the country www.linkedin.com/in/mauracunningham007 Make a Plan to Stay Connected with Your Mentor
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WE RECOMMEND… 1. Join our LinkedIn Student and Financial Professionals Networking Group www.linkedin.com/groups/7029520/ 2. Check out the Rock The Street, Wall Street Internship & Job Portalwww.rockthestreetwallstreet.com/scholarship-internship-job-portal/ 3. Seek out podcasts, books, websites, online courses or videos about finance, savings, investing and the economy. Here are a few relevant podcasts with hundreds of episodes to explore: NPR’s Planet Money, The Fairer Cents: Women, Money and the Fight to Break Even, So Money with Farnoosh Torabi, The College Investor Audio Show. 4. If students are more quantitative and technically inclined, consider majors in math and careers in quantitative analysis - good preparation for analyst positions in fixed income, credit, hedge funds, etc. 5. Do a Google search on “College Majors for Financial Careers” - there are useful websites on college, general articles, etc.
www.girlswhoinvest.org Girls Who Invest is a non-profit organization that prepares undergraduates at U.S. colleges and universities for careers in investment management. There are internship opportunities and summer programs available in college with Girls Who Invest. You must also have your RTSWS student release form filled out completely and correctly to be considered. If you choose to apply, please let us know via email. We will reach out to GWI to let them know the individuals who have applied that are alumnae of RTSWS.
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CHECK OUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES WEBSITES Career Girls • www.careergirls.org Girls Who Invest • http://www.girlswhoinvest.org Napkin Finance • www.napkinfinance.com CNBC and The Wall Street Journal are great places to keep an eye on the financial markets Investopedia • www.investopedia.com Yahoo Finance • finance.yahoo.com The College Investor • www.thecollegeinvestor.com/audio-show
BOOK Undiversified: The Big Gender Short in Investment Management, by Ellen Carr and Katrina Dudley • www.thebiggendershort.com/
PODCASTS The Fairer Cents: Women, Money and the Fight to Break Even www.thefairercents.com NPR’s Planet Money • www.npr.org/sections/money HERMONEY • www.hermoney.com/t/podcasts Money Nerds • www.themoneynerds.com So Money with Farnoosh Torabi • www.podcast.farnoosh.tv
GOVERNMENT Janet Yellen • https://home.treasury.gov/about/general-information/officials/janet-yellen Gender Policy Council • www.whitehouse.gov/gpc Women in Public Finance • www.wpfc.com/
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