Your Career in Financial Services Starts Here
A Degree Gets You to Graduation.
It Doesn't Get You a Job.
“What are you going to do after graduation?” Fair question. Harder answer.
You may know your major. You may even know you want a career in business. But do you know where the entry-level jobs are, which roles you could pursue, and what it takes to get your foot in the door?
That’s where this program comes in.
We built a career map for financial services—showing you the industries, the roles, the firms, and the opportunities. Then we show you how to position yourself for them, with insights from a recruiter who has spent decades helping financial services firms find and hire talent.
Start with our free videos. Find where you fit. Then learn how to turn that knowledge into an opportunity.
free videosWhy this program
From Career Preparation to Career Direction
Your career search is a relay. Your career center gets you off to a strong start—helping you build your resume, strengthen your LinkedIn profile, and prepare for interviews.
Then the baton passes to us. We take you from career preparation to career direction, giving you the financial services career map you need to make a well-informed career decision.
Our leg is about industry-specific knowledge: how financial services is structured, where new graduates fit in, which roles and firms to consider, and how to prepare for the hiring process—with guidance from a recruiter who has spent decades helping financial services companies find and hire talent.
Part 1 · Free — Find your path
The free videos
Two short videos, twelve minutes total. No account, no card, no email — just press play.
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Six careers. Six possibilities. Which one is you?
The full program picks up right here: six course series — Consumer Finance; Commercial Banking, Finance & Leasing; Commercial Real Estate; Wealth Management & Private Banking; Investment Banking & Private Equity; and Shared Services — covering how each business works, how it makes money, who the players are, and which entry-level jobs actually hire new grads. In all, the program is 48 video lessons across 8 courses: 3 hours 40 minutes of instruction. And when you’re ready to build a target list, 45 Top 30 company lists name the leading employers in each segment.
Explore the six segments →Your guide · Chris Bezick
Learn the Industry From Someone Who Has Been on Both Sides of the Table
Chris has spent more than 30 years in financial services. He has actually been in the business. He has built, managed, and grown financial services businesses. And for more than 20 years, he has been on the other side of the table—helping leading financial institutions decide who gets hired.
He understands financial services from the inside: how businesses make money, how the industry is structured, where the opportunities are, what different roles actually do, and what it takes to build a career in the business. And as an executive recruiter, he knows what happens on the other side of the hiring process—what employers look for, why one candidate gets the offer over another, and how to stand out when it matters.
Through Classroom 2 Career, Chris gives students something they rarely get in the classroom: an insider’s view of the financial services industry and the hiring process. He helps students understand the industry, identify where they might fit, find the opportunities worth pursuing, position themselves effectively, and prepare for the interview.
- Executive recruiter with 20+ years of experience, leading searches for Wells Fargo, JPMorgan, Fannie Mae, Fortress, and other leading financial institutions.
- Former financial services executive who helped build, manage, and grow a significant commercial real estate loan acquisition and asset management business.
- B.S., United States Military Academy at West Point
- M.B.A., Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University
“I’ve been at the hiring table from both sides—first building a significant financial services business, and then spending more than 20 years recruiting the people companies wanted to hire. I’ve worked with companies across every major segment of financial services, so I know how each business works, what employers look for, and where the career opportunities are. I know what it takes to get your foot in the door.”
— Chris Bezick
Ready for more?
There’s a seat at this table for you.
The free videos show you what’s out there. The full program takes you the rest of the way — 48 video lessons across 8 courses: six course series that go deep on every segment, plus a career-preparation series on positioning yourself for the opportunity, and 45 Top 30 company lists that show you who’s hiring. Taught by a recruiter who has spent 20 years filling these seats.
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For career offices & universities
Bring this to your students
Classroom 2 Career is built to work alongside a career office—not compete with one. Your team handles the first leg: resumes, LinkedIn, interview preparation, and employer relationships. We take the financial services leg—the industry-specific knowledge and career direction a generalist career office can’t realistically provide for every industry. You can’t have a financial services specialist sitting alongside an expert in every industry your students might consider; this program gives your students that expertise—on demand, self-paced, and available whenever they need it.
The videos work in an advising appointment, a workshop, a first-year seminar, or a classroom—or simply assign them for students to explore on their own. No scheduling, no additional advising hours, no guest speaker to coordinate. And every student gets a structured view of the whole industry—including first-generation students, transfers, and veterans who don’t arrive with a family connection or a mentor in the business.
Campus licensing costs a fraction of what a school might spend on a single outside speaker or career-fair presence—and usage reporting is available for offices that want to see how students are engaging with the program.