early career
advisement

campus
recruitment

Andrea Baker

Andrea has developed and executed comprehensive recruiting programs and other HR initiatives for hedge funds, proprietary trading firms, and global investment banks, including Amaranth, QVT Financial, Goldman Sachs, Deutsche Bank, and UBS. She has worked in New York, London, Hong Kong, and other key cities around the world.

Talent Investment, LLC  was founded to serve the complex needs of both sides of the recruitment process: early-career professionals, especially those in finance and asset management; and investment firms, especially firms that lack the resources to identify, attract, and retain the caliber of young professionals needed.

Andrea has advised and recruited students at many of the leading universities, including Harvard, MIT, Penn, Cambridge, Oxford, Peking, Tsinghua, IIT Delhi, IIT Bombay, NUS, NTU, Melbourne, Sydney, and UNSW. 

Andrea is deeply committed to charitable activities and community service programs: Champions for Quality Education, Muscular Dystrophy Association, Concern Worldwide, Xavier Mission Soup Kitchen, and Veritas Catholic Network.

Campus career offices provide a wide range of essential services for early-stage professionals – however, they often do not have the resources or time to offer personalized guidance. 

Talent Investment offers customized, one-on-one career coaching to students and young professionals. 

We work within a structured process, beginning with a deep dive into interests, strengths, short-term goals, long-term aspirations,  academic accomplishments, and extra-curricular activities. We help to define which industries and roles are best-suited to the individual, then target options based on location, company size, company culture, opportunities for growth, and more.

Sessions can be conducted in-person, via WhatsApp, FaceTime or Zoom, or by phone and email – in whatever combination best accommodates the individual’s particular set of circumstances.

  • One-on-one advisement

  • Single or multiple sessions, or longer-term relationship

  • Bridge the gap from academic foundation to professional career

  • Thorough individual career path analysis, assessing industries and roles

  • Comprehensive interview preparation 

  • Guidance during offer process

  • Flexible on location, time, and session format

““More than money, title, or anything else, attracting (and keeping) rockstar talent depends on your company culture.””
— Forbes

The demand for recent graduates of elite universities is broader and more intense than at any time in history. Small and mid-size investment firms compete for talent with well-resourced banks and asset management firms, and with an array of world-class tech firms and well-funded start-ups.

Talent Investment, LLC develops full-scale campus recruiting initiatives for both undergraduate and graduate programs – with as much or as little involvement from key people at the firm as desired. We have deep experience building recruiting programs and managing the entire recruiting process, including leveraging our strong relationships with Career Services, departmental Deans, and student groups at Ivy League and similar caliber institutions across the US, South America, UK, EMEA, and APAC.

  • Bachelor’s, MBA, PhD

  • New hires and summer internships

  • Manage entire recruiting process

    • Campus branding (remember, students don’t meet with firms they don’t know)

    • Compensation strategies, employee interview skills, assessment of resumes

    • All travel logistics, all campus communication

    • Represent firm at both on- and off-campus seminars and interviews

The goal is to establish and develop relationships with universities over many years: interns become next year’s hires; recent graduates become your firm’s ambassadors for subsequent years. 

 Ready to talk? Interested in learning more?
Please, introduce yourself.
abaker@talentinvestmentllc.com  

CAREER ADVISEMENT

Do you work with current undergrads? Or only working professionals?
We advise a broad range of individuals, from college freshmen to those already established in their careers. Can we help someone in your specific situation? Just ask.


Are sessions virtual or in-person?
Whatever works for you! Sessions can be done in Zoom, Google Meet, FaceTime, WhatsApp and, of course, in-person.


I know what I want, but don’t know how to get there. Can you help?
We help identify and target specific industries and specific firms, for both internships and full-time roles. We prep candidates for interviews, advise on resumes and job applications, and review offers and negotiate when applicable.


I’m not sure what I’m looking for in a career. Can you help?
We start by working to understand the entire person – interests, talents, passions, concerns – to help formulate career options. There are excellent professional paths for everyone, some of which aren’t obvious.


How do fees work?
There is no cost for the initial 20-minute session. If we decide to work together, pricing is typically either in 4-session units, or in 6-month periods with unlimited sessions. In certain instances, single-sessions arrangements are available.

campus recruitment

What is the nature of the relationship?
Typically, we help develop seminars, represent the firm at career fairs, and conduct initial interviews with candidates. The goal is to identify exceptional candidates, who are then interviewed by firm principals and key managers.


How do fees work?
Campus recruitment programs typically consist of a monthly fee.


Can you help us with our short-term needs?
Yes. We are able to handle almost any recruiting or HR-related issue.


How are you different than a headhunter?
Talent Investment, LLC sits on your side of the table. Small and midsize investment management firms often lack the time and resources to handle recruiting responsibilities, including managing headhunters. All multinational investment banks have recruiting departments. Now you can too.


Do you have references?
We are happy to provide references from executives throughout the investment community.


Can you help us build our own recruiting department?
For growing firms, recruiting and HR responsibilities will eventually need to be an in-house function. Talent Investment, LLC can lead the development of an in-house recruiting and HR department – with significant or little involvement from firm principals.