European Market takes over Finance blog! BOOYA

Hello New Readers!
I’m Lydia, formerly of the Ventures Abroad blog and now of Finance central! I’m going to start by laying a few ground rules for this new chapter of the Finance Blog at Experience.com.
Actually, there is only one rule: ASK ME QUESTIONS!!!! If you guys don’t ask me questions, I will inevitably ramble on for WEEKS about my specific field: Financial Lines Insurance. You will be bored- and I will get fired. So, ASK ME QUESTIONS!

That being said, for those who didn’t follow my Ventures Abroad blog, I work in the Financial Lines Department of a major Multinational Insurance company. I also happen to work in their Milan, Italy office where I wound up after 2 years in Manhattan. So, we can talk about that.

Additionally, unlike most of you who are probably reading this blog, I did NOT major in business. I didn’t major in Finance, or Economics, or Marketing nor did I study in one of the many fantastic Risk Management programs that there are around US Universities. No, silly me, I majored in History and Italian Literature and Language- and despite the fact that this didn’t necessarily put me on the fast track to Wall Street- I wound up there within weeks of my college graduation.

This brings me to my first point: YOU ARE NOT YOUR MAJOR. Especially in this tumulus job market, a recent grad may be asking themselves “How can I turn an English Lit degree into a fruitful job?” The answer is: Don’t think of your degree literally, but rather think of the skills you can offer. For instance, an English major knows how to write exceptionally well (not to say that business majors don’t, but I have seen some atrocities coming out of the industry). Communications majors understand- well, communications- which to a corporation is invaluable.

So lets get a dialogue flowing, because in the absence of questions- my next blog is going to be about D&O insurance in the 21st century…