The Financial Undergraduate's Best Kept Secret

This article is not geared towards personal finance but rather to opportunities for finance undergraduate and pre-MBA students. There are still many useful resources provided in this article for personal growth and development to professionals so I encourage all to read.

So I happened to have stumbled upon a gold mine for finance undergraduate and pre-MBA students by way of a friendly email. Not only do you get to attend free webinars from prominent figures in leading corporations, access to a large job bank and many other resources all for the pricetag of FREE.

At first, I was honestly skeptical because opportunities like this seem too good to be true. However I attended my first "Toigo Talk" on Wednesday and was literally blown away. The Toigo Foundation secured a vice president from Bank of America to give a presentation about "Corporate Culture". The presentation was very informative in regards to the cultural atmosphere at Bank of America (which can probably be applied to many other corporations). Of course Bank of America made a plug to recruit more talent for their company at the end of the presentation, but all in all, a small price to pay for some very valuable knowledge.

The structure and organization of the presentation was superb. The webinar started on time and the facilitators encouraged participation from the group by holding question and answer session with the Bank of America Vice President. It is not very often do you get a chance to ask questions to many prominent figures in corporate America and this particular presentation gave one the outlet to do so.

So, without further delay, I would like to present to you...

http://www.ready-for-finance.com

Below is a short summary of the organization provided from a representative of the foundation:

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The Robert Toigo Foundation (founded in 1989) is a national organization committed to preparing exceptional minority pre-MBA and MBA students to enter the field of finance and leverage their academic and professional roles into future positions of leadership in the global economy. To ensure that developing finance professionals receive access to the resources that will help them succeed, the Foundation created ToigoTalks™, an undergraduate initiative that cultivates talent at an early stage by providing active outreach, knowledge-building support, and guidance through a series of on-campus presentations, educational networking events, sponsor-hosted webinars, and a resource-rich website.
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I encourage taking advantage of this resource because there are not many foundations around like it. If you have any comments to share about your personal experience with the foundation, please leave them below.

Stay Disciplined!