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Am I too young to be a financial advisor??? |
| Message Name: |
hard to shake |
| Date Posted: |
12/20/2001 |
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You should exhaust your options with respect to obtaining hard skills in a sell side equity, investment banking, commercial banking, or just about anywhere but financial consulting for a young finance professional just get started. Once you get branded as a "sales guy" or "planner" it may be tough to shake until after B-school.
Something else to consider at this stage is your essays for business school and how you would like to position yourseld. Such a position at AEFA is not easily distinguished among the many top candidates who will be competing with you for slots in top b-schools in a few years from Ibanks, consulting firms,asset management, and other fields.
Good luck, in this economy, you must take what you can get and seek to land the optimal choice over the coming 198 months. |
| Message: |
yes - it is hard to shake. I actually went into management consulting post MBA (though with a focus on financial services).
Having the sales background has proved tremendously valuable with clients. It is very rare (ok, they have never seen a guy like me before) who came from the retail sales side who can emphazie with the wholesalers, marketing folks, and field agents. And also has experienced first hand customers, selling the products, and dealing with the home office.
It does help to know hundreds of people, it does help to come from at least an upper middle class background, but no job is "easy."
It takes a tremendous amount of hustling and hard work. I'm also not sure what it would be like starting out in this investing climate.
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