financial advisor test
anonymous
December 2 2004, 12:31:28 UTC
IT's called the series 8. It's like taking the real state, insurance agent, bonds and securities, and marketing planer tests all at once. Over 88% of people who take it will not pass it the first 2 (TWO!) times they take it. Then, after the 2nd try, over half will give up and never take it. The classes for this is about 1,000 Hrs. of lectures, done in a period of 8-10 months. Not to mention that they will look at your credit history with a magnifying glass. Any, and I mean ANY, late payment ever made to any credit card, car, clothing store, rent, even on girl scout cookies, will result in a no hire. Not bad credit, Just a single late payment will be disqualified. If you think I'm just making it up, I'm not. I've tried this before. One late car payment.....woosh! no job! The reason is really quite simple, how can they offer the job of a financial advisor, a job that will make you advice other people on their finances, to the tune of possibly hundreds of thousands of dollars, to someone who cant even make a car payment on time? And it doesnt matter if you say "well, I can advice people, I just dont follow my own advice." They will still not care. Not to mention that they usually will not hire someone who has less than a bacherlor's degree.
Sorry if this sounds harsh. I just would hate to see you really getting your hopes high about this, just to have them crash down on you. If you ever had any financial issues, any whatsoever, and I know you have, this will not work out. They wont hire you. My advice? Go to school. In the meantime, try working as a waitress. There are many high class restaurants in chicago, that will make you lots of money. Or go a retail store. You might even think about flight attendant! hey, you'll get to travel all over, meet all kinds of people.
Sorry if this sounds harsh. I just would hate to see you really getting your hopes high about this, just to have them crash down on you. If you ever had any financial issues, any whatsoever, and I know you have, this will not work out. They wont hire you. My advice? Go to school. In the meantime, try working as a waitress. There are many high class restaurants in chicago, that will make you lots of money. Or go a retail store. You might even think about flight attendant! hey, you'll get to travel all over, meet all kinds of people.
Good luck.
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do i know you?
anyway.. i will look more into the position before going any further..
at least, i still have another job interview with another call center. :)
p.s. I DON'T LIVE IN CHICAGO. chicago is over 2 hours away from where i am.. so i probably won't want to get a job there.
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