For friends who are studying CFA, finding the right direction is not cheap tuition. Therefore, whether at home or abroad, the career development after having CFA certificate is a problem worth facing up to and thinking about.
CFA= analyst? not at all
As we all know, CFA's learning system pays more attention to financial analysis, and CFA itself has the title of "financial analyst", which makes many people think that CFA can only work as an analyst.
This is actually a misunderstanding.
According to the survey data of CFA Research Center in Gao Dun, the positions with more CFA holders are investment managers and analysts. On Wall Street, financial giants such as JPMorgan Chase and Goldman Sachs also have many professional analysts, including many CFA holders.
However, this does not mean that you can only engage in analytical work after getting CFA. This is a misunderstanding of the practical value of CFA.
Data is dead, and you must never "circle" yourself because of cold data. In fact, CFA holders can take over more than just analyzing this piece. CFA talents can be used in risk control, financial analysis, consulting, asset management, private equity funds and other fields. The key still depends on your career development plan.
CFA can help you,
But it is more important to find your own direction.
Engaged in the financial industry, the taboo is to blindly follow the hearsay "truth" to "try the law."
CFA can help you step into the financial circle, but you should also think about whether you prefer investment banking or risk control, whether you can accept the overtime work of investment banking day and night, and whether you like the boring modeling and measurement of risk management ... After all, your job is your own, especially in the financial circle where you live by your real skills. It is unwise to blindly follow the trend.
Whether you want to concentrate on your favorite investment bank or start as a trader in a brokerage firm depends on your position on career development. CFA helped you pry open the door, but you still have to feel for yourself.
Strive for more interview opportunities
We also know that academic background and internship experience are also very important in the recruitment of the financial industry.
However, even for interns, it is not easy to get a job in a financial institution.
Therefore, if you want to get more interview opportunities, sometimes you need to do the opposite.
Imagine that it is not easy for two students from the same school, both with financial professional backgrounds, to easily PK each other at the same time. However, at this time, if you have passed the CFA exam, your chances of defeating your opponent in the first resume pass will be much greater.
After all, in the eyes of recruiters, you can pass the CFA exam, which shows that you are motivated to learn, have a certain professional quality, and your English is not bad. Compared with blank job seekers with the same conditions, you are naturally better.
Therefore, for graduates, CFA is also a "weapon" to successfully enter the financial circle.
In short, we should correctly understand the role and value of CFA, which is the foreshadowing and background, and put ourselves at the top of the financial pyramid.
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