Financial Advisor Resume

just wondering how i can improve my resume that i currently have. I have a bachelor's degree. So far my resume is 1.5 pages with three work experience. Is that too long? How can i improve on it. What should be emphasized for my next employer to see? and capture what they want?

Im trying to get a job as a financial advisor..
my work experience include:
-Restaurant Management
-Personal Banker
-Internship as a financial analyst.

Please help thanks =)

Go back to school and get your MBA in Finance or Business.

2008-05-31 09:20:48 by Sam T

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I went to college for a year. I started generating leads for a small unknown brokerage firm that conspiculously sounds like one of the major firms. They encouraged me to drop out of college to be a broker. I dropped out and a month later passed my series 7. I began working for them memorizing scripts and making hundreds of calls a day. I quickly noticed that everything they were doing was dishonest. They even suggested I watch the movie Boiler Room and that they used to be involved in similar firms and were hoping to begin doing that again.

They also treated me poorly; if I even looked tired after a 12-14 day they would scream at me and call me a p.o.s.. I left there and went to work for another small unknown firm but even the people I was working under made NO money. So I left there and went back to college and got my degree. Now I'm working on my resume, applying to some financial positions and worried I'll be looked down on for working at these places. What do you think?
p.s. The firms I'm applying to now are the bigger more reputable ones.

I'd appreciate any advice from hiring personell at these businesses.
p.p.s. The guys I initially dropped out of college to work for were rich. Lived in one of the richest neighborhoods in the North East. I didn't think I was stupid for following in their footsteps at the time (they didn't graduate from college either).

And my parents didn't know until after I did it. I'm a spontaneous person and I tend to take a lot of risks. This risk seemed like it was worth it. I don't think I was stupid, just careless.

Yes you should list these places on your resume because it will explain what you were doing during the time you were not in college. It looks far better than an unexplained gap of time which could mean anything from being unemployed to being in a mental hospital. Also, if the person interviewing you sees a gap in time, they will ask you what you were doing while you were dropped out of school. Telll them the truth that you worked at those places but be careful how you phrase it when you discuss what happened at those places because if you bad mouth a previous employer the person you are interviewing with probably won't hire you for fear that you might bad mouth them someday also. I would say that you worked there, you learned from the experience and one of the things you learned is that in order to get where you want to go from a career standpoint you realized that you needed to get more education and the college degree that goes with it.

You won't need to spell it out for them too clearly as they probably are already aware of such places and why people leave them after a short while. That is not something you would have been expected to know before you got there.

Good luck.

2008-07-23 17:44:17 by Mike C

Ok. So, I have my resume posted on a jobsite, and I've gotten an interview for a position as a financial advisor. I'm not even sure what that is or what they do. I want to do something that I like, so please let me know everything you do about this job position. Thanks.

They invest peoples money for a fee.

I see the need for them but I am not too fond of them since I have seen a lot of my client's money being wasted since they really don't pay attention to an individuals money unless it is their biggest client.

2007-01-25 21:23:16 by Doesnt Matter

I have been in my current job as a financial advisor for 8 years and my resume is very dusty. Am better off rewriting it Myself or will paying a professional be a big benefit.

A lot of the work can be done by yourself. But if you seriously need help definitely use a resume writing service. But often ties, a second set of eyes is all it takes. There was this site that I checked out, and they looked over my resume for me and it was way cheaper than paying someone to write the whole thing for me. I don't know about you but I seriously couldn't drop close to $100.

2008-05-27 20:16:34 by my2februarygirls

My wife decided to join a traveling RN program quite a few years ago, she has since gotten her fill of this along with the age increase of our children. I was a tag along at that point with her. I had management jobs in retail and even became a Licensed Financial Advisor. The problem is, the terms of her contract were short lived in certain places, so this shows on my resume as such. How do I get the opportunity to explain this to perspective employers?

Hello - I believe that you should tell it as you did on here - the truth! you have done a great job :)

2007-06-13 13:43:43 by Lefty P