Students should obtain as much experience in the field as possible by participating in summer internships, co-ops, and part-time jobs at financial planning firms.
Successful financial planners should enjoy helping others plan their financial futures. They need excellent communication skills in order to explain often-complicated financial products to clients. They should be good listeners in order to be able to clearly understand and implement their clients' financial goals. Other important traits include self-motivation, a willingness to work long hours when necessary, honesty and strong ethics, a willingness to continue to learn throughout their careers, strong sales and marketing skills, and comprehensive knowledge about the world of finance.
- Accountants
- Animal Trainers
- Antiques and Art Dealers
- Architects
- Aromatherapists
- Artists
- Assessors and Appraisers
- Astronomers
- Astrophysicists
- Auctioneers
- Audit and Assurance Accountants
- Auditors
- Automatic Teller Machine Servicers
- Automotive Dealership Owners
- Automotive Dealership Sales Managers
- Bank Branch Managers
- Bank Examiners
- Barbers
- Bed and Breakfast Owners
- Big Data Developers
- Billing Clerks
- Biophysicists
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- Bookkeeping and Accounting Clerks
- Brewers
- Budget Analysts
- Business Managers
- Caterers
- Chemists
- Chief Executive Officers
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- Child Care Service Owners
- Cleaning Service Owners
- Commodities Brokers
- Compliance Managers
- Computer Programmers
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- Construction Managers
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- Cosmetologists
- Credit Analysts
- Demographers
- Driving School Owners and Instructors
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- Edupreneurs
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- Electrical Engineers
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- Entrepreneurs
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- Farmers
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- Financial Analysts
- Financial Consultants
- Financial Institution Officers and Managers
- Financial Institution Tellers, Clerks, and Related Workers
- Financial Quantitative Analysts
- Financial Services Brokers
- Forensic Accountants and Auditors
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- Fraud Examiners, Investigators, and Analysts
- Gallery Owners and Directors
- Geodetic Surveyors
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- Hardware Engineers
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- Home Stagers
- Illustrators
- Information Brokers
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- Internet Consultants
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- Investment Fund Managers
- Investment Professionals
- Investment Underwriters
- Lawn and Gardening Service Owners
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- Literary Agents
- Loan Officers and Counselors
- Loan Processors
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- Machine Learning Engineers
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- Mutual Fund Portfolio Managers
- Nanomaterials Scientists
- Nuclear Engineers
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- Personal Chefs
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- Photographers
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- Private Bankers
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- Regulatory Affairs Specialists
- Retail Business Owners
- Retirement Planners
- Songwriters
- Sports Agents
- Statisticians
- Surveyors
- Tax Accountants
- Tax Managers
- Tax Preparers
- Wedding and Party Consultants
- Writers
