There are many ways to learn about a career in risk management. One of the easiest ways to do so is by reading books about the field. Here are two suggestions: The Essentials of Risk Management (McGraw-Hill Education, 2014) and Risk Management and Financial Institutions (John Wiley & Sons, 2018).
Some colleges have risk management clubs for business students. Check with your school to see if it has such a club, or at least a business club, that you can join. Consider competing in the Spencer-RIMS Risk Management Challenge (https://www.rims.org/community/students/spencer-rm-challenge), a competition for college students in the U.S. and Canada that will help you to develop your risk management skills.
Nearly every organization—whether it’s a university, wealth management firm, government agency, or a corporation—has risk management protocols in place (many of which are posted online). After reviewing a few of these plans (and the aforementioned RM books), try to create a risk management plan for a school event.
- Chief Information Officers
- Financial Quantitative Analysts
- Tax Managers
- Wealth Management Accountants
- Wealth Management Analysts
- Wealth Management Associates
- Wealth Management Compliance Professionals
- Wealth Management Investor Relations Specialists
- Wealth Management Lawyers
- Wealth Management Managing Directors
- Wealth Management Vice Presidents
