Hi all,
As a college student without an internship, I am still looking to get ahead and learn while adding to my resume.
I've heard that the Bloomberg Certificate is pointless, are there any certificates or courses that would be worthwhile to take? This is coming from a student with absolutely minimal knowledge and experience.
Thanks
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I'd recommend the SIE, very straight-forward test and a prerequisite to any Representative-Level exam.
Gives you more time to hit the books for your Series 7/66 and I've gotten a few positive remarks about taking it early from recent grads.
That being said, all the FINRA/Prometric centers are closed, so you'll have to wait a while to take it. I used Knopman Marks and studied over winter break, currently a Sophomore at a Semi-Target and it covered almost the exact same things I learned in my "Intro to Finance" and "Financial Accounting" classes.
A few of my classmates have done the CFA Investment Foundations course, but that takes a lot of time and doesn't carry as much weight on your Resume. Instead of that, I'd recommend the Pillars of Wall Street or whatever weekend modeling course your school offers. WSO also has a free modeling course, from what I gather.
Best of Luck!
Is the Training the Street self study program good? I think it's $500, but I can get it for free.
Can't comment on that program in particular, but if it's free then I see no reason not to do it.
So long as it's rigorous and you actually learn something applicable, put it on your resume too.
Any IB/Buy-Side Certs and Training you can possibly gather will show employers that you aren't just vomiting your resume to any internship with the word "Finance" in the header.
I would second the SIE exam. Real easy and gives you a good base of knowledge.
I believe you can take CFA level 1 as a college senior which is much more ambitious but also much more rewarding if you want to work in investments.
Challenge accepted.
Question about the FINRA exams- my employer (NY BB) asked us to complete the SIE before June, but what about the series 63 and 79? Would I be able to take either of these exams before starting this July?
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