Entrepreneur wanting to change career to IM & ER

So here's a quick overview of my story....

I co-founded a small company in 2005 and began college in 2006 at 18 years old. I graduated from the Warrington College of Business at the University of Florida in the USA with a 3.67 gpa and a degree in business management in 2010.

Since graduating I have been managing the same company but I would now like to switch career paths and get into investment management, specifically equity research. I am extremely passionate about investing, and have been managing my own portfolio for over 8 years.

Here's my problem...I have been applying for jobs for the past few months and I have not received any replys from my many many applications. I have contacted numerous recruiting firms across the USA, but I have not received replys from any of them as well.

I have recently started to reaching out to alumni from my school on LinkedIn to try and grow my network. I was wondering if any of you could give me any ideas on how to land an entry-level job within investment management? I would even be excited to get an internship, but I know that many of those require students who are in school.

I am 100% posiive I want my career to be in investment management, and I was wondering if any of you had any advice? Thanks in asvance.

PS- I used this forum to help critique my resume. If you would like to view my resume you can look at my first thread I stared

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I was thinking about that too. I have not done a lot of research on how difficult the CFA I is, but I know the series 7 takes a few months to study for. How does the CFA I compare to the series 7? I know they are vastly different so please don't jump down my throat for asking, I just want an idea of how much I need to study.

 

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