Charles Schwab Broker Trainee Program

I went through the same program in Denver a few years ago, BEFORE going back to school to finish my undergrad. It was a great door opener in the sense of getting my licenses when I did not have a college degree, but other than that it provided no value whatsoever. The culture is cool if you get with the right group, but don't expect to 1) make a lot of money, 2) have upward growth opportunity, and 3) be having "analyst" type work. Basically you will work in a call center talking to old and foreign (primarily) retail investors and doing more things like cutting checks and transferring money than placing trades or talking about investment ideas. If you get an opportunity to move up you are not moving up in finance, but in customer service (call center) management.