Courses/Certificates for a Student?

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!

 

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.

 

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