Trainee Mortgage Advisor

Thinkinman

Hi MSE,

Upon looking for answers I stumbled across this wonderful site and was wondering if anyone can point me in the right direction as I am totally lost and have lost faith in myself to cut a long story short I passed my CeMAP 1.2.3 a couple of years ago as I wanted to join the lucrative world of mortgage brokerage. I spent a lot of money doing the course and was thrilled to pass the exams. I than had a very hard time finding a job as trainee mortgage advisor, most employers wanted someone with proven mortgage sales experience, although I went for quite a few interviews, some of them being high St estate agencies, none were willing to take a chance. I really felt downbeat at that time, than a friend of a friend gave me contact of a company who provide mortgage advice. I went to see them and it turned out they only offer self employed position where I would work under their FSA umbrella and they take cut off all commission made. I naively took the plunge spending even more money and after 3 to 4 months had not made any money at all and the support was non-existent. This company has since gone down and been struck off by the FSA. I have since gone on to do different jobs but what I really want to do is get involved in my chosen sector-which is mortgages/ financial services. Now that the financial tides have settled down a bit and mortgages seem to be making a comeback, does anyone know how I progress with my dream, I just want to shadow a fully registered mortgage advisor to achieve full status and learn the ropes. Any Bank or financial institution willing to give me a chance I would grab it with both hands, or maybe recruitment firms who I can register with, I am based in East London/ Essex area. Any help/ direction would be very much appreciated.