Horray!..I passed - I'm so pleased for me!

DRAGON_3

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Hi All

Just want to let all you know that I have passed Cemap 2 yesterday! Hopefully I want to sit the third paper in the nest 2 weeks. I'll be so relieved when this is all done, so I can really stary applying for jobs.

Does anyone have any helpfull pointers as to where on the net is the best place to apply for jobs, I hopefully want to work in Manchester.
Is it better to find employment with a guaranteed salary (safe option I think as I don't have come from a financial background?)
If so what is a decent basic salary in a city with commission are are OTEs hard to achieve?

Thanks for all your help in the past:A

DRAGON

mikeyboy

WELL DONE!!! :beer:

I think you deserve a nice glass of wine!

I have only recently qualified myself, so i know how relieved you must be to have only 1 more exam to go!!

With regards to Cemap 3 i would certainly advise getting to grips with the MCOB rules in a big way, and swotting up on anything you were unsure about in 1 and 2.

I would recommend you start looking at jobs with banks and building societies, this way you will be given a captive client bank and also have the assurance of basic salary. Its the best way to gain experience.

Good luck with the next exam, now go grab a few drinks tonight to celebrate :beer:

UK007BullDog

ALL the big banks and Building societies are looking for staff. As you do not have the full cemap as yet try going directly to the big ones by visiting their websites and applying direct.

DRAGON_3

Hiya

Big thanks for your replys, I will hopefully start applying to banks and building societies once I pass Cemap 3.
Can you tell me what salary I'm likely to be starting on and what would, say for example I could be earning after a year?
I read that people only last a couple of years - is this because the have no experience as Trainee Advisers and take up positions on a self-employed basis
I hear that they they provide the best training - is this true?
what do you think could be heading once I am fully FSA competent and have a couple of years experience behind me?

Swear I don't work for ther CIA or any political pressure group, what with so many questions ha ha! I just want to make a real go of it all:rotfl:

Your Friend

DRAGON

(I have no charateristic features of a 'dragon' - if you saw me in the street you would probably laugh - Thinks its short person complex or somthing)

dunstonh

Can you tell me what salary I'm likely to be starting on and what would, say for example I could be earning after a year?

£10-15k a year if you go salaried. zero to 40k if you go self employed.

I read that people only last a couple of years - is this because the have no experience as Trainee Advisers and take up positions on a self-employed basis

Its mostly because they get through the easy bit of passing the exams but fail at the hardest bit which is getting in front of clients. If you havent got any footfall through your door you cannot give advice and you cannot make a living from it.

I hear that they they provide the best training - is this true?

Dont know about best because obviously you only get trained once. So you have nothing to compare it too. However, banks pay for it and my experience (albeit on the investment side and not mortgages) was that the bank training was pretty good. Of course, the downside with a bank comes a few years later when you realise your own brand products are pretty naff (assuming you havent let the brainwashing the bank gives you sink in). The upside is you can build a client bank with bank customers for when you do leave. Some of my best clients go back 15 years to when I was at the bank.

what do you think could be heading once I am fully FSA competent and have a couple of years experience behind me?

Depends on whether you want to go beyond mortgages and give full advice or stick with a bank.